Patriarch Bartholomew says Great Schism tensions ‘not insurmountable’ - CathNews
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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople has offered a hopeful historical assessment of the traditional 1054 date for the Great Schism between Rome and Constantinople, suggesting that tensions developed gradually over time and are not insurmountable. Source: CNA.

“Of course, problems have accumulated over a thousand years. But we are full of hope that they will be resolved in a few years,” the patriarch said during an audience in Istanbul on March 12 with a pilgrimage group from the German Association of the Holy Land.