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Timeline of Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic relations

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WWII and Post-WWII Era: 1952; 1958;
*1949 Papal [[w:Decree against Communism|Decree against Communism]] by [[w:Pope Pius XII|Pope Pius XII]] excommunicates all Catholics collaborating in communist organizations.
*1950 Declaration of Bodily Assumption of Mary as dogma.
*1952 Ecumenical Patr. [[Athenagoras I (Spyrou) of Constantinople|Athenagoras]] officially visited, for the first time in the last one thousand years, the Papal representative in [[Constantinople]], who returned the visit.<ref name="NICON"/>
*1958 Pope John XXIII and Ecumenical Patr. [[Athenagoras I (Spyrou) of Constantinople|Athenagoras]] exchanged formal letters calling for peace among the Christian churches.<ref name="NICON"/>
*1962 The secretive [[w:Metz Accord|Metz Accord]] is made between the Holy See and the U.S.S.R. (attended by Metr. [[w:Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov) of Leningrad|Nikodim (Rotov) of Leningrad]]) at Metz, France, on 13 August 1962, renewing the previous pacts of 1942 and 1944 concerning the [[w:Ostpolitik|Vatican's Ostpolitik]], by which Eastern Orthodox participation in the Second Vatican Council was authorized in exchange for a non-condemnation of atheistic communism during the conciliar assemblies.<ref>Chiron, Yves. ''Paul VI: Le pape écartelé.'' Perrin, Paris, 1993. ISBN 226200952X pp.186,246.</ref><ref>Interview with Paul-Joseph Schmitt, Archbishop of Metz, in Le Lorrain, 9 March 1963.</ref>
*1962-1965 Vatican II institutes major reforms, especially liturgical, into Roman Catholic Church; Patr. [[w:Maximos IV Sayegh|Maximos IV Sayegh]] of the [[w:Melkite Greek Catholic Church|Melkite Greek Catholic Church]] urged reconciliation between the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, spoke forcefully against the [[Latinization]] of the [[Eastern Catholic Churches]], and championed the Eastern tradition of Christianity, winning a great deal of respect from Eastern Orthodox observers at the council and the approbation of the Ec. Patr. [[Athenagoras I (Spyrou) of Constantinople|Athenagoras I]].
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