AdvertisementThe 1,000-Year-Old Schism That Pope Francis Seeks To HealMay 21, 2014Sylvia PoggiolifacebookEmailTourists walk past a poster of Pope Francis hanging on the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on Monday. Pope Francis' trip to the Mideast later this week will commemorate the 50th anniversary of a historic rapprochement between Catholics and Orthodox, who split nearly 1,000 years ago. (Reuters/Landov)