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Yahoo! News: Religion News

Serb Patriarch Pavle dies, spoke for Balkan peace (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2009 10:50 AM PST

FILE - Patriarch Pavle, the head of the Serbian Orthodox church is seen in this August 4, 2005, file photo. Serbian Orthodox Church says its head Patriarch Pavle has died Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009 in Belgrade. He was 95. Pavle, who led the church from 1990, has been hospitalized for months. He suffered from heart and lung problems. A respected theologian and linguist also known for personal humility and modesty, Pavle took over the church leadership just as the collapse of communism ended years of state policy of repressing religion. He had headed the church during the turbulent years of the Balkan wars in the 1990s and he collapse of former President Slobodan Milosevic's regime in 2000. (AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic)AP - Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Pavle, who called for peace and conciliation during the Balkan ethnic wars of the 1990s but failed to openly condemn extreme Serb nationalism, died Sunday. He was 95.

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