The Economist: Did the Pope just kiss Putin’s ring?
Pope Francis (L) reaches to embrace the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill during a historic meeting in Havana on Feb. 12.
To his millions of admirers, Pope Francis seems possessed of an almost angelic spirituality. But after his meeting with the Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill on Feb. 12, some were left wondering whether the pontiff had rushed in where angels fear to tread.
