Posted on 11/08/2013 11:39:03 AM PST by NYer
The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin later this month.
The meeting will take place on November 25, although details are not yet in place and an exact time has not been set.
Putin has sought to establish himself as a defender of Christianity, both in Russia and in nations where the faith is under attack, notably in the Middle East. The Russian leader has also played an active role in negotiations to avoid escalation of the war in Syria. Both subjects are likely to figure prominently in Putin’s conversation with the Pontiff.
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Ping!
I’d love to be within hearing of that meeting.
This is somewhat irreverent...
Fly on the wall...
Putin: Your holiness. Thank you for the audience. [Kisses ring]
Pope Francis: Vlad, you been killing a lot of people recently.
Putin: Please hear my confession {I confess...). Please forgive me Father for imprisoning dissidents, killing journalists, and killing my political opposition.
Pope Francis: What about all of the muslim jihadis, and their families (friends, livestock, etc.)?
Putin: Really, Father?
5.56mm
Vlady you be nice to Pope Francis okay honey
Don’t go poison his drink or something LOL!
Maybe Putin will present him with a nice token gift, like a flash drive.
I too would love a transcript of this. Will never happen though. Two very interesting men.
Did you ever think you’d see the day when the opposition to the murder of Christians would include Russia’s president, but not our own.
No, Obama has much more important fights. Like making sure trannies are free to terrorize their work colleagues with ballsacks hanging out of thongs.
While he was KGB and we're constantly bringing that up, it's not like he was Attila the Hun, we forget that it was the equivalent of our CIA.
We will likely never know all the roles he played....but we also know little or even less about our own guys....Benghazi is a stunning example.
And I seem to recall not too long ago we had a President who once headed up the CIA.
oh OKAY lol!
He try be Russia Tsar autocrat here also LOL!
Apparently a great many people who preach that Christ can change people only think that applies to Christ forgiving and changing drunks, drug addicts, and whore mongers, not people who have lived in completely different circumstances or nations.
I bet if Vlad were preaching the Blab It and Grab It gospel he'd have millions of people in this country waiting to hear him speak.
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