[Cicero]

Good if true. The Russian Patriarch has done everything he can to derail the talks and close down Catholic and Protestant churches who try to have any kind of presence in Russia. Maybe others in the Russian Orthodox Church would like to see a rapprochment, but there have been absolutely no signs that the present leadership does.

Yes, the Catholic Church has its warts. So do the Orthodox Churches. For instance, there's hardly a bishop in the Russian Orthodox Church who wasn't a KGB agent. True, it was hard to avoid, but it still wasn't pleasant.

[Destro]

For instance, there's hardly a bishop in the Russian Orthodox Church who wasn't a KGB agent.

I am not doubting, but I have not ever read an authoritative account of this. It is one of those things we all assume is true when we hear it, but is it?