My guess is that someone in the Curia was embarrassed about the meeting and tried desperately to spin it to make Davis look bad.
The whole thing stinks. I am no fan of Francis, but I wonder if he isn’t being sabotaged by Vaticanistas the way Benedict was.
He needs our prayers. That rat’s nest needs to be cleaned out.
Not necessarily someone in the Curia. Perhaps someone in the diocese of Washington.who was unable to block the meeting.
I don’t follow the Popes much, but how was Pope Benedict sabotaged by the Vaticanistas?