[BlessedBeGod]

Catholics “are just as Christian as we are,” Pat. Bartholomew emphasized, adding that the recent gift of the relics of St. Peter from Pope Francis is proof of the Catholic church’s nearness to Orthodoxy.

So, Francis has bribed the Greek Orthodox.

Another notch on his post for getting some sort of agreement with someone hard to deal with (like the Chinese Communist government and Kirill of the Russian Orthodox church)?

[NRx]

The Russians had cordial relations with BXVI. But nobody in the ROC has any interest in restoring communion with Rome.