Hasn’t received his marching orders from China yet.
PopeWatch: Neutral
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
Maybe someone should spread a rumor that Putin is a TLM adherent.
Meanwhile…
“On Monday, Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin spoke of ‘the war unleashed by Russia against Ukraine.’ He pronounced the tyranny that heretofore had no name at the Vatican: ‘Russia.’
It was a stunning reversal for Vatican diplomacy, which had steadfastly refused to call Russia an aggressor since the 2014 Russian invasion, occupation and annexation of Crimea. Even as late as the Sunday Angelus the day before Cardinal Parolin’s statement, Pope Francis did not name Russia as an aggressor.”
https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/why-was-rome-finally-willing-to-call-out-russia-as-an-aggressor
Is it possible that the Russians have blackmail material on key men in the Holy See?
Possible, but I have seen no evidence of it.