Quote Originally Posted by Philippus Flavius Homovallumus View Post
There are also persistent rumours that Kirril is a Black Bishop in hock to Putin and the former KGB.
Don't know, don't care.

In terms of the healing of the Great Schism the Russians are certainly something of a stumbling block but the nature of the Orthodox Church means that the Catholics will need to separately persuade each Patriarch, and the most important one of the Ecumenical Patriarch.
Russians are the biggest stumbling block.

From what I've been able to gather, Francis is open to negotiations, unlike most previous popes who expected unquestioned obedience. Francis just might be the man to pull this off, or at least bring us significantly closer to it.