NEW: Putin’s Presidential Administration instructed the Orthodox Church to coax @Pontifex into backing Assad and Russia in Syria. The pope didn’t bite. So the Church misrepresented him. The Vatican is pissed:

NEW: Putin’s Presidential Administration instructed the Orthodox Church to coax @Pontifex into backing Assad and Russia in Syria. The pope didn’t bite. So the Church misrepresented him. The Vatican is pissed: https://t.co/cE2dcdjSxx

— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) May 21, 2018