A meeting between Pope Francis and Russia's Orthodox Patriarch Kirill on Feb. 10 could not happen without a green light from President Vladimir Putin, diplomats and analysts say, and he may be one the beneficiaries.
Reuters: Putin may benefit from meeting of Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill
Pope Francis leads the Ash Wednesday mass opening Lent, the forty-day period of abstinence and deprivation for Christians, before Holy Week and Easter, on Feb. 10, 2016 in Vatican.
