pope francis believes you attract more bees with honey than vinegar. he was influential in our own president starting relations with cuba again, he believes there are a lot of russian christians and mended rift with the orthodox russian church. if he s going to talk to putin and help christians in russia, he s going to do so. now, that does not mean he approves of everything putin does. but putin picks up the phone and calls him and sends wishes, pope francis is going to respond. he thinks you have to be engaged even with those you don t agree with if you re going to have any kind of advancement putin, whomever, this pope says open the door and see what happens and you see him doing that. pope francis has obviously made his mark as we alluded to as one of the most progressive popes ever. he continues to have his battles