Putin visits the Vatican

The World

Russian President Vladimir Putin has a long-scheduled audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Thursday. In the background of that meeting is a schism between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Religion scholar Irina du Quenoy tells host Marco Werman what role Rome might play in the politics of these two religions. 

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