Putin Uses the Pope

So Putin went to see the Pope, right? And of course he was an hour late because meeting a human being without humiliating said being is just no fun for Putin.

The Pope gave Putin a medallion with an angel engraved on it. I have no idea what the poor angel ever did to the Pope to make the fellow want to punish him like that, but here you have it, the angel went straight to Putin.

Of course, the Russian propaganda has modified this piece of news ever so slightly. Instead of “the Pope gave Putin a medallion”, the Russian media are saying “the Pope awarded Putin a medal.” I  mean, medal, medallion, it’s almost the same thing, and it’s not like the Pope will mind. If he did mind, he could have evaluated what the consequences might be before having Putin over.