President Barack Obama met Pope Francis Thursday, and one of the photos taken evokes another papal meeting. Here is Russian President Vladimir Putin with Pope Francis in November: What makes the juxtaposition so fascinating is that the pope’s smile is quite similar, while the overall body language in the two photos quite different. A sort of cosmic pun, given what’s happening in the world. As Mark Mardell of BBC notes, Obama’s dilemma in regard to Ukraine can be explained through a joke by Stalin: “How many divisions has the pope?” Mardell explains that Stalin’s point — recently echoed …read more
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