It feels odd that Putin would speak about the Pope in the Russian Federation, period. Russia is 0.1% Catholic, with one diocese being almost half the country.
He seems to be the most authentically Christian leader that we have. He actually seems to care about morals. Under Obama they wanted to send ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖ representatives over and he basically, said send them over here, you will never see them again. It is rather refreshing compared to what you hear from leaders of this country.