The Russia House, scripted by Tom Stoppard and based on the 1989 novel by John le Carré. Blair, a British writer, is expressing his contempt for the zealous MI6 agents who see no difference between the old Soviet Union and the Russia that Blair is trying to find. Fortunately, the Catholic Church no longer burns heretics. But there has been a good deal of subversive attempts in the past few years to undermine the authority and legitimacy of Pope Francis. Now that Donald Trump's presidency is coming to an end, it is easier to see what happened in the last five years on the transatlantic axis between the USA and the Vatican.