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Political war between russia and the u.s. on the issue. we have people in both key cities. ben weiderman in rome, phil glassco in rome. phil, talk to us about how unusual this is and what we believe the motivations are. reporter: very unusual. chris, certainly a meeting of two different personallies the self style russian strong man and famously humble catholic pope. at the moment they have a lot more in common, especially on syria, where the vatican has publicly backed russia s position in that conflict, even in response to the use of chemical weapons by the syrian government. russia likes that, because it gives their position much more moral authority. both parties are also concerned about the site of christian minorities in syria across the most and navg as well. more broadly, russia and the vatican have never been that close, russia is close to the orthodox church. they and the vatican have long ....
Supporters of the regime in damascus. back in september, pope francis did send a direct messagetom president putin expressing concern over the plight of the christians just before the g-20 meeting in st. petersburg. so they ve been having something of a dialogue ever since. and we can expect that dialogue to continue. michael? halah? thanks, ben is in rome. as far as phil black in moscow, the pope and the president, very different men. sometimes it s even hard to picture them together. what does this meeting, what could it will tell us about their relationship, phil? yeah, hala, so different. image style and substance, the strong man of russia, the famously humble catholic pope. what it shows is what vladimir put putin is famous for when it comes to international policy and that is pragmatism. russia is prepared to talk to ....