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Reading over related articles on that site, the whole situation is a massive fiasco of people supporting prelates that are the most against their interests
>Russians are the most anti-catholic, even throwing a tantrum at Ravenna and leaving. Nevertheless, Ravenna happened, said uniates were a mistake.
>As a result, Ukrainian Greek-Catholic archbishop feels they got shitted on, and bitches that the meeting was a sham, since the eastern catholics weren't invited, despite the meeting being about restoring communion between East and West, even talking about them directly, and calling them somewhat illegitimate. The Pope and Kiril both tell him he's acting like a rude child.
>Greek-catholics in Ukraine steadily growing, though, also certain to get elevated to patriarchate several years ago
>Just before it happens, Bartholomew, who is the most friendly to Rome, writes an angry letter to Pope, saying that if he signs their elevation, he will break ecumenical relations with Rome. Pope backs off. The whole thing falls at the last moment.
>Cuba meeting happens, some time ago, the transcript leaks, says Francis told Kiril he recognizes him as the chief daddy in the former USSR, won't raise another catholic patriarch in his turf(referencing the Ukraine thing);
Fast forward to today:
>Bartholomew does the whole "taking schismatics under his wing to give them autocephaly" thing;
>Moscow gets pissed off, breaks communion with the Ecumenical See;
>Francis backs Moscow, because he promised;
>Greek Catholic archbishop back Bartholomew's plan;
So, yeah.
The Pope is supporting the guy who is the most anti-ecumenical, and rejects any sort of universal primacy, and the greek catholics are supportive of the guy who cock-blocked them out of patriarchy status.
There is also a sideplot about melkites and antiochians, but that's just minor at this point.