Editor’s Note: Pope Francis’ praise of imperial Russia has stirred a bee’s nest in Ukraine. But the denial of the accusation is worded in a very curious way, as the intelligent readers of FromRome.Info will be able to discern. — The Vatican nearly never issues any public denials, not even in the most important manners. For example, they never denied that Pope Benedict XVI was the true pope until his death, even though millions of Catholics sustain and sustained this.