Tato krize totiž pod povrchem doutnala už drahnou dobu a naplno propukla ve chvíli, kdy se moskevský patriarchát začal obávat reálné možnosti, že by prezident Putin mohl Jana Pavla II. pozvat do Moskvy ve vládních záležitostech.
The current crisis has actually been burning underground for some time, and has broken to the surface now because the Moscow Patriarchate fears that there is a real possibility that John Paul II will be invited by President Putin to visit Russia on governmental matters.