The Alt-Right puppet master Bannon you say? 
And then there is Burke the would be puppet master of the Catholic Arch-Right.

And lo and behold, these two appear to be engaged in a mutual admiration dance of sorts, at least according to Jason Horowitz at the New York Times:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/07/world/europe/vatican-steve-bannon-pope-francis.html?_r=0