Obama Tells Pope He Is ‘Great Admirer’

The Pope and the President sat down for 50 minutes Thursday. “It’s a great honor; I’m a great admirer,” Obama told Pope Francis.

Obama is the ninth president to make an official visit to the Vatican. His audience marks a change of pace for the president, who has devoted the past three days of a weeklong, four-country trip to securing European unity against Russia’s aggressive posture toward Ukraine.

The pope whom Obama will sit with this time is a different pontiff than the last one to host him. Obama visited Pope Benedict XVI in 2009, a cordial meeting that nevertheless drew attention to the differences between the church and Obama on abortion.

 

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.