Obama: I Admire Pope Francis' Inclusive Spirit

Newsmax ^ | 3 Oct 13 | Newsmax author

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President Barack Obama had warm words Wednesday for what he sees as Pope Francis' inclusive attitude in recent remarks urging the Roman Catholic church not to focus only on abortion or gays.

In an interview with CNBC on the shrill standoff between Republicans and Democrats that has produced the first partial US government shutdown in 17 years, Obama was asked about the Argentina-born pope's moderate tone.

"I have been hugely impressed with the pope's pronouncements. Not because of any particular issue, but-- you know, first of all, he seems somebody who-- lives out-- the teachings of Christ," Obama said.

Pope Francis seems to have an "incredible humility-- incredible sense of empathy to the least of these, to the poor. And he's also somebody who's, I think first and foremost, thinking about how to embrace people as opposed to push them away.

"That sense of love and unity-- seems to manifest itself in not just what he says, but also what he does. And, you know, for any religious leader -- that's a quality I admire," he stressed.

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Will somebody please tell me how it is that here on FR, the greatest conservative anti-Obama site anywhere, we have the religious forum overrun by pro-Pope Francis Romanists, the RF basically a promotion platform for THEIR PRO-MARXIST JESUIT POPE WHO OBAMA ADMIRES FOR HIS “INCLUSIVE” PRO-MARXIST SPIRIT?

This on an anti-Marxist conservative site? Something doesn’t compute here.

On this thread, I expect we’ll get the typical fluff from the pro-Marxist Pope Francis apologists running roughshod on FR, Obama is wrong, their Pope cannot possibly be pro-Marxist, and other specious attempts to avoid the obvious.