The Pope, unlike other heads of state, refuses NO ONE an audience. (He’s a priest, for goodness sake!) He also met with complaining reps of Islam despite the fact that he’d debated, corrected, and excoriated them in public writings. Both John Paul and Benedict (as JP’s then-chief advisor) supported W’s plan for private religious and other charities’ roles in welfare and healthcare. (I forget the name of W’s initiative.)
The church isn’t churning out these folks. The dems are!
Pope Calls Health Care An ‘Inalienable Right,’ Urges World Governments To Provide Universal Coverage
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2010/11/19/131348/pope-universal-healthcare/?mobile=nc