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Posted on 07/10/2009 12:22:17 PM PDT by bestintxas
President Barack Obama promised Pope Benedict on Friday that he would do everything possible to reduce the number of abortions in the United States, the Vatican said.
Obama and Benedict held private talks for about 40 minutes in the pope's frescoed study in the Vatican's apostolic palace and the Vatican said bioethics and life issues were a central part of the discussion.
In a surprise move, the pontiff gave Obama a booklet explaining Vatican opposition to practices such as abortion and embryonic stem cell research, which Obama supports.
"Obama told the pope of his commitment to reduce the number of abortions and of his attention and respect for the positions of the Catholic Church," Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi told reporters after he was briefed by the pope.
Obama supports abortion rights and says his policy is to change economic and social conditions so as to put more women in situations where they do not feel they have to have an abortion.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Lying to the head of Christ's Church on Earth is certain to receive a big penalty later on.
BS’ing the Pope. That aint good.
More ammo for proof 0 is the anti-Christ?
What happened to “I wouldn’t want one of my daughters being punished for making a mistake?”
Doesn’t he believe the Pope would understand?
BREAKING NEWS! BREAKING NEWS!
It has just been learned that Barack Obama has fired The Pope and is taking over The Vatican as of tomorrow!
I believe Obama doesn’t want any abortion. He favors killing babies after they are born.
I hope the Vatican doesn't need a bailout or that could be true.
Translation: He's going to increase the financial reward (welfare) being sent to women for each baby they have.
Did he tell the Pope why he would want to do such a thing?
Something tells me this Pope isn't that stupid.
muslim liar
>>> “He is eager to find common ground on these issues and to work aggressively to do that,” said Denis McDonough, deputy national security adviser, adding that there may be some issues where they cannot come to agreement. <<<
Translation: Obama is eager to have meetings like this in order to provide a fig-leaf of respectability for the culture of death policies he supports.
Ninth Circle of Hell.
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