The Pope's view is closer to God's. Now...who exactly, is going to be judging everybody on Judgment Day???
I don't wish to muzzle any individual Catholic's (even a Kennedy) opinion on matters. I just hope she carefully considers that the definition of sin is a revealed truth not a tracking poll. And that while no human (except Christ) can totally avoid sin, intentionally (mis)leading the faithful away from truth is a mega-sin.
In an analogous way, Obama is the source of the corruption of individual Christian souls in a more non-denominational way. A misguided portion of the whole Christian flock are being led to believe, in direct opposition to God's revealed truth, that somehow theft is now equal to Christian compassion. That if we just authorize someone in government to do the stealing on our behalf, then we can have the best of both worlds - no commandment breaking directly by us and yet we can claim Christian "charity" by giving via proxy to others what was never actually ours.
That is a lie. And one more subtly deceptive than even those whispered to Eve in the garden. Obama and his socialist compassion thieves take from us the blessings with which we could bless others of our own choosing and they spend it according to their morally decrepit desires. And do so while claiming an ethical high ground which, in reality, is built on sand. Those who fall victim to such thinking and support such evil are in very serious danger of losing their seat at the great and none too distant wedding between the faithful and the Messiah spoken of in parables not understandable to the weak in faith. Those folks will be, as prophesied by Christ, shocked and mortified when He slams the door in their collective face and proclaims "I never knew you."
Those who profess a faith in God would do well to remember that Satan does not often drag folks down with him by convincing them to do what they know to be evil. He does it by convincing them that what God defines as inherently evil is actually somehow good.