Where do you get that from? The original article? I only see where the President patted the Popester on the back and said "nice job" for something years ago.
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In time, this man's vision and this man's courage would bring fear to tyrants and freedom to his beloved country, and liberation to half a continent," the president added. "To this very hour, Pope John Paul II speaks for the dignity of every life and expresses the highest aspirations of the culture we share."