President Obama Meets with Pope Francis in Rome
In an effort to initiate a fresh-start between the Obama administration and the Church, where relations had previously been somewhat strained, the two side-stepped the thornier matters of contraception and abortion in their discussions, instead focusing on their common-ground; such as, according to a White House statement, their “shared commitment to fighting poverty and growing inequality.”
See what the Wall Street Journal had to say about the meeting here, and visit the President’s and Pontiff’s respective PeekYou profiles for links to all sorts of media — including social pages, official websites, hundreds of articles, videos, photos, and much more — from all throughout the Web.
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