|
 Obama offered praise to the new pontiff in an interview with
MSNBC's "Hardball" on Thursday, saying Francis has used the power of
his office to remind people of their obligations to others and
future generations.
"I think Pope Francis is showing himself to be just an
extraordinarily thoughtful, and soulful, messenger of peace and
justice," Obama said.
Obama has not yet met the pope, but he said "everything that I've
read, everything that I've seen from him indicates the degree to
which he is trying to remind us of those core obligations."
Last week in Buenos Aires, the pope took on the issue of high youth
unemployment, saying in a TN television interview that today people
are living in an unjust international system in which "King Money"
is at the center.
Obama sounds a similar message. This week he complained of income
inequality in the United States and said the need to improve the
plight of middle-class Americans is "what drives me as a grandson, a
son, a father — as an American."
(Reporting by Steve Holland; editing by Mohammad Zargham) |
