FOD 2015.09.21

Pope Francis is coming to America next week. I am not Catholic. However, I respect the Pope, given that he is the leader of a large, mostly benign, worldwide religion. I may disagree with some of his positions - his support of climate change activists, for example - but that doesn't alter my opinion that the leader of the Catholic Church should be treated with some measure of respect.

Apparently barry doesn't share that opinion.

Obama gives Pope Francis the finger

President Obama has decided that his invited guests for the arrival of Pope Francis next week will include transgender activists, the first openly gay Episcopal bishop, and a nun who criticizes church policies on abortion and euthanasia. The Vatican has objected...

...Obama’s lack of respect for the pope is inexcusable. Including the nun who opposes church policy seems particularly egregious because Obama is gracelessly injecting himself into an internal church dispute.

     It’s vintage Obama. Even when hosting the most ideologically sympathetic pontiff in his lifetime (climate change, Cuba), Mr. Obama cannot restrain himself. He cannot be civil and respectful, searching for common ground. . . .

    We’ve become a little inured to this president’s staggering insensitivity and passive aggression over the years. But in this case, you’d have to remove the “passive” part. This is an embarrassing moment for our country.

     What struck us ... is the contrast between the administration’s apparent decision to risk a bit of rudeness in the case of the pope and its overwhelming deference to foreign dictators when similar issues arise.

    When Secretary of State John F. Kerry traveled to Havana to reopen the U.S. Embassy recently, he painstakingly excluded from the guest list any democrat, dissident or member of civil society who might offend the Castro brothers.

    And when Chinese President Xi Jinping comes to the White House next week, shortly after the pope leaves town, it’s a safe bet that he won’t have to risk being photographed with anyone of whom he disapproves...

Castro and Jinping are communists. Pope Francis is a Christian. Is there any doubt where obama's sympathies lie?