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*On the eve of the visit of the president of the United States to the pope, Cardinal Cottier, for many years the official theologian of the pontifical court, writes an enthusiastic commentary about him. Obama responds with a very friendly interview. But the points of conflict remain.
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ROME, July 5, 2009 – To pave the way for his meeting with Benedict XVI at the Vatican on the afternoon of Friday, July 10, United States president Barack Obama gathered around him at the White House six journalists, all from different American Catholic publications: “Catholic New Service,” “America,” “National Catholic Reporter,” “Catholic Digest,” “National Catholic Register,” “Commonweal.” There was also the religion reporter for the “Washington Post.” And also, as the only foreign journalist, there was Elena Molinari for Vatican Radio and “Avvenire,” the newspaper of the episcopal conference of Italy, the country that is hosting the G8.
The interview was conducted on the morning of Thursday, July 2, with questions that were not prearranged. The following day, in Rome, “Avvenire” published it almost in its entirety, giving it strong emphasis.
Obama said that he is confident that he will find agreement with the pope on issues like peace in the Middle East, the fight against poverty, climate change, immigration policy.
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ROME, July 5, 2009 – To pave the way for his meeting with Benedict XVI at the Vatican on the afternoon of Friday, July 10, United States president Barack Obama gathered around him at the White House six journalists, all from different American Catholic publications: “Catholic New Service,” “America,” “National Catholic Reporter,” “Catholic Digest,” “National Catholic Register,” “Commonweal.” There was also the religion reporter for the “Washington Post.” And also, as the only foreign journalist, there was Elena Molinari for Vatican Radio and “Avvenire,” the newspaper of the episcopal conference of Italy, the country that is hosting the G8.
The interview was conducted on the morning of Thursday, July 2, with questions that were not prearranged. The following day, in Rome, “Avvenire” published it almost in its entirety, giving it strong emphasis.
Obama said that he is confident that he will find agreement with the pope on issues like peace in the Middle East, the fight against poverty, climate change, immigration policy.
More…