"It is the evident desire of everyone that this situation now be normalized as quickly as possible with the active participation of the international community and, in particular, the United Nations organization, in order to ensure a speedy return of Iraq's sovereignty, . . . A fuller and deeper understanding between the United States of America and Europe will surely play a decisive role in resolving the great problems which I have mentioned,..."
SO this is the reason the press would not let us hear the Holy Father speak. He was not "castigating" the President for Iraq, but rather the Pope was offering his hopes, and prayers, for peace - and he followed it with PRAISE for the President, and America.
Once again, this illustrates free thinker's maxim: we must find the truth ourselves, for the press will not give it to us willingly...
Thank you for posting this. I can't believe how the MSM has twisted this visit. I watched the whole thing on Fox yesterday AM, and although I could not understand most of what the Pope was saying, I was quite sure that he was not "scolding" the President, as the MSM would have us believe. On the contrary, he DID scold the American Bishops later in the day for not showing leadership to the American people on the subject of abortion, stem cell research, cloning, homosexual marriage, and euthanasia.
Thank you for posting this. I can't believe how the MSM has twisted this visit. I watched the whole thing on Fox yesterday AM, and although I could not understand most of what the Pope was saying, I was quite sure that he was not "scolding" the President, as the MSM would have us believe. On the contrary, he DID scold the American Bishops later in the day for not showing leadership to the American people on the subject of abortion, stem cell research, cloning, homosexual marriage, and euthanasia.