General Audience with Pope Francis (Catholic Church of England and Wales, reproduced under a Creative Commons license)
While it seems almost everyone is in thrall to the visiting pontiff, many in the Republican base dislike much of what he has to say: climate change and poverty deniers reject his encyclical on degrading the planet or his call to help the poor; hawks can’t abide papal advice to make love, not war; immigration hardliners find him too soft, the list goes on.
— Political columnist Margaret Carlson: Republicans will tune out half of what Pope Francis says (via Bloomberg View).
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