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DANIEL BIURKE JOINS ME NOW.
GOODNESS, WHAT A FUN TRIP TO GET
TO COVER AND TO BE A FLY ON THE
WALL.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY'LL
DISC
DISCUSS?
>> WELL, WE POLLED A BUNCH OF
OUR TOP CATHOLIC SOURCES AND TOP
POLITICAL SOURCES.
TIME AND TIME AGAIN, THREE BIG
TOPICS CAME UP.
PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS CALLED POPE
FRANCIS A "SOULFUL MESSENGER" ON
THIS TOPIC.
HE'S QUOTED HIM ON A SPEECH ON
INCOME INEQUALITY.
NUMBER TWO, PEOPLE SAY THE PEACE
IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AND
PARTICULARLY IN SYRIA.
AS WE KNOW, JOHN KERRY IS
WORKING ON HAMMERING OUT A
PERMANENT PEACE SOLUTION BETWEEN
ISRAEL AND PALESTINIANS.
A PAPAL ENDORSEMENT OF THAT
PEACE DEAL WOULD BE A HUGE GAME
CHANGER, PEOPLE SAY.
THE POPE IS EXPECTED, OF COURSE,
TO VISIT THE HOLY LAND HIMSELF
IN MAY.
AND NUMBER THREE IS AN AREA
WHERE YOU MIGHT FIND SOME
DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN POPE
FRANCIS AND PRESIDENT OBAMA.
AND THAT'S THE OBAMA CARE'S
CONTROVERSIAL CONTRACEPTIVE
MANDATE.
NOW, THE BISHOPS AND OTHER
CHURCH GROUPS ARE FIERCELY
FIGHTING THAT IN COURT, AND THE
REALM OF PUBLIC OPINION.
THE VATICAN'S NEW SECRETARY OF
STATE BROUGHT THAT UP WITH JOHN
KERRY AT A MEETING LAST WEEK AND
WE CAN EXPECT THAT TO BE ON THE
AGENDA AGAIN, THE MEETING
BETWEEN PRESIDENT OBAMA AND POPE
FRANCIS.
>> YOU KNOW, IT'S OBVIOUS TO
REALIZE THAT OF COURSE THE
PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH POPE
BENEDICT WILL BE DIFFERENT FROM
THE CURRENT POPE, THE VERY
DIFFERENT POPES.
WHEN YOU THINK OF POPE FRANCIS,
HE'S KNOWN TO BE -- HE'S A
LITTLE UNPREDICTABLE, THIS MAN.
HE EMBRACED THE MAN WITH THE
FACIAL DEFORMITY.
HE INVITED THE HOMELESS MAN TO
HIS BIRTHDAY PARTY.
WHAT SHOULD PRESIDENT OBAMA BE
PREPARED FOR?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, POPE FRANCIS
HAS CERTAINLY KEPT ME ON MY TOES
AS A MEMBER OF THE MEDIA.
>> AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.
IT'S FUN TO COVER.
>> HE'S REALLY FUN TO COVER.
IF I WAS PRESIDENT OBAMA, I
WOULD SAY EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED.
PEOPLE HAVE DESCRIBED HIM AS
FAIRLY FEISTY.
SO I WOULD EXPECT HIM TO GET
DOWN TO THE WEEDS, REALLY TALK
ABOUT NUTS AND BOLTS STUFF WITH
OBAMA.
MAYBE PRESS HIM ON ISSUES LIKE