White House says Obama meeting with Pope Francis about values not politics

An Alitalia plane carrying the Argentine-born leader of the world’s 1.2 billion member Roman Catholic church touched down at Joint Base Andrews after a flight from Cuba.

Obama took a different approach, Earnest said, acknowledging up front that his meeting with Pope Francis isn’t a meeting between politicians and “isn’t an effort to advance anybody’s political agenda”.

The security precautions could make it almost impossible for many ordinary Americans to get close to the pope, and for many people to go about their business in those cities.

The pope will have an official meeting with President Obama at the White House Wednesday, then on Thursday address a joint session of Congress.

Twenty-five thousand people are expected to attend the Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Northeast.

In addition to pictures with the pope, students also learned about the places he will visit – Washington, D.C., New York and Philadelphia.

Organizers describe the conference that blends prayer, religious instruction and faith-themed lectures as the world’s largest gathering of Catholic families. But his criticism of unbridled capitalism has unsettled United States conservatives.

Francis was expected to deliver some provocative messages on his U.S. tour, which will include visits to Washington, New York and Philadelphia.

Pope Francis did not seem surprised by the questions, but denied that his teachings on the economy and environment ever strayed from Church teaching.

“I think that might be a… a too-rash a conclusion”, said Christie, “that he doesn’t see us as ‘a force for good.’ We have some fundamental disagreements, it seems”.

Since becoming pope in 2013, Francis has made one controversial statement after another on all kinds of, well, controversial topics.

On Sunday, Francis met with both Fidel and Raul Castro.

A group of women from We Belong Together, who marched 100 miles over eight days leading up to the pope’s visit, were among the picketers.

Father O’Rourke says during mass, he isn’t treating the Pope’s visit as a somber, serious event.

American Airlines will be blessed this week with Pope Francis.