WH Tweets Comparison Between Pope’s Remarks, Obama’s At Prayer Breakfast

President Barack Obama talks with Pope Francis in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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After Pope Francis delivered his address to Congress on Thursday, White House deputy press secretary Eric Schultz highlighted the pontiff’s comments on religious extremism, highlighting a comparison between his remarks and those previously made by President Obama.

Schultz links to a U.S. News and World Report article comparing the pope’s Thursday remarks about religious fundamentalism to comments Obama made about the religious violence carried out by Christians during the Crusades while making that all religions have seen pockets of violence. Obama’s remarks at the prayer breakfast sparked outrage among conservatives in February.

The pope on Thursday said, “We know that no religion is immune from forms of individual delusion or ideological extremism. This means that we must be especially attentive to every type of fundamentalism, whether religious or of any other kind. A delicate balance is required to combat violence perpetrated in the name of a religion, an ideology or an economic system, while also safeguarding religious freedom, intellectual freedom and individual freedoms.”

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  1. You just know that Goggles, Frothy and FatTony clenched their fists in fury.

    Just remember, it’s HELPLESS fury.

  2. LOL! I’m convinced Obama has a secret slush fund he’s used to stock the WH basement with bags of dicks for the past 7 years so he could start handing them out to the Teatrolls during his last year in office.

  3. Avatar for ajayne ajayne says:

    while also safeguarding religious freedom, intellectual freedom and individual freedoms

    ®s will read this as anti-gay - I see it as anti-bigotry.

    Francis was very careful with the terminology he used - various people’s interpretation of those words will be telling, indeed…

  4. Avatar for darcy darcy says:

    “it’s HELPLESS fury.”

    Yes, the worst kind of fury. If FatTony stays in the race till March, he may indeed expire before he gets there. And Bridgegate doesn’t appear to be going away even if he drops out. And It’s way too late for yoga classes. I bet his wife is worried sick about his health.

  5. It’s obvious this Pope is also a Secret Muslim.

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