Deacon Greg Kandra in his blog is proposing that Pope Benedict is taking a more conciliar tone with the new American President than are the American bishops, who have immediately decided to challenge the new President on his stance on abortion while the Pope has only sent friendly greetings to date. Given that this Pope has been unpredictable in his decisions of when to push buttons (see dialogue with Muslims) and when not to, but has been successful when doing both, I can only assume that the Pope would like to see U.S. policy change in many areas, and sees a chance to build a friendship with President Obama on many fronts, before directly confronting his stance on abortion. How will it work? Time will tell.
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