( I thought I'd try the Palin sugestion.)

It was good to see the Pope so receptive of the leader of our nation. He obviously realizes that there are major differences in key dogmas, but also that the U.S. and the Church have much to work together for.

Too bad our own narrow-minded Catholic leaders are too myopic about birth control, abortion and stemcells to understand that progressive ideology is much more Gospel centered than the (Calvinist-inspired) "muscular" Christianity, and there is much that we can work together on concerning issues of social justice, feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, stopping war, etc.