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ept. 23, p11

The pope of the poor arrived for his first-ever visit to the world'€™s wealthiest superpower Tuesday denying he is a leftist and riding in a frugal little family car, windows rolled down.

Pope Francis'€™ chartered plane from Cuba touched down at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, where President Barack Obama and his wife and daughters paid him the rare honor of meeting him at the bottom of the stairs on the red-carpeted tarmac. Presidents usually make important visitors come to them at the White House. Emerging from the aircraft to loud cheers from a crowd of hundreds, the smiling 78-year-old pontiff removed his skullcap in the windy weather and made his way down the steps in his white robes.

Your comments:

What a lousy and mean-spirited headline. I suspect it is not an accident the way it has been presented.

Chas Holman

Only a man of extremely high status will be driven away in a modest car.  Those who have doubts about their status need to be driven in luxury cars.  

Jagera

The Catholic Church was taken over in 1958. Never before has a Jesuit been pope in its history, until now.  No doubt he will be screaming for more states to take refugees, support climate change, support gays '€” pretty much everything in support of a one-world government.

I say tip of the triangle, without doubt.

Joko