My favorite line from Muslim Barack Obama's welcoming of Catholic Jorge Bergoglio to the secular White House:
You are the first pope to share an encyclical through a Twitter account.
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And then, from Francis, a powerful uppercut to Trumpism's jaw: His pride in being an "immigrant" to this country.
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Deep sorrow this morning among Republican troglodytes. His Holiness is worried about "pollution."
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It would be so pleasant to believe that papal encouragement of "peace and prosperity" for everyone has at least some effect on the hard-hearted. Empirical evidence, however, is not as encouraging as the pope.
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If I were ever to turn religious — the odds of which are roughly equal to my turning Republican — I might not accept the divinity of Jesus, but I would embrace Francis. What an extraordinary, absolutely wonderful human being.