The Political Chase

To be a fly on the wall

I would have dearly loved the opportunity to just listen to Pope Benedict’s conversation with George Bush today. They reportedly had a a private conversation, but Bush’s "private conversations" almost always include Darth Vader. So, I wonder which president the Pope met with. Who knows, maybe both.

The pope and the president had a private meeting in the Oval Office after the public ceremony. The White House issued a statement afterward saying the two “devoted considerable time in their discussions” to the Middle East, particularly resolving the Israel-Palestinian conflict, as well as “their common concern for the situation in Iraq and particularly the precarious state of Christian communities there and elsewhere in the region.” The pope has in the past expressed his opposition to the war.