conflict, and the poor for most of the meeting as far as we can tell. well, according to a statement from the vatican, the two did discuss, quote, the exercise of rights to religious freedom, life and conscientious objection. sure. that s obviously alluding to the contraception mandate. do you think it was as much of a focus as conservatives would like you to believe? as was clear in the visual you showed, here was the first african american president of the united states and the first pope from the developing world. and the pope is not as interested in religious wars and cultural wars. he is committed to a culture of life. and many of us in the taitt community are. but he wants to talk about a consistent ethic of life. he is talking about how the poor and the vulnerable are being treated. that religious liberty and health care shouldn t bed a odds. both are very important. and we can find ways to resolve.
the government has announced it wants to expand the ease of access to contraceptives, abortion i inducing drugs and sterilization. now the catholic church has strong teachings from the very beginning against those practices. so groups like priest for life exit to impart the teachings and what we all want, a culture of life. and now the government is telling us, when you provide health insurance for your employees, you have to be part of this plan. because your insurance plan will give that coverage to them free of charge and you have to be part of the plan. and we are saying we want to provide health care coverage to our employees, but if you have that plan, do it yourself and don t involve us. we are being told we have to be part of it. now the case you mentioned at the outset in new york, they were told you are exempt. churches are exempt from this requirement. now, i have a religious
question. if pope francis giving just a message of morality and charity or if he s giving one that s political fis on see. what i would say is philosophy. what i would say is president obama is trying to change the subject. you pointed out pope francis a rock star and i, you said president obama is fading star. he d like some of that 88% approval rating. he s attempting that. to turn the conversation away from obamacare. can we talk about i joke good this with mark, can we talk about how republicans hate poor people? can we get back to that and not this health care thing i ve screwed up so massively? mark, you know, other presidents they re kpul nactually not competing claims. they re actually not competing claims. republicans are posed mark, what i was going to say it s better than not having it. other presidents have embraced the pope. for example, george w. bush borrowed culture of life from pope john paul to protest abortion. kind of worked for him, didn t it?
for seeing your business s cash flow like never before, introducing cash flow insight powered by pnc cfo. a suite of online tools that lets you turn insight into action. i have said the change, the culture of death to a culture of life. and the only way to do is it everybody find out who they are and to stop them from doing it and say we re not tolerating this anymore. that s mitch landrieu explaining to a shocked city what happened at a broad daylight multiple gunmen mass shooting at the epitome of a family event. a mother s day celebration in his city. as of now, no arrests in the case. there were 19 people wounded, including two kids. the a.p. just announced moments ago a suspect has been identified in the shooting but nobody has yet been apprehended.
i have said the change, the culture of death to a culture of life. and the only way to do is it everybody find out who they are and to stop them from doing it and say we re not tolerating this anymore. that s mitch landrieu explaining to a shocked city what happened at a broad daylight multiple gunmen mass shooting at the epitome of a family event. a mother s day celebration in his city. as of now, no arrests in the case. there were 19 people wounded, including two kids. the a.p. just announced moments ago a suspect has been identified in the shooting but nobody has yet been apprehended. just terrible news out of new orleans yesterday. 2:00 and new orleans is not getting used to this terrible news they keep getting. the state of louisiana has the second highest rate of gun homicides in the country. it is a problem in new orleans and louisiana that is not getting better, it is getting worse.