our president. today, at andrews air base, it was not the first time that this pope and president obama have met in person. president obama was at the vatican last march. he met privately with pope francis at the vatican last year. it s interesting, there s always an exchange of gifts at meetings like that. famously at that visit to the cat can, what president obama brought pope francis as a gift was a seed chest. was a handmade botch full of seeds from the white house garden. seeds for fruits and vegetables sbug and some people in our country criticizes president obama for that gift and yes, as gifts go if this is how you judge them, that is a fairly cheap gift. but for this pope, i think that was probably the right tone. and for all the issues on which this pope and this president disagree, for all the pope s religious conservatism on issues like abortion for example and
intersections between the views of this pope and the views of our own politicians including our president. today, at andrews air base, it was not the first time that this pope and president obama have met in person. president obama was at the vatican last march. he met privately with pope francis at the vatican last year. it s interesting, there s always an exchange of gifts at meetings like that. famously at that visit to the cat can, what president obama brought pope francis as a gift was a seed chest. was a handmade botch full of seeds from the white house garden. seeds for fruits and vegetables and some people in our country criticizes president obama for that gift and yes, as gifts go if this is how you judge them, that is a fairly cheap gift. but for this pope, i think that was probably the right tone. and for all the issues on which