Cardinal Praises Obama on Abortion

You wanna rip your hair out? Scream in bewilderment? Then read this story about a Cardinal comparing Obama to Aquinas and praising his measured stance on abortion:

Cardinal George Cottier, 87, former theologian of the papal household under Pope John Paul II and Vatican adviser, has praised US President Barack Obama's "humble realism" and measured approach to abortion.

Cardinal Cottier compared the president's approach to abortion to the thinking of St Thomas Aquinas and early Christian tradition about framing laws in a pluralistic society, the National Catholic Reporter said.

His views, published in an essay in the current issue of 30 Giorni, reputedly the most widely read journal of Catholic affairs in Italy, analysed two Obama speeches - a May 17 commencement address at the University of Notre Dame and a June 4 speech to the Islamic world in Cairo.

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