Krauthammer’s Take: Who to Believe, the Holy See or the Man Who Told the Lie of the Year?

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After Pope Francis met with President Obama, each leader had a different take on their conversation. Where Obama said the conversation focused on income inequality and that social schisms were largely ignored, the Vatican said “religious freedom, life, and conscientious objection” were discussed.

According to Charles Krauthammer, it’s easy to choose who to believe. “On the one hand you’ve got the Bishop of Rome, the Holy See, of whom a billion co-religionists believe in his infallibility,” Krauthammer said. “On the other hand you’ve got a man who said, ‘If you like your plan, you can keep your plan. If you like your doctor you can keep your doctor.’ So who are you going to choose?”

Less cynically, Kruathammer said the discrepancy could also possibly be explained by Obama’s referencing only his conversation with the Pope, not the Secretary of State’s as well. Perhaps Obama himself did not literally talk about social issues even if another member of his administration did.