Good one

Mark Knoller on twitter:

WH spokesman: Obama "is eager to find common ground on these issues and work aggressively to do that." re abortion, stem cells

The pope may have used some socialist-like lingo in his encyclical, but don't get carried away, Barack. Where, pray tell, is the common ground between "human life is sacred from the moment of conception to the moment of death" and support for partial birth abortion, leaving 'temporarily alive' infants to die, and viewing babies as punishment?

Greg Pollowitz adds:

Looks like President Obama finally found someone at the right pay grade to answer those pesky abortion and stem-cell questions.

By the way, some good analysis of Caritas in Veritate from Reps. Boehner and McCotter:

The Holy Father’s central point in Caritas in Veritate is that at times of economic challenge, the inherent dignity of the individual must be preserved and sustained through genuine charity and compassion. This message is clearly distinct from efforts to 'remake' government into a soul-crushing centralized welfare state in which independent citizens are remade into dependent servants. In the encyclical, the Pope stresses that the human being must remain as the center of our free-market system. He warns that individuals, families, churches, communities, and businesses must never become subservient to the state. He emphasizes that the sanctity of all human life must always be protected. And he advocates conservation, not radical environmentalism.

Read the rest. More here from Father Sirico with commentary added by Father Zuhlsdorf.

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