The Italian news service L’Espresso writes that the meeting between Bush and the Pope last week marks the alliance between Catholics and Evangelicals in the US, with a key role played by Fr. Richard Neuhaus. The article also quotes an Italian journalist who says the Pope has made known his preference for Bush’s re-election in November and pledged to help him with Catholic voters. Hmm, we’ll have to see. Italian journalists have a habit of hyperbole.
