WORCESTER, Mass. – Mathew Schmalz, associate professor of religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross and an expert in the Papacy and religion and politics, is available to comment on President Obama’s visit with Pope Benedict on July 10, and the Pope’s most recent statement on economics.
“Obama's meeting with the Pope is interesting given the protests that accompanied Obama's recent appearance at Notre Dame,” he says. “I would expect that the Pope will congratulate Obama on his historic election, and then emphasize themes in his most recent encyclical on the interrelationship between charity and social justice. I expect the meeting, through which Obama will continue his outreach to moderate and liberal Catholics among whom he still has much support, to be very cordial.”
Schmalz has experience with print and broadcast media. He serves as a panelist for On Faith, an online conversation on religion produced jointly by The Washington Post and Newsweek.com. Recently he appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America.
Papal Expert at Holy Cross Available for Analysis of Obama, Pope Meeting
Religious studies professor can also address the Pope’s statement on economics
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