The Trouble With the Pope Playing Politics

Pope Leo XIV may be a man of the cloth, but he is also a Southsider, so it is not surprising that he can't rise completely above the fray. How else to explain his ramped-up criticism of the Iran war right after granting an audience to fellow Chicagoan David Axelrod, the influential Democratic operative and Barack Obama advisor - and the appearance of three anti-war cardinals on "60 Minutes" two days later?