Pope Francis' chartered plane from Cuba touched down at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, where President Barack Obama and his wife and daughters paid him the rare honor of meeting him at the bottom of the stairs on the red-carpeted tarmac. Presidents usually make important visitors come to them at the White House.
Emerging from the aircraft to loud cheers from a crowd of hundreds, the smiling 78-year-old pontiff removed his skullcap in the windy weather and made his way down the steps in his white robes.
He was welcomed by a military honor guard, chanting schoolchildren, politicians, and Roman Catholic clerics in black robes with vivid sashes of scarlet and purple. Joe Biden, the nation's first Catholic vice president, and his wife were among those who greeted him.
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I have always been amazed at how people go absolutely crazy over the Pope. Remember he is a man; not a GOD! He has no mystical powers or supernatural energy, he is only a man. He is the leader of the Catholic religion. He should not be elevated to some GOD like being. He has a position of power much luck president Obama and other world leaders. I will not bow down to NO person on this planet, The Pope, The royal family in England other royalty around the world or just PEOPLE! They deserve respect but not to bowed down to or worshiped.
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