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00:00AT THE VIEWS OF POPE FRANCIS AS HE MET WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP. POPE FRANCIS STILL HAS THE WORLD ' S ATTENTION. THE FIRST POPE FROM THE AMERICAS, HE QUICKLY STAMPED BY DOWN STYLE ON THE PAPACY, SALVAGING THE IMAGE -- DOWN-TO-EARTH STYLE ON THE PAPACY, SALVAGING THE IMAGE OF THE CHURCH. HE HAS A GOAL TO CHANGE NOT ONLY THE CHURCH, BUT THE WORLD, SPEAKING OUT ON ISSUES SUCH AS, CHANGE AND CAPITALISM ' S ROLE IN CREATING POVERTY. THE POPE HAS LASHED OUT AT POLITICAL AND BUSINESS LEADERS AND THE VATICAN BUREAUCRACY. HERE IS THE SITUATION -- FRANCIS ' AGENDA HAS PROVOKED RESISTANCE AMONG SOME CONSERVATIVE CARDINALS AND HE HAS CLASHED WITH TRUMP OVER INEQUALITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE. THE VATICAN SAID THE POPE AND THE PRESIDENT HAD A CORDIAL DISCUSSION ON LIFE AND FREEDOM. EXCUSE ME. THE POPE HAS RUFFLED FEATHERS -- ON A TRIP TO AFRICA, HE CALLED CORRUPTION A NEW FORM OF COLONIALISM AND BECAME THE FIRST POPE IN MEMORY TO TWO OR A WAR ZONE. T --T TOUR AWARDS HIM ZONE. HE HAS QUESTIONED VATICAN SPENDING. CLOSE TO HIS DEEPLY DEVOUT GRANDMOTHER, HE TRAINED AS A CHEMIST BEFORE ENROLLING AT A SEMINARY. EXCUSE ME. HE WAS ORDAINED AT 32 AND FOUR YEARS LATER WAS NAMED HEAD OF A JESUIT ORDER IN ARGENTINA. AT THE AGE OF 76, THE PERSON WHO IS TO BECOME FRANCIS AND THE LEADER OF 1.2 BILLION CATHOLICS. HERE ' S THE ARGUMENT. TO MANY CONSERVATIVE CATHOLICS, FRANCIS IS OVERSTEPPING HIS BOUNDS BY CAMPAIGNING AGAINST GLOBAL CAPITALISM, CALLING THE UNFETTERED PURSUIT OF MONEY THE DRUG OF THE DEVIL. CRITICS CHARGE HE HAS NO AUTHORITY TO SPEAK ON ECONOMICS OR SIGNS, BUT TO SUPPORTERS, HE IS BRINGING THE CHURCH BACK TO ITS ROOTS. JUST AFTER HIS ELECTION HE CALLED FOR A CHURCH FOR THE PORTRAIT PLEASE READ MORE ABOUT -- CHURCH FOR THE POOR. PLEASE READ MORE ABOUT FRANCIS ON BLOOMBERG. MARK: BONNIE, YOU DESERVE A BIG LOSS OF WATER. COMING UP, FIND OUT WHICH SOCIAL-MEDIA COMPANY MAY BE WORTHY. THIS IS BLOOMBERG. ♪

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