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Article: Cardinal criticizes Obama agenda as 'apocalyptic'.(IN THE BEGINNING)(J. Francis Stafford, Barack Obama )
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- November 28, 2008
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WASHINGTON -- A U.S. cardinal who has worked at the Vatican for 12 years harshly criticized President-elect Barack Obama Nov. 13, saying he has "an agenda and vision that are aggressive, disruptive and apocalyptic."
Cardinal J. Francis Stafford, head of the Apostolic Penitentiary, a major Vatican tribunal, spoke on "Pope Paul VI and Pope John Paul H: Being True in Body and Soul" in a lecture sponsored by the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family at The Catholic University of America in Washington.
Saying that the United States experienced a "cultural earthquake" when Obama was elected president Nov. 4, Stafford said the ...