text: That Pope Francis would consider meeting with this man is appalling.  Another indication of just how little power he really has as pope.  Doesn't he know how to say, 'no!'  This group of thugs who surround Mr. Trump, "neo-Catholics" like Kellyanne Conway and Stephen Bannon among others, do not represent  American Catholics.  Didn't he already misstep when he met with the infamous Kim Davis, Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, during his 2015 U.S. visit.  A major mistake that resulted in recalling apostolic nuncio Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano (an otherwise good man) back to Rome.  Wonder about the American bishop who engineered that meeting?
  
  Pope Francis does not need to meet this president.  Mr. Trump was elected fraudulently, puts forth policies and bravado that are the antithesis of the gospel message, and does not represent the ethos of Judeo-Christian tradition.  Such a meeting will sow further discord in the American church.