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Naughty Hollande Meets Pope

BAD TIMING

French prez had affair but topic is abortion.

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Wonder if Pope Francis will say, "Who am I to judge?" In what is perhaps the definition of bad timing, French President Francois Hollande is scheduled to meet with Pope Francis on Friday in the midst of a major scandal involving Hollande's affair with actress Julie Gayet. The Pope is likely to bring up the recent French law which removes requirements that a French woman prove she is in "distress" to end a pregnancy. Hollande has also faced pushback from French Catholics over his support for gay marriage.

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