This afternoon Pope Francis landed at Andrews Air Force base greeted by President Obama, Vice President Biden and the First Lady. 

The Pope is resting this evening.  Tomorrow he'll visit the White House, and there is some controversy there.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the Vatican does not want Pope Francis to be photographed with people who may oppose tenets of the Catholic Church.

As you may know, President Obama has invited some transgender people, some pro-abortion people and other left-wing folks to the reception.

Wisely, the Pope does not want to be used in a photo op passively endorsing a point of view that President Obama might hold.

We have been investigating this situation and will have more tomorrow in our Truth Serum segment.

But for now, it is obvious the Vatican is aware of President Obama's overall agenda and is not endorsing it.

However, the Pope is a liberal guy.  There's no question about it.

But his philosophy is based upon what is good for poor people, not on controversial social issues.

Let's start with capitalism.

In November 2013, the Pope said quote:

"While the earnings of a minority are growing exponentially, so too is the gap separating the majority from the prosperity enjoyed by those happy few.  This imbalance is the result of ideologies which defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation.  Consequently, they reject the right of states, charged with vigilance for the common good, to exercise any form of control.  A new tyranny is thus born …"

Pope Francis is correct that some countries – Russia, China, maybe even his home state of Argentina -- do allow corrupt, crony capitalism where a very few control wealth.

And because of that corruption, most of the people in those countries are poor.

But in America there is strict government regulation of our capitalistic system, and many poor Americans have luxury items those in the Third World can only imagine.

This is the first time Pope Francis has visited the USA, and I do not believe he understands our system.

I could be wrong.

But his bottom line on the abuse of capitalism is this.  Quote:

"The worship of the ancient golden calf has returned in a new and ruthless guise in the idolatry of money and the dictatorship of an impersonal economy lacking a truly human purpose."

Again, that is true.  Greed is not good, and there is plenty of it in this world.

Pope Francis has also made it clear that ISIS needs to be stopped.

It is not the Pope's job to come up with a military strategy, but he has been strong on the issue, condemning terrorist killers wherever they are.

And finally global warming, the Pope believes it is a threat to the poor quote:

"Climate change is a global problem with grave implications: environmental, social, economic, political and for the distribution of goods

"If present trends continue, this century may well witness extraordinary climate change and an unprecedented destruction of ecosystems, with serious consequences for all of us."

That is the Pope's opinion, and he uses the word if.

Again, his take is focused on poor people who will starve if indeed radical climate change envelopes the Earth.

You can disagree with Pope Francis, but his motives are clear: protecting the helpless.

Talking Points believes all Americans should understand and respect the Pope for being a champion of the poor and the persecuted.

That is indeed the bottom line of his papacy.

And that's the memo.