Pope Francis transcends politics to embrace diversity

With Pope Francis headed to Washington Tuesday for his first visit to the U.S., politicians and media commentators from all sides have tried to predict what the Catholic leader will say or do. But despite the tendency of American media to label the pope's view as either liberal of conservative, the Pope arrives in the U.S. not as a political or diplomatic leader, but as a spiritual and moral one.

With Pope Francis headed to Washington Tuesday for his first visit to the U.S., politicians and media commentators from all sides have tried to predict what the Catholic leader will say or do. But despite the tendency of American media to label the pope's view as either liberal of conservative, the Pope arrives in the U.S. not as a political or diplomatic leader, but as a spiritual and moral one.…