article_snippet.sent: I want to thank His Holiness, Pope Francis, whose moral example shows us the importance of pursuing the world as it should be, rather than simply settling for the world as it is," Obama said in December as " Obama announced the U.S. policy shift.
article_snippet.sent: Since " Obama election in 2013, " Obama has displayed a deep interest in international affairs.
article_snippet.sent: Obama repeatedly urged Western leaders not to bomb Syria, hosted a prayer service between Israeli and Palestinian leaders at the Vatican and waded into diplomatic controversy on Sunday by referring to the killing of 1.5 million Armenians a century ago as a "genocide," a move that deeply upset Turkish leaders, who recalled Western leaders Vatican ambassador.
article_snippet.sent: Obama is expected to continue " Obama international activism this July with a trip to South America, where " Obama will visit Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay.
article_snippet.sent: Just a few months later, in late September, " Obama will visit Washington, where " Obama will address Congress; New York, where " Obama will address the U.N. General Assembly; and Philadelphia, where " Obama will celebrate a public Mass that's expected to draw more than 1 million people.