President Bush Interview On Catholic Network EWTN Tonight

Updated- Full Transcript and VID located at my post When President Bush Looks Into Benedict's Eyes He Sees God


If you are are not doing much on this Friday night you might want to check out the Catholic network EWTN tonight. President Bush will be interviewed by Raymond Arroyo( A Louisiana Expat I might add) . The special, which will be televised from EWTN’s new studio at the John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington, D.C., will air 8 p.m.(Eastern) Friday, April 11, on “The World Over.”

Whispers talks a good bit about this today in his entry Ad Orientem Meets West Wing He is an excerpt he has up:
In this exclusive first-look, Bush offers his impressions on Benedict:
Q. Mr. President, this is the first head of state, Pope Benedict XVI, you will ever greet on a tarmac. I was stunned to learn this. Why are you going and greeting him at an airstrip? Usually the heads of states come here.

THE PRESIDENT: Because he is a really important figure in a lot of ways. One, he speaks for millions. Two, he doesn't come as a politician; he comes as a man of faith. And, three, that I so subscribe to his notion that there are -- there's right and wrong in life, that moral relativism has a danger of undermining the capacity to have more hopeful and free societies, that I want to honor his convictions, as well.

Q. You read his book on Europe, I'm told.

THE PRESIDENT: Well, I read parts of it, yes.

Q. What do you take generally from his appraisal of Europe and the world? And why is this relationship between the United States and the Holy See so important to you?

THE PRESIDENT: Well, first of all, it's important to me because the Holy Father represents and stands for some values that I think are important for the health of the country, and when he comes to America, millions of my fellow citizens will be hanging on his every word. And that's why it's important.I really don't want to get into -- spend time being critical of Europe.

My main objective is to make sure our country is strong and solid and remains in the lead. One of the tenets of my foreign policy is that there is an Almighty, and a gift of that Almighty to every man, woman and child is freedom. And, you know, His Holiness speaks with that kind of clarity.I'm also, as you know, a believer in the value of human life for the -- whether it's -- you know, the most vulnerable amongst us. And he speaks clearly to that, as well.

If you don't have EWTN on your cable provider you can still watch it live via the web here.

Despite attempts to portray President Bush as some non inquisitive do do bird the President has read some of his Benedict's works. Bush mention this last year when he visited Vatican but sadly neither the secular nor Catholic press followed up with a question asking him which ones.

If you wish to take a trip down memory lane and see reports of their last meeting go to Bush meets Benedict from last summer.