The No. 1 Person Former President Obama Most Wants To Meet? It's Pope Leo XIV

The No. 1 Person Former President Obama Most Wants To Meet? It's Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV and former U.S. President Barack Obama are pictured in a combination photo. Obama said in a YouTube interview posted Feb. 14, 2026, that he wants to meet the American pontiff. (Photo: OSV News/CNS/Lola Gomez/Jim Young, Reuters) by Simone Orendain, OSV News CHICAGO (OSV News) — Former President Barack Obama said in a YouTube interview posted Feb. 14 he wants to meet Pope Leo XIV. Left-leaning political YouTuber and podcaster Brian T…

The No. 1 person former President Obama most wants to meet? It’s Pope Leo XIV

CHICAGO (OSV News) — Former President Barack Obama said in a YouTube interview posted Feb. 14 he wants to meet Pope Leo XIV. Left-leaning political YouTuber and podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen asked who the former president most wanted to meet at the end of a wide-ranging Q&A that began with the topic of a controversial racist social media post that portrayed him and his wife, former first lady Michelle Obama, as apes. Obama answered that he wanted …

Barack Obama says he wants to meet pope

Pope Leo XIV and former U.S. President Barack Obama are pictured in a combination photo. Obama said in a YouTube interview posted Feb. 14, 2026, that he wants to meet the American pontiff. (OSV News photo/CNS/Lola Gomez/Jim Young, Reuters) Former President Barack Obama said in a YouTube interview posted 14 February he wants to meet Pope Leo XIV. Left-leaning political YouTuber and podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen asked who the former president most w…