President Barack Obama and Pope Francis are set to meet in March, the White House announced Tuesday. In the coming weeks, any number of comparisons are sure to be drawn by a fawning media between the liberal President and a Pope who has championed many social justice issues -- and who remains anti-abortion and anti-homosexuality nonetheless.

MSNBC host Alex Wagner made sure her name would be counted among the masses to draw the parallel:

It just might result in the most epic selfie of all time. President Obama will travel to meet Pope Francis for the first time on March 27th of this year. A meeting highly anticipated since march of last year. Aside from their occasional self-portraits, they have more importantly both made it a defining mission to combat inequality.

Interesting that a network normally eager to rebuke any association between government and religion has no problem comparing the President with the Pope, as long as all agendas are aligned.