Popular Culture
Recently, a hoax has been circulating that Barack Obama referred to Gioacchino da Fiore, or Joachim of Fiore, three times in his campaign speeches during the 2008 presidential election. He is said to have spoken of him as a master of contemporary civilization who had sought to create a better world. However, no citation in any actual speech of Obama's quoting or mentioning Joachim has been produced.
In 2009 Father Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher to the Pontifical Household, gave a lecture to Pope Benedict XVI and the papal household, restating the Roman Catholic Church's view that Gioacchino da Fiore was a heretic.
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