Introduction In the article “The Catholic roots of Obama's activism”, taken from the “New York Times” published on March 22, 2014, Jason Horowitz (2014) paints the President Obama as very close to the Catholic Church, ideologically. Horowitz wrote the article in the wake of President Obama's visit to Europe and Italy in particular, where he had a meeting with Pope Francis in the Vatican on Thursday, March 27, 2014. In this article, President Obama's inclination towards the organization community when he was twenty is described as pro-Catholicism. In the front page article, Horowitz (2014) talked about the close connection between the president and his mentors in organizing the programs. Greg Galluzzo and Gerald Kellman, as well as the culture of Catholicism in which Obama grew up, had a substantial impact on his political ideology. Obama's Social Organization and Catholicism President Obama's frequent references to Cardinal Bernardin, who was a prominent Catholic clergyman in Chicago, along with his close connection to the church's Human Development Campaign in the 1980s are some of the key indicators of the president's inclination towards Catholicism. Horowitz (2014) indicates that ties between Obama and the Church reached the point where the young Obama could effectively persuade the community to adopt the doctrines of the Catholic Church and even pray in church. In the article, a closer analysis of Obama's organizational programs refutes to some extent Horowitz's perception of Catholicism in the president. However, according to the article, Obama's organizing mentors in Chicago, starting with Alinsky, are believed to have played a critical role in the president's adoption of the church's ideology of empowering specific members of society during the period in question. .... spiraling out of control, for six years now, Obama has transformed America's social landscape by redistributing national resources to previously marginalized communities and reforming laws that overburden vulnerable groups and minorities. Conclusion Overall, the article portrays Barack Obama as an individual whose political ideology of social justice dates back to his involvement in the 1980s with pro-Catholic community organizing programs in Chicago. Regardless, Horowitz is clear enough that while the Catholic Church supports human rights and a greater level of freedom from discrimination, Obama's social justice policies are too liberal to be welcomed. In conclusion, the need to respond to the needs of vulnerable groups is shown as one of the main policies linking President Obama to the Catholic Church, especially under the relatively liberal Pope Francis.