What we learned from the Pope’s politically-charged speech to Congress

For a few viewers, their comments were full of less detail, and were just short and to the point, with one reading, “CROOK, CLOWN, LIAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Pope Francis on Thursday received a hearty welcome from more than 500 justices, lawmakers and officials. But Francis did make a point of going over to Secretary of State John Kerry and shaking his hand.

It is unfortunate for the Catholic Church that Pope Francis seems to have been taken in by the liberal propaganda hogwash espousing global warming and man-made climate change. Kerry, as secretary of state, was a principal negotiator of the deal. And I ask you all please to pray for me. “A good political leader always opts to initiate processes rather than possessing spaces”.

Lipinski said he and his wife, Judy, had the opportunity to meet Pope Francis at the Vatican 3 ½ weeks ago while attending an worldwide conference of Catholic legislators.

“I’ve got to look myself in the mirror”, he said.

Yet Francis spoke to a Congress that has deadlocked on immigration legislation, at a time when there are more than 11 million people in the US illegally, and where a few lawmakers have balked at Obama administration plans to accept more of the migrants from Syria and elsewhere who are now flooding Europe.

“It was the most special thing, above all because I have small kids”, said Carmen Nuñez, with one of her children in her arms. He emphasized on the importance of embracing immigrants as the world is facing a refugee crisis with a magnitude that has never been seen since World War II noting that the majority travel to the U.S.in search of a better lives. If we want life, let us give life. “God is here with us”, she said.

In the same address, the pontiff renewed his call for ending the death penalty, and for better treatment of the poor and disadvantaged.

The pope’s emphasis on helping the neediest continued when he greeted parishioners and homeless people at St. Patrick Church. “Part of this great effort is the creation and redistribution of wealth”. He warned against the “simplistic reductionism which sees only good or evil; or, if you will, the righteous and sinners”.

A frequent critic of the damage caused to the environment by capitalism’s excesses, the pope said Congress has an important role to play to “avert the most serious effects of the environmental deterioration caused by human activity”.