Abilene priest closely following pope’s first visit to U.S.

Pope Francis is the first papal leader to address members of Congress. The pope has discussed several issues such as climate change and the United States’ relationship with Cuba.

“We are living in a critical moment in history”, said Pope Francis.

In an era of renewed USA racial tensions, the 78-year-old pope invoked America’s best-known civil rights leader, the late Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., to make points about the environment and equality.

Below is a timeline detailing the pope’s visit.

She says social media has made his presence even greater, with hashtags trending on Twitter and Facebook.

Huge crowds of admirers and fans gave Pope Francis an enthusiastic reception in the nation’s capital on Wednesday, beginning with the thousands who packed the South Lawn of the White House.

The pope delivered a strong message against those who doubt the science of climate change, saying the warming planet “demands on our part a serious and responsible recognition” of conditions awaiting today’s children. “Love those who aren’t like you”.

The pontiff broached the toxic controversy while addressing hundreds of bishops at St Matthew’s cathedral in Washington DC, following a White House visit.

The USA and other countries can no longer remain silent to the genocide that is taking place in the world
today.

Global warming is blamed by nearly all experts on man-made greenhouse gas emissions, although many U.S. Republicans including some of those running for president in 2016 have heaped doubt on that view.

“You remind us of the costs of war, particularly on the powerless and defenseless, and urge us toward the imperative of peace”, Obama said. I think we talk too much about the myth of climate change.

Francis’ parades through the streets near the White House and Catholic University, meanwhile, sparked an adoring outpouring from the crowds. They prioritised drawing clearer boundaries for Catholic behaviour and belief in the face of legalised abortion and advances in gay rights.

She hopes Pope Francis will see these posters on Friday during his stay in New York.

“As the son of an immigrant family, I am happy to be a guest in this country, which was largely built by such families”, he said.

Later in the day, Francis thanked USA bishops for welcoming and integrating immigrants and asked them to continue.