At UN, Pope rails against craving for wealth and power

Although his United Nations remarks on the environment and the economy carried a message many liberals welcomed, Francis also affirmed church doctrine on abortion and sexuality.

The world’s most famous arena, as it bills itself, became a venue for Pope Francis as thousands of Catholics, including a handful of Greenwich residents, turned Madison Square Garden in New York City into a sacred site.

At the school, the volunteers recited a prayer in multiple languages, and Pope Francis gave a brief and enthusiastic speech to the students, teacher, and others gathered around a small stage. And leave a comment to let us know your thoughts!

“I have a very hard moment right now”, Rodriguez said. “I think the world needs to hear that, particularly from a spiritual leader”.

But crystallize it did.

The Pope was smiling ear to ear as he greeted hopeful students outside the East Harlem school.

“I want to be an example that we are strong”, she said, “and we are protecting our community”.

“For all this, the simplest and best measure and indicator of the implementation of the new Agenda for development will be effective, practical and immediate access, on the part of all, to essential material and spiritual goods: housing, dignified and properly remunerated employment, adequate food and drinking water; religious freedom and, more generally, spiritual freedom and education”.

“As he passed by, you passed a cool, refreshing peace, as if he were spreading a huge blanket of peace through the crowd”, Ruth Smart of Brooklyn said of the procession to the Associated Press. “Even though the crowd exploded in a roar, it was pure joy”.

In place of the famed, horse-drawn carriages, Francis will take a quick spin through Central Park in the popemobile.

New York marks the second US city he has traveled to, and the third day of his USA tour. The album will comprise of 11 tracks with Pope delivering speeches in Italian, English, Spanish and Portuguese, to reach wider audiences. The two students suggested that Pope Francis give it a try.

One million people are expected to be there. School then ends up being one big family.

The pope and New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan each left a single white rose on the edge of the fountain in Memorial Plaza.

Pope Francis ended his comments by giving the kids a homework assignment. The Catholic Church has been on a campaign to denounce “gender theory” and the idea that people can choose their sex.

Protesters hold signs on Fifth Avenue before the arrival of Pope Francis at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on September 24, 2015.

Pope Francis will preside over services in Foundation Hall alongside the Slurry Wall and the Last Column.

Quoting a speech to the U.N.by his predecessor Pope Paul VI in 1965, Francis said of the world today: “The real danger comes from man…”

This follows the pope’s historic day in Washington, where his address to Congress still has both sides of the aisle singing his praises.