Pope Francis Gets Mixed Review on Women’s Issues

More lined the streets as his motorcade traveled to the Capitol, where thousands waited on the Mall to watch his speech on giant screens. He was at the White House on Wednesday for the Pope’s address there and joined the throngs on the Mall in D.C. He describes the experience as “probably my most memorable experience”.

Boehner was to hold a press conference today to publicly announce his decision to resign, but that press conference has reportedly been cancelled.

“As my brothers, the United States Bishops, have reminded us, all are called to be vigilant, precisely as good citizens, to preserve and defend [religious] freedom from everything that would threaten or compromise it.”

“We know that no religion is immune from forms of individual delusion or ideological extremism”. Catholic Worker communities are against war and the economic inequality.

Thomas Merton, Trappist monk and author.

Francis, often a ferocious social critic, dialed down the rhetoric in addressing the representatives of the planet’s biggest economy.

Pope Francis is, quite literally, sweeping the nation.

Politicians of all backgrounds and religious affiliations welcomed the pope, pledging to pause from the bickering and dysfunction that normally divide them to listen to the pope.

A charming image of his arrival was US bishops using their iPhones to take pictures when he arrived for a service at St. Matthew’s in Washington.

“I would like to recognize the efforts made in recent months to help overcome historic differences linked to painful episodes of the past”. He talked about being the son of immigrants. “It’s that kind of sense of having that relative that you rarely get to see, but you love it when they show up”.

When asked about Francis’s discussion of climate change (the pope called for action to combat it), Perry said the pope’s message of the United States having the technology to solve the issue and the country’s great vision resonated with him. Today we want to keep dreaming. “We must not be taken aback by their numbers, but rather view them as persons, seeing their faces and listening to their stories, trying to respond as best we can to their situation”. It was truly an affirmation of the ministries I have embraced to further the values of human dignity in society and the advancements for the common good.

Kaine, like Boehner a devout Catholic, said he thought the Republican leader “reached a feeling of peace about his own time in public life” after the pope’s congressional address on Thursday. Of course, you might say: the Pope has no status in Islamic countries, so why waste his breath on them?

Yesterday’s speech was the latest highlight for the pope’s whirlwind three-day visit to Washington, the first stop on a three-city USA tour.

On Sunday, he is expected to celebrate an outdoor Mass, expected to draw almost 2 million people.

Sitting about five seats from the door, Congressman Perry, R-Carroll Township, had a clear vision of Pope Francis. “Now is the time for courageous actions and strategies”, the pope added.

The Argentine Pope spoke from the same dais where presidents deliver their State of the Union speeches.

Sandy Muffatti and Hank Helman stood with handmade wind turbine “whirligigs“.

“He does everything on the fly”, he said of the pope. Pope Benedict XVI also said that the death penalty ought to be abolished.

Roy Taylor is the Clerk of the Quaker Earthcare Witness group. The Syrian refugee crisis had its roots in a drought.

“Climate change is a problem that can no longer be left to a future generation. A bittersweet day for him”, fellow Republican Hal Rogers said.