‘HISTORIC AND POWERFUL ’ SPEECH BY POPE FRANCIS IMPRESSES CONGRESS
Before a joint session of Congress Thursday, Pope Francis preached a message of social justice, while also attempting to encourage consensus on divisive issues.
“I am grateful for the invitation to address the joint session of congress in the land of the free and the home of the brave,” he said.
The pope incorporated the lives of four Americans − Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., Dorothy Day and Thomas Melton − to handle politically-charged topics like extremism, immigration, the refugee crisis in Syria, abortion, capital punishment and the future of families.