Francis-boom-bah: The Speech
It’s the Pope’s first time in America and we sent him straight to Congress. That doesn’t exactly seem like we’re putting our best foot forward. In his historic speech to a joint session of Congress, Pope Francis addressed climate change, capitalism, the death penalty and immigration. MoJo pulled out the ten most Important lines from the speech.
+ “This Pope often operates through symbolism and gestures that convey his intentions in ways that words never could.” The New Yorker on Pope Francis and his little Fiat.
+ In Philly, scalpers are selling the originally free tickets to see the Pope. (I suppose they can be forgiven since no one is buying Eagles’ tickets these days.)
+ And proving once again they can deliver a divine headline when called upon, The Onion comes through with this: Pope Francis Reverses Position On Capitalism After Seeing Wide Variety Of American Oreos.