Posted on 03/13/2014 1:41:01 PM PDT by NYer
.- Speaker of the House John Boehner has extended an open invitation to Pope Francis to address a joint meeting of Congress, praising the Pope’s advocacy for the vulnerable.
“Pope Francis has inspired millions of Americans with his pastoral manner and servant leadership, challenging all people to lead lives of mercy, forgiveness, solidarity, and humble service,” Speaker Boehner said March 13.
“His tireless call for the protection of the most vulnerable among us—the ailing, the disadvantaged, the unemployed, the impoverished, the unborn—has awakened hearts on every continent.”
Speaker Boehner said such an address from the Pope would “honor our nation in keeping with the best traditions of our democratic institutions” and would be an opportunity for the American people and the world to “hear his message in full.”
Boehner, an Ohio Republican who is Catholic, said the Pope’s pastoral message “challenges people of all faiths and political parties.”
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat who is Catholic, joined the invitation.
“Whether inspired by St. Francis of Assisi, who cared for all of God’s creation, or by St. Joseph, protector of the church, Pope Francis has lived his values and upheld his promise to be a moral force, to protect the poor and the needy, to serve as a champion of the less fortunate, and to promote love and understanding among faiths and nations,” she said in a separate statement.
The invitation came on the first anniversary of Pope Francis’ election to the papacy.
No Pope has ever addressed Congress, the U.S. House Historian’s office told USA Today.
Speaker Boehner said Pope Francis’ social teachings are rooted in “the joy of the gospel” and have prompted “careful reflection and vigorous dialogue” among people of all political and religious views, “particularly among those who champion human dignity, freedom and social justice.”
He said the Pope’s principles are “among the fundamentals of the American Idea.”
“And though our nation sometimes fails to live up to these principles, at our best we give them new life as we seek the common good,” he said.
I think the Papal address should begin with his redistributionist violation of the Tenth Commandment, which naturally leads to violations of the Ninth and which quickly breaks down the Eighth.
Then he can tell us all how happy he is to be here.
This would be interesting if it happens.
Oh, that he could give them a tongue-lashing like Mother Teresa of Calcutta did to a state legislature. Was it in Kansas?
LMAO now I want see that probably NOTTTT
I hope he turns Boehner down. The last place in the world where the Holy Father needs to be is Washington, DC.
After all, from where in the world have more abortions been financed? From where in the world has sodomy been more strongly pushed?
He can pronounce an anathema just as easily from the Vatican as from DC. And that’s the ONLY thing the Congress (and the Executive) (and the SCOTUS) needs to hear from him.
Wouldn’t it be awesome if he accepted and then called out all the baby killers and especially all the “so called” Catholics like Pelosi, etal.
It was a joke.
I sometimes think we don’t need the obligatory “/s” tag....
If he would stand in front of Congress and excommunicate Nancy Pelosi for her many years of undivided service to Satan, I’d cheer. But most likely, it would be a mish-mash of why capitalism is evil, and how our government needs to unite with other governments to serve the poor without borders...
Pelosi would have to promise not to support abortion or be an Obama stooge any more.
Coming to visit another Babylonian outpost.....
I’d like him to denounce abortion, and euthanasia, and call for a return to family values.
Unfortunately, since he is from Argentina,
I’m afraid he will focus on criticizing the rich (read: the USA); denounce global warming and our—especially America’s—responsibility for it; and list other reasons why America should feel guilt for global poverty, war, famine, etc.
The US is a good whipping boy, especially in the view of anyone from Latin America. And he won’t lose any brownie points in this world for damning the US with faint praise.
The Vatican and DC have some things in common..
Their obelisks and the pregnant dome buildings that are symbols of ancient sun worship are certainly interesting..
And sun worship is just another way to say satanic/occutic worship
But I read Revelation much differently than Christianity does...
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