The ONLY thing he’s done right...
Not sure whether you mean that the only thing Boehner has done right is resign (whuch I agree with), or the only thing he has dine right is have the Pope speak before Congress (which I don’t agree with).
There are some good reasons why the Pope shouldn’t address Congress, that go beyond the fact that this Pope is a leftist who gave in to some of his baser instincts to air his political views. The two previous Popes never were invited to address Congress, even though they were on mostly cordial terms with U.S. leadership.
Religious leaders like the Pope and political leaders both have important roles to play but they operate in separate spheres that should stay separate. That separation of powers and roles is the genius of the U.S. and of post-enlightenment Western civilization. That separation allows people of many religious views to view each other as citizens of the same county, and allows people to worship together on Sundays with people who they have fundamental political disagreements.
The world Obama, Boehner, Francis and Hollywood envision is a world where politics, religion, and celebrity all converge and in an elite oligarchy where a broad concensus is imposed on the little people. We’ve tried that system where religion and government are one in the same: that was what the roman dictatorship was, that was what the Dark Ages were, that is what Iran and Saudi Arabia are. Combining those spheres leads to tyranny.
Congress should be a fractious lively institution where partisan debate is welcomed and where vocal minorities bring everything to a crashing halt if they are not given their due. Church should be an institution which propagates timeless values. Both are diminished by mixing the two.
No. If Boner did it right, his resignation would have been effective immediately.