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This work will take time. there are no easy answers to syria, and there are no simple answers to the changes that are taking place in much of the middle east and north africa. but so many families need help right now. they dont have time. thats why the united states is increasing the number of refugees who we welcome within our borders. thats why we will continue to be the largest donor of assistance to support those refugees. and today we are launching new efforts to insure that our people and ...

Were involved in the civil rights movement identify with. i admired his spirit, his sense of caring. >> what about earlier today when the pope spoke with inmates at a philadelphia prison this morning. i want to play part of that and have you react on the other side. >> translator: i stand among you a pastor, a shepherd, but above all, as your brother, to share in your plight and make it my own. >> the pope speaking there with the disenfranchised, those people that have committed crimes and been ...

If biden gets in, you have a race. it will be like the mondale and gary hart race, going on and on and on. >> we have a fox news alert. pope francis arriving in philadelphia where hell speak to 100 inmates. lets listen in. >> translator: condemns to imprisonment and to fall prey to its own suffering. i stand among you, a pastor, a shepherd, but above all as your brother to share in your plight and make it my own. i am here that we may join in prayer and bring before our god everything that cause...

Children, it cannot take their pain seriously. if the pain becomes normal or expected then that society imprisons itself. its condemned to imprison itself and fall prey to its own suffering. i stand among you a pastor, a shepherd but above all your brother to share in your plight and make it my own. i am here that we may join in prayer and bring before our god everything that causes us pain. to also bring everything that gives us hope so that we may receive from him of the

If the pain becomes normal or expected and you do not take it seriously, then that society imprisons itselfif the pain becomes normal or expected and you do not take it seriously, then that society imprisons itself it is condemned to imprison itself and to fall prey to its own suffering. i stand among you a pastor, a shepherd, above all, as your brother, to share in your plight and make it my own. i am here that we may join in prayer and bring before our god everything that causes us pain. but t...

Intends. even on a secular level, when you hear this man i speak, you think, i have to do the right thing, do good things and i think services important in life no matter what you believe. >> thats when he says over and over and calls up -- i want to bring in father edward beck -- he calls up matthew 25 over and over agai and he also says, at the end of the day, what have you done for others? what have you done to make this world better? >> he said that quoting, he said, what will you do? he was...

And for the cause of the oppressed. >> the most famous hippie of the 1960 s and 70s, the most famous hippie in the world, abby hoffman said the original hippie was dorothy day, the woman the pope honored today. and this is her story. dorothy day was born in brooklyn heights. her parents were christian in name only. as a teenager, the family was living in chicago and dorothy was walking down streets, past the actual buildings described in upton sinclairs "the jungling" that brought a new focus to...

Politicians. but let me set the scene a little bit for you because pope francis literally just left here moments ago. you can still see a lot of the students here, a lot of the families he met with about two dozen students from four different schools in new york. and he also met with refugee families, with immigrant families. now, we know that he has a very soft heart for these groups. and so he exchanged gifts. and during his remarks because he was speaking in his native spanish he actually lef...

Catholic movement and social activism and fashion for justice and for the cause of the oppressed. >> the most famous hippie of the 1960 s and 70s, the most famous hippie in the world, abby hoffman said the original hippie was dorothy day, the woman the pope honored today. and this is her story. dorothy day was born in brooklyn heights. her parents were christian in name only. as a teenager, the family was living in chicago and dorothy was walking down streets, past the actual buildings described...

Interfaith prayers coming up downtown. i want to bring in robert george, the chair of juris prudence principle ton university, vice chair on committee of international religious freedom, joining us right now. robert, the pope obviously was also very concerned about the plight of christians in the middle east right now. he spoke passionately about religious freedom, human rights around the world. >> yes, he did. thats right, the pope has been a great champion of religious freedom. not only in the...