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Man with a microphone is reading a bible to the crowd. The new africanamerican history and Cultural Museum going up in washington. Just some of the sights out on the streets of washington. The son of anas immigrant family, i am happy to be a guest in this country. One from over saying the the pope speaks english and does so better than trump woror palin. We tend to view everything through the prism of a transient popularity or politics, who is awful who is down, who is up or who is down. Differe...

Dreams which lead to action, to participation, to commitment. Reams which awaken what is deepest and truest in the life of a people. In recent centuries, millions of eople came to this land to pursue their dream of building a future in freedom. We, the people of this continent, are not fearful of foreigners, because most of us because most of us were once oreigners. Say this to you as the son of immigrants, knowing that so many of you are also descended from mmigrants. Tragically, the rights of ...

Inaudible] delivering the firstever papal address to a joint meeting of congress, pope francis urged compassion for the poor, immigrants, and refugees. Washington, d. C. Was the first stop on his threecity tour of the United States. Sergeant at arms mr. Speaker, he pope of the holy see. The speaker members of congress, i have the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you, pope francis of the holy see. [applause] pope francis mr. Vice president , mr. Speaker, all the members of congr...

Important, i cannot fail to mention the servant of god dorothy day, who founded the catholic worker movement. Her social activism, her passion for justice and for the cause of the oppressed, were inspired by the gospel, her faith, and the example of the saints. How much progress has been made in this area in so many parts of the world. How much has been done in these first years of the Third Millennium to raise people out of extreme poverty. I know that you share my conviction that much more sti...

Politics is instead an expression of our compelling need to live as one in order to build as one the greatest common good, that of community which sacrifices particular interest in order to share injustice and peace, its goods, its interests, its social ife. I do not underestimate the difficulty that this involves. But i encourage you in this ffort. Ere too i think of the march which Martin Luther king led from selma to montgomery fifty years ago as part of the campaign to fulfill his dream of f...

Funding planned parenthood. The plan is to put it to Congress People who have a backbone, people who have a spine. Thats the plan. [applause] you know, i think this barbarism that is going on in our country, this is not who we are as people. I spent my entire professional ineer trying to save lives to create a better situation for young people. Sometimes staying up all night long operating on little premature babies, even operating on babies while they were still in their mothers wombs. Sometime...

The sergeant at arms mr. Speaker, the pope of the holy see. The speaker members of congress, i have the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you pope francis of the holy see. Pope francis mr. Vice , members mr. Speaker , i am ress, dear friends most grateful for the invitation to address this in session of congress the land of the free and the home of the brave. Pope francis i would like to think that the reason for this of hat i, too, am a son this great continent from which and w...

We know that there are catholic members along that row. I have actually seen some holding rosaries so i think today is really a much more personal day for speaker john boehner. He has waited 20 years. He has invited three popes and today is the culmination of his long attempt to have a pope address the u. S. Congress. This is a man who went to church every day, attended mass as a boy. And then his parents who put all 12 of his siblings through catholic school. This is very personal for him. Now ...

Members along that row. I have actually seen some holding rosaries so i think today is really a much more personal day for speaker john boehner. He has waited 20 years. He has invited three popes and today is the culmination of his long attempt to have a pope address the u. S. Congress. This is a man who went to church every day, attended mass as a boy. And then his parents who put all 12 of his siblings through catholic school. This is very personal for him. Now kelly, let me just interrupt bec...

Presently celebrating its 70th anniversary is one of important common achievements over a period of unusually fast paced changes. Without claiming to be exhaustive, we can mention the codification and development of enter natural law, the establishment of International Norms regarding human rights, advances in humanitarian law, the resolution of numerous conflicts, operations of Peace Keeping and reconciliation, and any number of other accomplishments in every area of International Activity and ...