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Compassion that is so much a part of his message of love and compassion that we will take a page from his book and make it part of our mission as members of congress to be more compassionate, to be less filled with superiority and condemnation. >> i know you have been public with your personal story about not necessarily being in line with the church for all of your life and then coming back into the fold. can you speak to that? because we are hearing that from a lot of people that this pope in some ways has encouraged people to come back to the church. >> i have never left the church. i have ...

Intimacy and very quiet and intensity on the south lawn about how far he would go in challenging the status quo. for a man who says he's not political, it took just two sentences for pope francis to make what many saw as a political statement at the white house. >> as the son of an immigrant family, i am happy to be a guest in this country which was largely built by such families. >> reporter: that subtle reference to u.s. immigration policy along with more blunt statements about climate change, have many of the same conservatives who wanted the pope to come to washington now nervous about his...

Of the land after they interpret what the law is? >> well, the law of the land is what congress and the president and the people's voices are and the state. we have a real perversion now where the supreme court has made itself a superlegislature in contravention of the constitution. >> equal justice under the law is inspired not just in our constitution under the 14th amendment but the dignity of those who have been standing in line waiting to have that moment when they want their licenses. that should supersede anyone's religious conscience. i understand the importance of religion, i'm a prac...

Forgiveness, and so i think that rick santorum, who is a practicing catholic, would look at the pope and say that he thinks that this will be helpful because it will give people a better understanding about one of the most beautiful things about our faith is regardless what sin you may commit, there's always the opportunity for forgiveness and to make it to heaven. and so i don't see where there's a political difference with the pope here, and as father pointed out, this is specific to next year, the jubilee year, which is something that traditionally the catholic church does do something like...

Very strong practicing catholic. if he said it was a mistake and didn't realize the full content of what they stood for, that the stage, we have to believe him. there's no other evidence out there. usually when there is something to it you have other incidents come forward. people say this happened that happened. so far as everyone who dealt with him, including governor bobby jindal congressman richmond, they say there's no buy as or bigotry. i've never seen it. i've always found him to be a man of his word and this looks like a scheduling error. >> the person who invited him to speak at that ...