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On immigration and on religious freedom. he was standing at abraham lincoln's former lectern at independence hall here in beautiful downtown philadelphia. >> and he spoke directly to many, many, many hispanic immigrants in this country. we want you to listen to part of what he said. >> translator: a moment ago i spoke about the trend to a globalizati globalization. globalization is not bad in itself. on the contrary, the trend to globalize is good. it unites us. what can be bad is the way to do it. if a globalization tries to make

Wealth of each specificity, that globalization is good and it enables us to keep on growing and takes us to peace. i like to use geometry here. if globalization is a sphere where each point is equal distance from the center, it voids, it isn't good. if globalization unites, unifies, where everybody is united but everybody can keep his or his own identity, it's excellent because people may grow and it gives dignity to every man and woman and gives and grants rights.

We may think the united states is center of the universe, but this is the first pope from the new world, the global south, and he's saying -- remember when he said i'm an american too? a south american, don't forget about us. it's not just about you. he wasn't chiding us. he's saying remember it's bigger than you. he says that wherever he goes, it's bigger than you. >> very, very briefly, you asked about our hopes for the fallout from this trip. you and i were talking about how it's impossible to come up with a single american politician who's with the pope on every issue. >> nope, nope, nope....