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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. Different thinking from adam schiff. Article ont on an with their website saying that the popes speech land...

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 those who were here long before us were not always respected. For those peoples and their nations, f...

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 congress, dear friends. I am most grateful for your invitation to address this joint session of congress ...

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 still needs to be done, and in times of crisis and Economic Hardship , a spirit of Global Solidarity mu...

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 full civil and Political Rights for african americans. That dream continues to inspire s all. Am happ...