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Forum => Controversial => Topic started by: GeeMail on May 20, 2015, 01:13:06 PM
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September 24 is the historic date.
(http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/media/images/80821000/jpg/_80821944_pope2.jpg)
Pope Francis is due to become the first ever pontiff to speak before the US Congress, lawmakers in Washington have announced. The head of the Catholic Church will make his speech on 24 September. "That day his holiness will be the first pope in our history to address a joint session of Congress," said House Speaker John Boehner.
"I am very much looking forward to welcoming Pope Francis to the United States," said President Barack Obama.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-31159399
Apparently, Francis was invited by the government.
“We are honored and overjoyed that Pope Francis, the first pontiff born in the Americas, has accepted our invitation to address a Joint Meeting of Congress during his upcoming visit to the United..." - Nancy Pelosi's tweet.
The Catholic Herald gives a hint of the agenda.
http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2015/03/26/pope-francis-to-visit-white-house-during-trip-to-the-us/