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  1. 02-07-2015, 02:46 AM #1
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    Red face Speaker Boehner Invites Pope Francis to Address Congress

    Pope Francis will be the first pontiff to address a joint meeting of Congress, House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday.

    Francis will address lawmakers on Sept. 24, Boehner said, as part of his first papal visit to the United States.

    "We're humbled that the Holy Father has accepted our invitation and certainly look forward to receiving his message on behalf of the American people," the Ohio Republican told reporters.

    In addition to his trip to Capitol Hill, Francis plans to travel to Philadelphia for the World Meeting of Families as well as to New York to visit the United Nations.

    Roughly one-third of the members of Congress are Catholic, according to the Pew Research Center. Both leaders of the House of Representatives, Boehner and Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, are Catholic.

    Pelosi said in a statement, "We are eager to welcome His Holiness to the U.S. Capitol and we look forward to hearing his call to live our values, to protect the poor and the needy, and to promote peace."
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    What a wonderful show of bipartisan unity on Capitol Hill. Both Speaker Boehner and Speaker Pelosi being faithful Catholics themselves.

    Many Catholics consider the words of the pope to be no less than the inspired words of God Himself.

    I wonder what he will have to say to those 1/3 of ambivalent Congresscritters who are Catholics? What actions he will urge them to take? What laws to craft in his holy wake?
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    And will he demand Pigloosie's excommunication over abortion....
    If we refuse to rule ourselves with reason, then we shall be ruled by our passions.

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    Nah, the Holy See will just deny her Communion, like that Cardinal threatened to do to John Kerry if he didn't change his abortionist ways.

    Same with the climate change deniers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LAGC View Post
    Nah, the Holy See will just deny her Communion, like that Cardinal threatened to do to John Kerry if he didn't change his abortionist ways.

    Same with the climate change deniers.

    Is that because all officials of any stripe are really imbeciles placed in positions by other imbeciles?
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    Well, dispite like a good commie/little marxist's glee...which is about as misplaced as his balls...it's funny to see the Rinos poke Obama in the eye .
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    Quote Originally Posted by Oswald Bastable View Post
    And will he demand Pigloosie's excommunication over abortion....
    Doubtfull. He's more likely going to work abortion into catholicism along with gay marriage and pederasty.
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