Pope Francis Will Give A Speech To Congress This Fall

Pope Francis attends the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on December 17, 2014. Pope Francis celebrates his 78th birthday. Photo by Eric Vandeville/Sipa USA
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Pope Francis will visit Washington, D.C. and deliver a speech to a joint meeting of Congress on Sept. 24, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) announced Thursday.

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  1. A Christian addressing a gathering of mostly christianists. This should be interesting.

  2. Avatar for dnl dnl says:

    …Or Chri$harians as the case may be…

    BTW Boehner
    This does NOT make up for BiBi nettin’yahoo.

  3. When Congress invites a Pastafarian to speak to them, now that’ll be news.

  4. Can he bump the date up to March 4th?

  5. Man, I can only hope that the Pope lifts his robes and takes a massive holy crap all over plutocracy during his speech, issuing a divine admonishment to Amurikkkan society for its desperate dash towards iniquity. I want to see the GOP/Teatroll faces as he says shit about REAL “Christians values” that can be used to bludgeon them mercilessly.

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