House Speaker John Boehner Invites Pope Francis To Speak To Joint Session of Congress

[Purveyor]

By Reuters
Thursday, March 13, 2014 14:58 EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Thursday he has invited Pope Francis to address a joint session of Congress when he visits the United States.

The pontiff is widely expected to travel to the United States in September 2015 to attend the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia, and mayors of several other U.S. cities have also invited him to visit.

Boehner, the highest-ranking Catholic currently elected to U.S. public office, moved to secure a spot on the Pope’s itinerary in a letter to Francis released on Thursday.

“It is with reverence and admiration that I have invited Pope Francis, as head of state of the Holy See and the first Pope to hail from the Americas, to address a joint meeting of the United States Congress,” Boehner said in a statement.

“Pope Francis has inspired millions of Americans with his pastoral manner and servant leadership, challenging all people to lead lives of mercy, forgiveness, solidarity, and humble service,” Boehner added.

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[SummerSnow]

1. Better watch your back Pope

[Bluenorthwest]

2. It's fitting, because Boehner shares with the Pope so many political stances

They are both stridently anti choice, both of them rage against marriage equality.
Boehner helps all the anti gay religious folk when they come calling....
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/boehner-gives-anti-gay-group-hand

[reformist2]

3. Sounds good to me!

[mucifer]

4. He's not gonna like the pope's position on greed.

It's all window dressing.

[ananda]

5. Boehner is a Catholic!!??

Geez. That surprised me.

He has no human heart or compassion.

I've been trying to imagine why he'd invite
someone as compassionate and concerned
for the poor as Pope Francis, who has
also criticized the economics of greed and
sociopathy that Boehner stands for.