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In reply to the discussion: Pope will address Congress - Sack cartoon [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)63. I speak Spanish, English and Italian (and a few other languages, badly) and he does sound
like a Spanish speaker who REALLY doesn't like speaking English aloud. I think he understands English much better than he speaks it, and if I had to guess I'd say he is probably very fluent reading it, and conversational or better hearing it. It is obvious that he's struggling to not pronounce every damn vowel when he speaks English and speaking slowly so he doesn't muck it up too badly.
His Italian has a slight Spanish accent, which makes it charming. He plainly learned that in the home, as both his parents were Italian immigrants.
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12 bad things the last 2 popes agreed on. Now tell us the things they disagree on. n/t
mhatrw
Sep 2015
#23
It's fine--when you display it horizontally or vertically, it's blue field to the left (closest to
MADem
Sep 2015
#56
From what I understood, he is addressing Congress as Head of State from Vatican City, which is
Ghost in the Machine
Sep 2015
#24
Why are you being so doggone combative? The guy said he could be wrong and it wouldn't
MADem
Sep 2015
#65
He "entered our Congress and lectured our representatives" at the EXPRESS INVITATION of the
MADem
Sep 2015
#49
Well, the Pope, I suspect, has his own agenda and it is in line with his church's doctrine BUT
MADem
Sep 2015
#55
"Who am I to judge?" was not a comment about gay people, it was about gay priests.
PeaceNikki
Sep 2015
#58
I am not "throwing that around." I think the BBC reported the exchange accurately.
MADem
Sep 2015
#64
Some people might say that a crowd of people smaller than the population of Boston MA living up
MADem
Sep 2015
#48
Is "Palestine" a state? Can't find it on any map, so labeled, these days, and many
MADem
Sep 2015
#54