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Hes the first pope from the developing world and hes lived amongst the poor for decades and he looks at the world from the bottom up. Of he looks at the world differently than the way people in the United States and people in europe look at the world andd you youve got to remember thatl when he steps off the plane and begins to speak. On h this is a man looking at what hs sees around him from somebody said to me hes still got the ht dirt of the slums on on his shoes. You write the liberals hail the new freedom and saying pope francis brings division and somh hardliners say hes machiavellian but the battle ng lines have been drawn in which y the very future of the church is at stake. Both sides have got misunderstandings. They view him from as political template. Is he a liberal or conservative . Hes neither. Hes a catholic. L and catholics have a concern for economic justice, for social harmony which is out of sorts with modern liberal capitalism w and soor hes what hes doin is hes say
Will see for a state visit for a head of state. The popes visit is not necessarily is not technically a state visit, but in terms of pomp and circumstance, even bigger. The white house has ticketed somewhere between 10000 and up to 15,000 people to be there for this ceremony. Hear a few words out of the president , the pope, and then the pope will head inside to meet privately with the president in the oval office. When he comes back out of the white house, he will do what is andg called a papal parade he will ride on the pope mobile for the few blocks of the street that surround that side of the white house. Do not for people who have tickets, or people from general public, to get a glimpse of the pope in his pope mobile. Host who generally gets invited to the white house by the president for this event . Guest it is a lot of the usual giving out of tickets by the white house. They will give them to congress, cabinet secretaries, all sorts of vips like that, ambassadors will be expect
To restrain their colleagues if they attempt to reach out to touch the pope. Democrats, 202 7488000. For republicans 202 7488001. , 202 7488002. You can post your thoughts on twitter at cspanwj. And on our Facebook Page at facebook. Com cspan. The visit begins today and he begins mens in maryland. He will be greeted by president obama and the first lady. Events listed for the popes visit including wednesday a series of events including a stop at the white house for a welcoming ceremony at 8 45. At 4 00 in the afternoon a massive shrine and thursday it is that joint meeting of congress in which pope francis will address the body. That will be a 10 00 in the morning. To let us know more about this visit to the United States joining us on the phone is angela from bloombergs news. She is there white house correspondent. Could you tell us what the white house is hoping to gain from this visit . Is hoping tohouse gain a lot. It just so happens that the agendas of the president and the pope a