And call for the global abolition of the Death Penalty. Plus, pope francis highlights the work of a catholic radical. Two catholic radicals. In these times when social , byerns are so important dorothy day. Amy we will look at the lives of dorothy day and the trappist monk Thomas Merton. Pope francis described the two of them as great americans along with Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther king. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Pope francis has arrived in new york where he will speak today at the United Nations general assembly. On thursday, he became the first pope to ever address a joint session of congress, where he discussed poverty, hunger, Climate Change, refugees, the Death Penalty immigration, the arms trade and u. S. Cuba , relations. After the congressional speech, pope francis skipped an offer to dine with lawmakers in order to eat with homeless residents of washington, d. C. Speaking at st.
In his speech before the u. S. Congress, the first ever by a pope, he also addressed Climate Change, poverty and migrants. And call for the global abolition of the Death Penalty. Plus, pope francis highlights the work of a catholic radical. Two catholic radicals. In these times when social , byerns are so important dorothy day. Amy we will look at the lives of dorothy day and the trappist monk Thomas Merton. Pope francis described the two of them as great americans along with Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther king. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Pope francis has arrived in new york where he will speak today at the United Nations general assembly. On thursday, he became the first pope to ever address a joint session of congress, where he discussed poverty, hunger, Climate Change, refugees, the Death Penalty immigration, the arms trade and u. S. Cuba , relations. After the congressional speech, pope fr
Trade. In his speech before the u. S. Congress, the first ever by a pope, he also addressed Climate Change, poverty and migrants. And call for the global abolition of the Death Penalty. Plus, pope francis highlights the work of a catholic radical. Two catholic radicals. In these times when social , byerns are so important dorothy day. Amy we will look at the lives of dorothy day and the trappist monk Thomas Merton. Pope francis described the two of them as great americans along with Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther king. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Pope francis has arrived in new york where he will speak today at the United Nations general assembly. On thursday, he became the first pope to ever address a joint session of congress, where he discussed poverty, hunger, Climate Change, refugees, the Death Penalty immigration, the arms trade and u. S. Cuba , relations. After the congressional speech,
Believed to have been the largest mass ever in this country. An estimated crew of crowd of around a million people. The pope rarely addresses the public in english but did do this evening when he offers a final blessing. We start with Jericka Duncan in philadelphia. May god bless you all. God bless america. applause reporter pope francis left on a high note but his last day here in the United States began with some of his strongest comments yet about church sex abuse. God weeps. Reporter speaking to 300 bishops this morning, the pontiff went off script for nearly three minutes and acknowledged that some clergy members caused, quote, grievous harm. And i commit to a careful oversight to insurance that youth are protected. And that all responsible will be held accountable. Reporter those remarks came after meeting privately with five sexual Abuse Victims inside st. Charles borromeo seminary. Barbara blane from chicago is the president of the Survivors Network of those abused by priests.
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