picking up the great theme of the last half of the pun tiff cat of john paul ii talking about the new evangelism and a church recovering the sense of missionary fervor. who pope francis is reminding us is that oftentimes example invites people to consider the gospel more than lecture. and he s summoning all of us as maria said to be the exemplars of christian joy, compassion, christian truth telling and in doing that to bring others into the community of faith fly s the word joy again. george weigel, it is always a joy to have you. thank you very much. we ve been watching as george is speaking live pictures where the pope has emerged and as if to thank all of the many adults and children who have spent the long
or ability to be leaders whether it s militarily or in terms of lifestyle with what may be perceived as american imperialism, right? that s the critical difference. we should be leading as exemplars, as exemplars of the benefits of our system. not by trying to impose it as the butt of a gun. that doesn t work. we ve been trying it now in the middle east since 2003 and it hasn t worked in any of these battlefields whether it s iraq syria, yemen, afghanistan, it doesn t work. we need to lead as exemplars not as military imperialists. how long does this go on? i think as long as we continue to fuel the anger and the resentment by arming training and funding yet more militias in the middle east which leads to the destruction and death of more and more muslims they will continue to come together. what happens if we do the opposite? which is work on helping the evolution of politics there and social gains and dump money into
james michael curly of washington. but it wasn t an easy road. the democratic nominee for president back in 28. he may have overcome his humble beginnings, but his national campaign sparked virulent anti-catholic backlash that was as overt as it was ugly. a vote against the protestant faith. and cartoons like this one suggested that the pope himself would be the one at the helm of an administration announcement. you can see at the cardinal at the center of the cabinet room with smith serving him, the cardinal as a waiter. it s a reminder of how far we have come as a country and talk about the irish influence in america. bob, these are two great exemplars, especially my old classmate congressman james moran, and republican strategist who i really like who is on the other side of that aisle. moran, you are a great tribute. there you are with that incredible green tie.
expressing view points that are dangerous, of course the u.s. government like any government wants to go out and undermine them. there are a lot of people who express radical views all the time including on lots of cable tv stations i would look to go in and undermine. that doesn t mean i want the state trolling through the most private data and releasing it to the world to humiliate them and destroy their reputations. that s not something that we want the state, authorized to do. remember we are talking here, the document says that the six people are exemplars of how this can work. not confined to just this six or even, muslim radicals. just anybody the u.s. government thinks are radicalizing people with their view points. so far there is no case of the nsa actually as you put it releasing this kind of information to the world? remember, lawrence, we have a certain set of documents that our source provided to us. we have far from the entire set of documents in the nsa. what t
standing up with people whose houses had been decimated. and that produced a real effect symbolic. of family. and also, you have the queen in the middle of this, who has represented an utter commitment to duty and service to the nation. so as exemplars of service, i think there is a sense in which people to look up to the monarchy. picking up on that point, if you don t mind. yeah. it s interesting here as well in the states, you see that people, there is a love/hate relationship with wealth. absolutely. that is what is fascinating about the spectacle unfolding. people are fascinated by wealth and they re drawn to characters who are really extremely wealthy and who represent celebrity and affluence, and yet at the same time, you see that there s resentment and, you know and anger. and all those things. i remember when i was growing up in the bronx in the 80s and i was in a very working class neighborhood, went to a public school, i was amazed my friends pare