he was testifying to a different way of approaching politics, right? without admonishing. did you notice that? i mean, his tenor, he s not just slapping the wrists of politicians. he just says we can do better. he s not afraid to admonish when it s necessary. but his his way of approaching public discourse is to affirm and challenge. affirm and challenge. and that s been the structure of everything he said up until now and will likely continue to be. all right. well, father matt malone, and bishop barron. thank you for your insights. students who met pope francis yesterday join us in just a few.
is a separation of church and state. but a separation of religious from politics is almost inconceivable. it s not envisioned by our constitutional arrangement or by the founders of this country. there is a place for religion in the public debate. it tends to bring some sunshine into the darker corners of the world in which we don t always shine a light. and it provides a moral context for discussion of what our public policy should be. no, i don t shy away with it. the final word goes to father matt malone. thank you for joining us. rick wilson, thank you for joining us. up next in the rewrite donald trump tries to rewrite history and in the process lies about hillary clinton.
today the pope brought up one of the most divisive decision kus climate change. it seems clear to me also that climate change is a problem we can no longer be left to our future generations. thousands lined the streets of washington to greet the pope, including 5-year-old sophia cruz. pope francis called the little girl to him as she sat on her father s shoulders. she gave the pontiff a letter and a t-shurt. she was born in the united states but her parents are
as a republican political strategist, as a catholic, what would you have advised paul gosar to do, if he said to you i m going to boycott the speech because i don t like what he ll say on climate change. i don t think it will make a political difference one way or the other. he made his point about it. and frankly, it s for catholics, it s such a unique moment that i would have had trouble staying away from it regardless of what he s going to say politically. i like paul, he s a good guy. but he made a decision on this. i don t think there s a bigger political implication to it. and i think that the climate change argument alone would not be sufficient to keep me away from it. it s a unique moment in history. father malone, what would you say to paul gosar, if a congressman said to you, i m not going to go to the speech because i don t like what he s going to say about climate change. or anything. let s say on the other side a liberal said i don t like what he said about aborti
it seems clear to me also that climate change is a problem we can no longer be left to our future generations. thousands lined the streets of washington to greet the pope, including 5-year-old sophia cruz. pope francis called the little girl to him as she sat on her father s shoulders. she gave the pontiff a letter and a t-shurt. she was born in the united states but her parents are undocumented immigrants. she and her family traveled from los angeles to see the pope and sophia also came with a message for the pope. pope francis, i want to tell you that my heart is sad and i would like to ask you to speak with the president and the congress and legalizing my parents, because every day i am scared that one day they will take them away from me. i believe i have the right to live with my parents.