and a sector which is performing above many, many of the other sectors. 1.2 billion mobile users, 600 million internet users. these are the carrot he s offering to u.s. businesses about what they can achieve if they get in there. it s a massive market to get into. but there are caveats. the chinese want to see they want their help enlisted of these americans to try to get more high tech information and high tech manufacturing processes across interchina to help the chinese economy. the sticking point, of course, is the rules. as you mentioned, it s intellectual property. just how can oilt be protected? the executives are really laying out their stalls, if you like, saying of course i want to do business. but they need certain guarantees. the chinese are saying x
remind us that the lord s most powerful message is mercy. on imgrak, president obama called for compassion. that means welcoming the stranger with empathy and a truly open heart. is from the refugee who flees war-torn lands to the immigrant who leaves home in search of a better life. and so did the pope. speaking in carefully practiced english so americans could hear from him directly. as the son of an immigrant family, i am happy to be a guest in this country, which was nationally built by such families. pope francis pleaded with world leaders to protect the environment, describing the planet as our common home. it seems clear to me also that climate change is a problem
actually, most americans, most catholics love this pope. the people who don t like him are the conservative commentators on radio and television and the blogosphere. these are the people who are taking him on and attacking h him. these are people that only want the churnl to talk ant abortion, gay marriage and birth control. and this pope has got a much bigger agenda than that. he wants to talk about the poor, about immigrants and refugees. about globalization. and he wants to criticize capitalism. and of course, a big item on his agenda is concern about global warming and the environment. i m just wondering if to it s almost exposing a chasm between most catholics and the political
this is cnn news room. our top story this hour, proep fr pope francis will address a united states joint session of congress. it will be just hours from now part of his six-day tour of the united states. the pope spent wednesday at numerous events including a white house ceremony including president obama. the leaders made clear they are united on many issues that divide americans. his presence could be felt the moment he arrived. as cheers erupted across the nations capital, when the tiny fiat carrying pope francis pulled up to the white house. before a sea of the faithful assembled on the south law, the pope joined president obama to deliver a message that seemed so coordinated it could have come from political running mates.
deaths of their ancestors as he converted their communities to his way of thinking. the vatican said the pope met with neative americans after junipero s canonization. proep fan sis also met with the little sisters of the poor in washington on wednesday. the catholic news agency reports the sisters filed a lawsuit against the obama administration for the 2012 mandate that employers provide insurance for birth control and drugs that can cause abortions. the pope s visit was seen as a sign of support for the women. father thomas reese joins us now to talk about what s happening this week. he is the senior analyst for the national catholic reporter. father, thank you for joining us here on cnn. i just want to know what you think we should all make of the pope s u.s. visit so far, considering as warm as a welcome as he s received, conservatives in this country, they are less approving of him now than they were earlier this year. well, it s interesting.