again. i think back to the message that ronald reagan and pope john paul ii sent to those behind the iron curtain back in the late 70s and 80s. and it inspired we heard stories later, it inspired people locked up in soviet gulags. here we heard both the president and the pontiff speeblg about religious persecution. and too many christians across the middle east and across the globe have believed that their plight has been ignored for too long. it certainly wasn t today on the world s largest stage. exactly. what s great about this, this is a theme pa pothat pope francis going back to but it gets lost a lot. here today at the white house especially doubled up with the president as well, it is a message that s getting out. just so you know what s going on right now, there is a receiving line inside the white