Of our civilization. [applause] pope francis mr. President , together with the fellow citizens, american catholics are committed to building a society which is truly tolerant and inclusive. To safeguarding the rights of individuals and communities, and to rejecting every form of injustice and discrimination. [applause] pope francis with countless other people of goodwill, they are likewise concentrating efforts to building a just and ordered society and respects their deepest concerns and their right to religious liberty. [applause] pope francis the freedom reminds one of americas most precious possessions. As my brothers, the United States has reminded us all to be vigilant, precisely as good citizens, to preserve and defend freedom from everything that would threaten or compromise it. [applause] pope francis mr. President , i find it encouraging that you are proposing an initiative for reducing air pollution. [applause] pope francis accpeting the urgency, it seems clear to me also th
Please refrain from raising banners or waving flags. In the name of the father and son and the holy spirit, peace be with you. The holy mother church, grant to enter liness blessed serra among the saints so he may be invoked as such by ll the christian faithful. Serra was born in 1713. He entered the order of the francis cans when he was young. And he was ordained as a priest in 1737. He was a professor of philosophy at Madrid University and he had the reputation of being a great teacher and breecher. And preacher. In mallorca. By the end of 1740, he offered to leave his native country because he felt that he should be a missionary in the new world. He spent eight years in the ugged region of the sierra gorda in mexico where he preached to the indians. During part of that time, he was a superior of the five francis an missions in the region. He held several posts for another eight years at the seat of the seat of the francis cans francis can missions in mexico city. During that time he
In the name of the father and son and the holy spirit, peace with be you. The holy mother church, grant us your holiness to enter blessed serra among the saints so he may be invoked as such by ll the christian faithful. Junipero serra was born in 1713. He entered the order of the franciscans when he was young. And he was ordained as a priest in 1737. He was a professor of hilosophy at Madrid University and he had the reputation of being a great teacher and preacher. In mallorca. By the end of 1740, he offered to leave his native country because he felt that he should be a missionary in the new world. He spent eight years in the rugged region of the sierra gorda in mexico where he preached to the indians. During part of that time, he was a superior of the five Franciscan Missions in the egion. He held several posts for another eight years at the seat of the Franciscan Missions in mexico city. During that time he preached in a great number of Domestic Missions in many areas of exico. In
That would threaten us. [applause] i find it encouraging that there initiatives for reducing air pollution. [applause] pope francis accpeting the urgency, it seems clear to me also that Climate Change is a problem we can no longer leave to our future generations. [applaus when it comes to the care of our common home, we are living at a critical moment of history. We still have time to make the change needed to bring about a sustainable and integral development, for we know that things can change. [applause] pope francis that change demands on our part a serious response and recognition, not only of the kind of world we may be leaving for our children, but also to the millions of People Living under a system which has overlooked them. Our common home has been part of this group of the excludeds, which cries out to heaven, and today, probably strikes our y strikes our homes our cities, our societies. , to use a telling phrase of the reverend Martin Luther king, we can say that we have de
As long ago as the 1960s, the poet Edward James was worried that traditional crafts were dying out. Having frittered much of the family fortune he had inherited, aged five, on supporting struggling surrealists (he commissioned the Mae West lips sofa and lobster telephone from a scuffling Dali) and on backing shows starring his actress