Moment, but hell get here. And when he does, it will shall the beginning of a twoday experience that catholics in the philadelphia archdiocese and the surrounding diocese, and people of all faiths in this region will never forget. It is one of the markers of the francis papacy at this point, that he has reached across religious divides. He has reached out to other religions. Number one, the eastern church, of course, but also judaism, islam, he wanted to bring everybody into the same tent and do so with efficiency and effectiveness. In argentina we met two of his close friends, one a rabbi, and the other a leader of the islamic community. They are both in philadelphia with this pope for this journey. And they are a symbol of his efforts to reach across to other religions. And youll see it graphically when he arrivals in philadelphia. Philadelphia, a Patchwork Quilt of catholics and protestants and muslims and jews and he will reach out to all of them when he gets here. He was expected
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congress along with abraham lincoln and martin luther king. dorothy day, the great apostle of social justice, thomas murton, the trappist monk and apostle of dialogue. both of them interestingly on the outs at different points in the church. so he is, you know, once again in terms of including people he is restoring these people to their rightful place in the church. picking up on that, the other two people he mentioned of course were as you said abraham lincoln and martin luther king. i find myself to invoke another person, benjamin franklin. he s now driving up the benjamin franklin parkway, and there is a great connection between franklin and francis. that is on july 4th, 1776, after the declaration of independence was signed in independence hall to the left of where he stood last night, they formed a three-person committee to come up with a seal for the new united states. and it was franklin himself who proposed they put moses on that seal. and the other two members, john adams a
the world, because we came in contact with this unbelievable man. pope francis. i think there are a lot of us who would say amen to that, sir. we d appreciate that sentiment as well in so many ways. in addition to martin luther king, the pope also singled out thomas burton as one of four great americans. i understand that also had a great meaning to you. when he mentioned thomas murton, i was moved also because one of the books that i had in my backpack on march 7th, 1965, when we attempted to cross the bridge in selma was by thomas burton. i admired him. his writings, his sense of contemplation and meditation, but also he was someone that many of us as young people who