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Montevideo, December 22nd 2024 - 19:28 UTC

Tag: World Meeting of Families

  • Thursday, March 13th 2014 - 22:38 UTC

    Pope Francis invited to address a joint session of the US congress

    Francis is expected in Philadelphia September 2015 for the World Meeting of Families

    United States House Speaker John Boehner invited Pope Francis to address a joint session of Congress - an unprecedented event - during an expected visit to the United States next year. Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill have quickly sought to invoke the popular pontiff's devotion to the poor.