Mark Engler hopes that the pontiff will use his US visit to promote a message of social justice.
In September, Pope Francis is visiting the United States. After becoming the first pontiff in history to speak before the US Congress, he is expected to address more than a million pilgrims in Philadelphia.
If we’re lucky, the crowds assembling here will hear a message of social justice more bracing than what any Washington politician of recent memory has mustered.
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