{"id":1691,"date":"2015-09-26T11:40:12","date_gmt":"2015-09-26T15:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/?p=1691"},"modified":"2015-09-26T11:40:12","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T15:40:12","slug":"the-pope-is-in-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/the-pope-is-in-town\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pope is in Town"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following is taken\u00a0from a column I wrote for the local Knights of Columbus Chapter.<\/em><\/p>\n

Well, not exactly.\u00a0 The Pope didn\u2019t come to Tompkins County but he did come to Cuba, Washington, DC, New York City, and as I write this he is in Philadelphia for the World Meeting of Families.<\/p>\n

From a U.S. perspective, a visit to Cuba by the Pope might have seemed impossible.\u00a0 It was a communist regime but things are changing.\u00a0 Surprised?\u00a0 We shouldn\u2019t be.\u00a0 As a people of faith who acknowledge our sins, change is our hope.\u00a0 We commit the same sins over and over but we keep confessing and praying for the grace to change and we can.<\/p>\n

When Pope Francis arrived in the U.S., he was greeted as he got off the plane by President Obama.\u00a0 When foreign leaders come to the U.S. it is common for them to meet with the President but few are greeted at the airport.\u00a0 In DC, Pope Francis became the first Pope to address Congress.\u00a0 In New York City, he addressed the United Nations.\u00a0 Now, in Philadelphia he will address the World Meeting of Families.<\/p>\n

The World Meeting of Families is a Catholic event and Pope Francis has been stressing the importance of family.\u00a0 So, of course, he will speak there but why the U.N. and Congress?\u00a0 I see two reasons for this.\u00a0 The first lies in the fact that the Vatican is its own country and the Pope is the ruler.\u00a0 So, when he addressed the U.N. he officially does it as a leader.\u00a0 When he addressed Congress, he was introduced as the Pope of the Holy See, a strange title to us but perhaps appropriate.<\/p>\n

The second reason the Pope spoke at the U.N. and Congress is the respect he has as a man of values and as a man of God.\u00a0 Countless thousands came to see the Pope in America.\u00a0 Our society is in moral decline but I think the fact that the Pope draws so many people and was invited to address the U.N. and Congress shows people long for something more.\u00a0 So we have hope!<\/p>\n

Peace,<\/p>\n

Fr. Jeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The following is taken\u00a0from a column I wrote for the local Knights of Columbus Chapter. Well, not exactly.\u00a0 The Pope didn\u2019t come to Tompkins County but he did come to Cuba, Washington, DC, New York City, and as I write this he is in Philadelphia for the World Meeting of Families. From a U.S. perspective, …<\/p>\n

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