The Pope vs. The Donald In U.S. visit, Francis will tout immigration, call for compassion toward mig

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The Pope vs. The Donald In U.S. visit, Francis will tout immigration, call for compassion toward migrants.

The anti-Donald Trump is coming to town. And he speaks Spanish, too.
When Pope Francis addresses Congress later this month, U.S. Catholic leaders expect the popular, groundbreaking pontiff to call on Americans to set aside their political divisions and unite to tackle challenges such as climate change, economic inequality and immigration reform.





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1. The Pope will address Congress: "climate change, economic inequality and immigration reform"

Good luck with that, Francis. You will notice ore than half of the politicians just sitting on their hands, perhaps even shouting, "You lie!"

However Francis frames it, his words could prove an implicit rebuke to some White House hopefuls, especially Trump, who wants to deport millions of undocumented immigrants while also building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico.

Still, many of his declarations, especially on climate change and the dangers of "trickle-down economics," are at odds with positions held by Republicans, including nearly all of those running for president. Francis has even supported the Iran nuclear deal, which Republicans uniformly oppose, and which may still be a hot issue on Capitol Hill at the time of his speech.

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