onhas published books dorothy day and thomas merton.f you're wondering about the last and, yes, he is daniel ellsberg's son. when we come back, climate change. we're joined by kumi naidoo, head of greenpeace international. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: for our radio audience and for our tv audience, we were just showing live images of the pope at the united nations as he sits and next to him is the yuan secretary-general ban ki-moon. you can go to democracynow.org to see those live images as we broadcast this show. he is about to address the yuan general assembly. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. been alimate change has key focus of the pope's visit to the united states. during his address to congress thursday, pope francis called on congress to address climate change. >> i call for courageous effort to redirect our steps and to environmental deterioration caused by human activity. i am convinced that we can make a difference i'm sure. [applause] and i have no d

slowly and surely, her new baby turned dorothy day toward religion. said, no human creature could receive or contain so vast a flood of love and joy as i often felt after the birth of my child. with this came the need to worship, to adore. it was because, through a whole love, both physical and spiritual, i came to know god. dorothy's increasing religious commitment became alienating to the father of her child, and so they separated, and dorothy became a single mother, who tried supporting her daughter with various jobs, including screen writing and hollywood before she created what became the perfect vehicle for her radical advocacy journalism. the first edition of the catholic worker was published an may day, may 1, 1933, at the height of the depression. >> i think it's the. bigs of everybody in journalism to have their own paper. i was very dubious about the funds. but he said in the catholic church, funds were never necessary. you just needed to start. and we found it worked that way. >> dorothy day became the catholic leader that no one could poss

amy: that last voice was dorothy day from the documentary, "dorothy day: don't call me a saint."was directed by claudia larson. robert ellsberg, she's on the road to sainthood. she was a layperson. talk about the significance of this and then if you could talk about her way and the way of pope francis. >> well, throughout the history of the church, the church has held out certain individuals who in some her roadway embodied -- heroic weight embodied and challenge the gospel is some time. thousands of saints have been canonized, added to the official list of saints, but the vast majority were amongst priests, bishops, members of the religious order and that pretty much reflected in support of the kind of idea that holiness is something set apart from the world, for special people who live in a kind of religious world. very few laypeople, except for some martyrs like thomas more, are ordain. excuse me, canonized. the significance of dorothy day, she was an unmarried mother and grandmother. she was the director of a lake community that asked for no authorization or permission from t

dorothy day, when cardinal spellman used the seminarians to break the strike, dorothy day went up the wall in the "catholic worker." >> i want to bring in congressman tim huelskamp, who is a republican member of congress and who was there this morning. congressman, who was your impression of the pope's speech? >> i thought it was very inspiring. i am roman catholic. did you it didn't matter whether you're a catholic or non-catholic, christian or otherwise. i don't think there was an individual in the chamber or outside the building that was not inspired. and you know, it was indicated by the folks that he chose to use as themes of his speech, he had lives complex lives but they rose to the task of the day. he complimented our country, our history, our founding principles but for many of us i think he encouraged us to look deeper at how we can solve some big problems in our time. >> i'm curious, congressman, what you made -- i think there's been a lot of sort of political gotcha around the pope's arrival which sometimes strikes me as misguided because people are going to have the polit

i am so delighted to hear his name mentioned with dorothy day.am lincoln and martin luther king we are familiar with. these other figures we are not. these have been hugely influential figures on social issues and bringing the two together and also for our friend, the monk it was always a dialogue of religions. he was interested in the other. not christian or catholic but whoever -- this seems to be the same. >> george, put together the spiritual mt. rushmore. how does that add to something that has a unity to it? >> when i was talking with pope francis about 16 months ago in rome he made a very sharp distinction between what he called men of power and men of principle. he is very suspicious of the former and very admiring of the latter. if we look at lincoln, dr. king, dorothy day, thomas murten, we see people who had flaws, people who were sinners, but who all cooperated with the grace of god in their lives as they understood god to be working in their lives to do great things and be forces of liberation for others. i read a lot of thomas murte

dorothy day and thomas merton. i was glad that he mentioned dorothy day. a journalist. a woman who was also very committed to social justice, social action. and doesn't get a lot of attention. many people think think she should be a saint along with mother teresa. individuals are complex individuals, and he talked about them and in their own way which brings us back to we can all do great things. as complex as we are. we don't have been to perfect. that's no such thing, but each of can contribute to the common good. i agree with chuck, the common home, that's how he talks about all of these things. shared responsibility. dialogue is what moves us forward. i think all of these phrases i was touched by the way when he walked into the applause. he put his hands over his heart. >> right. >> he was very gracious. i think this was a gracious, aspirational speech, that people ofid different faiths and different political persuasions could take in many different ways. >> i want to go to peter alexander now because he's on the capitol grounds and as we can see, pope francis is m

dorothy day.hat small paper, "the catholic worker," became an organization of soup kitchens and aid centers, places that provide food and money to help the poor. those places still exist. dorothy day was not born a catholic. as a young person she was actively anti-war. she was an advocate for women's suffrage. she dropped out of college to become a radical journalist. it was not until she was 30 years old that she converted to catholicism. and that is when she started "the catholic worker." and she protests war and she fought for unions. she was a pacifist. a pacifist to the extent she refused to pay taxes that she said would support wars. she was arrested and jailed many times. here she is in 1973 at the age of 76 being led off to jail by the police woman you see on your right there. this was after she was protesting with the united apparel workers union. she spent ten days in jail at that time. one of america's bravest and most beloved and true radicals, dorothy day. >> christianity is against a

quisiera mencionar a cuatro de estos estadounidenses: abraham lincoln, martin luther king, dorothy dayel presidente lincoln, el guardiÁn de la libertad, quien trabajÓ incansablemente para que esta naciÓn pudiera tener un renacer de libertad. la construcciÓn de un futuro de libertad requiere amor del bien comÚn y cooperaciÓn con un espÍritu de subsidiaridad y solidaridad. todos nosotros estamos muy conscientes y profundamente preocupados por la perturbadora situaciÓn jurÍdica y social del mundo contemporÁneo. nuestro mundo es cada vez mÁs lugar de conflicto violento, odio y atrocidades cometidas incluso en nombre de dios y la religiÓn. sabemos que ninguna religiÓn es inmune a formas de espejismos individuales, o de extremismo ideolÓgico. esto significa que debemos ser especialmente atento a cualquier tipo de fundamentalismo religioso o de cualquier otra Índole. un delicado balance es necesario para combatir la violencia perpetrada en nombre de una religiÓn o de un sistema econÓmico mientras que salvaguardamos la libertad religiosa, la libertad intelectual y la libertad. (aplausos) hay o

dorothy day, social justice and the rights of persons. and thomas merton, the capacity for dialogue and openness to god. four representatives of the american people. i will end my visit to your country in philadelphia, where i will take part in the world meeting of families. it is my wish that throughout my visit the family should be a recurrent theme. how essential the family has been to the building of this country. [ applause ] and how worthy it remains of our support and encouragement. yet i cannot hide my concern for the family, which is threatened, perhaps as never before, from within and without. fundamental relationships are being called into question, as is the very basis of marriage and the family. i can only reiterate the importance and, above all, the richness and the beauty of family life. [ applause ] in particular, i would like to call attention to those family members who are the most vulnerable, the young. for many of them, a future filled with countless possibilities beckons, yet so many others seem disoriented and aimle

what did dorothy day do? she fed the hungry. she clothed the naked. she gave refuge to the homeless. he is saying one of the heroes he just quoted this is the mission of the church. it's such a great juxtaposition of two events together. what the pope has done is, once more, he's walking the talk. >> father, if i can bring you in this conversation, as being with the jesuit order. i had a long conversation prior to this program today about the significance of this jesuit pope and his history with the jesuit order. i did not know he was effectively exiled when he was -- i think about age 34, 36. he was young. he did not have a good reputation with the jesuits. clearly that has changed. >> that's correct. he was living in a very tumultuous time with different understandings. for a while, he went to mendosa and was away from leadership in the order. nonetheless, his gifts were clearly recognized. we see who he is as a jesuit coming out so many ways in the way he speaks and what he does. i once had an opportunity to speak to him. he said, you know, i just

dorothy day, social justice and the rights of persons. and thomas merton, the capacity for dialogue and openness to god. four representatives of the american people. i will end my visit to your country in philadelphia, where i will take part in the world meeting of families. it is my wish that throughout my visit the family should be a recurrent theme. how essential the family has been to the building of this country. [applause] and how worthy it remains of our support and encouragement. yet i cannot hide my concern for the family, which is threatened, perhaps as never before, from within and without. fundamental relations have been called into question, as is the very basis of marriage and the family. i can only reiterate the importance and, above all, the richness and the beauty of family life. [applause] in particular, i would like to call attention to those family members who are the most vulnerable, the young. for many of them, a future filled with countless possibilities beckons, yet so many others seem disoriented and aimless, trap

dorothy day some called a radical journalist.to catholicism, she helped create the catholic worker movement that still exists to help those in need. i want to bring in george weigel, our senior vatican analyst. george, let me ask you how much does dorothy day and thomas merton and the pope's decision to use those names along with abraham lincoln and martin luther king, what does that tell us about his own politics? >> it tells us that he's basically a christian radical, chuck, and a pastor. lots of us who don't necessarily share dorothy day's pacifism during world war ii or thomas merton's views of the vietnam war still find these entirely admirable people because of the dean, deep quality of their faith. and the struggles they went through. dorothy day called her autobiography "the long loneliness." this was someone who knew that christianity was very demanding and did her darnedest for decades to live that radical gospel both in her own spiritual life and in her service to others. thomas merton was deeply steeped in traditional

perhaps when he referred to dorothy day. >> did you know who dorothy day is? come out of a tradition that observes a lot of this. i think you do as well. >> i would say the vast majority of the american people do not know who dorothy day was. the fact he mentioned her as one of the four examples of people he admired was rather extraordinary unto itself. dorothy day died in 1980. she spent her entire life working amongst the poorest people in this country. she was a socialist. she organized workers to stand up against the wealthy and the powerful. and the fact that the pope signaled her as one of the leaders that he admired tells us what his view is in terms of what we should be doing around the world in terms of income and wealth inequality and poverty and the need to fight for justice. >> the fact this he put her in this pantheon with dr. martin luther king jr. and abraham lincoln and thomas merton. my colleagues chris matthews was pointing out that thomas merton has been such an influential figure to those struggling against substance abuse and struggling to

i'm sure google searches are through the roof on dorothy day and thomas merton. but if you're trying to understand the pope's politics and perhaps the politics he grew up admiring when he was a young man in south america, i think he told us a lot by the people he chose to highlight. a and, anyway, i think it said a lot about where his heart is and where he wants to push things. very much about the social justice movement. both in terms of dorothy day and thomas merton. >> let me remind our viewers that we are waiting for the pope to emerge from the papal nunciature in washington, d.c. that's the crowd you're looking at on the left side of the screen. he'll make his way to andrews air base where he'll then fly to new york. so let me bring in new york congressman joe crowley. congressman, we've known each other a while. you were there today with the pope. you were one of a group of bipartisan lawmakers that escorted pope francis into the house chamber. as a catholic man yourself, that had to have been one of the moments of your life. >> oh, kate, you just said it a

dorothy day called her autobiography "the long loneliness."ew that christianity was very demanding and did her darnedest for decades to live that radical gospel both in her own spiritual life and in her service to others. thomas merton was deeply steeped in traditional monastic spirituality but reached out to monastic traditions around the world. and introduced america to this classic notion of meditation and the contemplative life. so the pope was not sending a political signal. >> a lot of people are trying to read political tea leaves into what the pope said in front of congress. it seems as if he emphasized issues like climate change and the economy and he de-emphasized issues like abortion and marriage. is that a fair takeaway or do you think the media is overhyping it? >> no, i don't think it's a fair takeaway. the connecting thread through the four big speeches here -- congress, the u.n., independence hall in philadelphia and i expect we'll hear it at mass this evening -- is religious freedom. and that concern of the pope's, religious f

i would like to mention four of these americans: abraham lincoln, martin luther king, dorothy day and thomas merton. [applause] this marks the 150th anniversary of the assassination of president abraham lincoln, the guardian of liberty, who labored tirelessly that "this nation, under god, might have a new birth of freedom." building a future of freedom requires love of the common good and cooperation in a spirit of subsidiarity and solidarity. all of us are quite aware and deeply worried by the disturbing social and political situation of the world today. our world is increasingly a place of violent conflict, hatred and brutal atrocities, committed even in the name of god and of religion. we know that no religion is immune from forms of individual delusion or ideological extremism. this means that we must be especially attentive to every type of fundamentalism, whether religious or of any other kind. a delicate balance is required to combat violence perpetrated in the name of a religion, an ideology, or an economic system, while also safeguarding religious freedom, intellectual freedo

these times when social concerns are so important, i cannot fail to mention the servant of god dorothy day, who founded the catholic worker movement. her social activism, her passion for justice and for the cause of the oppressed, were inspired by the gospel, her faith, and the example of the saints. how much progress has been made in this area in so many parts of the world. how much has been done in these first years of the third millennium to raise people out of extreme poverty. i know that you share my conviction that much more still needs to be done, and that in times of crisis and economic hardship a spirit of global solidarity must not be ost. at the same time i would ncourage you to keep in mind all those people around us who are trapped in a cycle of poverty. they too need to be given hope. the fight against poverty and hunger must be fought constantly and on many fronts, specially in its causes. i know that many americans today, as in the past, are working to deal with this problem. it goes without saying that part of this great effort is the creation and distribution of wealth. t

and four dreams: lincoln, liberty; martin luther king, liberty in plurality and non-exclusion; dorothy daytice and the rights of persons; and thomas merton, the capacity for dialogue and openness to god. four representatives of the american people. i will end my visit to your country in philadelphia, where i will take part in the world meeting of families. it is my wish that throughout my visit the family should be a recurrent theme. how essential the family has been to the building of this country. and how worthy it remains of our support and encouragement. yet i cannot hide my concern for the family, which is threatened, perhaps as never before, from within and without. fundamental relations have been called into question, as is the very basis of marriage and the family. i can only reiterate the importance and, above all, the richness and the beauty of family life. in particular, i would like to call attention to those family members who are the most vulnerable, the young. for many of them, a future filled with countless possibilities beckons, yet so many others seem disoriented and aiml

she's more or less the dorothy day of philadelphia. and this revered figure.eally is not simply to kind of honor that devotion that the pope has and help people to pray, but it's also a way to sort of draw attention to the homeless in philadelphia. >> and dorothy day, of course, somebody that the pope himself made reference to in st. patrick's cathedral in new york, which surprised a lot of people and thrilld you. >> yeah. it was very thrilling. dorothy day and thomas murton, two of the four americans that he raised up in his talk to 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, be

dorothy day, social justice and the rights of persons. and thomas merton, the capacity for dialogue and openness to god. four representatives of the american people. i will end my visit to your country in philadelphia, where i will take part in the world meeting of families. it is my wish that throughout my visit the family should be a recurrent theme. how essential the family has been to the building of this country. [ applause ] and how worthy it remains of our support and encouragement. yet i cannot hide my concern for the family, which is threatened, perhaps as never before, from within and without. fundamental relationships are being called into question, as is the very basis of marriage and the family. i can only reiterate the importance and, above all, the richness and the beauty of family life. [ applause ] in particular, i would like to call attention to those family members who are the most vulnerable, the young. for many of them, a future filled with countless possibilities beckons, yet so many others seem disoriented and aimle

lincoln, liberty; or martin luther king, liberty and plurality and nonexclusion; dorothy day, social justice and the rights of persons and thomas martin, the capacity for dialogue and openness to god. four representatives of american people. i will end my visit to your country in philadelphia where i will take part in the world meeting of families. it is my wish that throughout the visit the family should be a recurrent theme. how essential the family has been to the building of this country. [applause] and how worthy it remains for our support and encouragement. yet i cannot hide my concern for the family which is threatened perhaps as never before from within and without. fundamental relations are being called into question as is the very basis of marriage and the family. i can only reiterate the importance and, above all, the richness and the beauty of family life are. [applause] in particular, i would like to call attention to those family members who are the most vulnerable, the young. for many of them, a future filled with countless possibilities beckons. yet so many others see

when it strives for justice and the cause of the oppressed, as dorothy day did by her tireless work,he fruit of her faith, which becomes dialogue and sows peace in the contemplative style of thomas merton. in these remarks i have sought to present some of the richness of your cultural heritage, of the spirit of the american people. it is my desire that this spirit continue to develop and grow, so that as many young people as possible can inherit and dwell in a land which has inspired so many people to dream. god bless america! [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> pope francis has left washington and traveled to new york city. today he will address the united nation's general assembly, following his human speech, he will attend a service at the 9/11 museum. our coverage of pope francis in new york begins at 10:00 eastern on c-span3. >> the c-span network features weekends full of american history. the pope's visit to

committed communist turned catholic newspaper editor, and it moves to have her prove successful, dorothy days in line to become a very modern american saint. whether that happens or not, there is no denying that day, who died in 1980, is held in high regard by the catholic church and pope francis himself. a little bit from the "daily mail," this morning. the next call is alan in st. joseph, missouri. independent line. what you think of the pope's address? caller: i thought it was good, i was ashamed that our representatives -- when he was waiting for the pope to come in, he was a little late. that john boehner made the boehnerthat he is on time, he is always on time. i thought i thought that was disrespectful, and i'm ashamed. i can't believe no one has picked up on this. rex in jersey city, new jersey. the morning. caller: good morning. i certainly agree with the "new york times." nuanced.ss was certainly much less aggressive than other addresses he has made , in regard to capitalism and owes toes that business the poor. but i think it was appropriate. -- to walk one cats feed, if you will

when it strives for justice in the cause of the oppressed as dorothy day did by her walk, a face which becomes dialogue and so in the contemplative style of thomas malcolm. >> you're looking at a live picture now are from new york city, the pope traveled this from washington, d.c. at this moment he's making the transfer from the fiat 500l that he's been traveling around in to the modified jeep wrangler that allows him to stand up in the back and see the crowd and be seen by it. he's on his way to a newly refurbished st. patrick's cathedral the seat of the archbishop of new york to have even prepare at that place of worship sparkling like a gem, in time of the pope's visit. civil public utility and religious life of new york city will join him in prayer including the as archbishop of w york, timothy doe lan. libby casey has more. >> packed with many of america's most powerful. the vice president, supreme court justices and members of congress. >> we must renew the spirit of fraternity and solidarity. cooperating generously for the common good. >> reporter: with themes of liberty, social

dorothy day was born in 1897 and she was a pacifist who fought for social justice and she founded the catholic worker movement. in an interview in 1971, she said if your brother is hungry, you feed him and the pope's inclusion of day is notable because her supporters have pushed for her canonization and dorothy day had an abortion early in her life. >>> after his address on capitol hill the pope got in his fiat and went to went to st. patrick's church on 10th street, northwest d.c., there he addressed the needs of the poor. the pope called on more people to help those who are hungry, sick or homeless. afterwards he met and spoke to some of the 120,000 people who have been helped by catholic charities in the d.c. area. later this hour, our chris gordon will give us a closer look at how pope francis identifies with the disadvantaged and the poor. >>> some of the most animated moments from the pope's final day came during his visit to catholic charities. after a special lunch the focus quickly shifted away from food. our team coverage continues now and pat collins has the report. >> repo

dorothy day, social justice and the rights of persons., the capacity for dialogue and openness to god. four representatives of the american people. i will end my visit to your country in philadelphia, where i will take part in the world meeting of families. it is my wish that throughout my visit the family should be a recurrent theme. how essential the family has been to the building of this and how worthy it remains of our support and encouragement. yet i cannot hide my concern for the family, which is threatened, perhaps as never before, from within and without. fundamental relationships are being called into question, as is the very basis of marriage and the family. i can only reiterate the importance and, above all, the richness and the beauty of family life. [ applause ] in particular, i would like to call attention to those family members who are the most vulnerable, the young. for many of them, a future filled with countless possibilities beckons, yet so many others seem disoriented and aimless, trapped in a hopeless maze of violen

dorothy day, social justice and the rights of persons. and thomas merton, the capacity for dialogue and openness to god. four representatives of the american people. i will end my visit to your country in philadelphia, where i will take part in the world meeting of families. it is my wish that throughout my visit the family should be a recurrent theme. how essential the family has been to the building of this country. and how worthy it remains for our support and encouragement. yet i cannot hide my concern for the family, which is threatened, perhaps as never before, from within and without. fundamental relationships are being called into question, as is the very basis of marriage and the family. i can only reiterate the importance and, above all, the richness and the beauty of family life. in particular, i would like to call attention to those family members who are the most vulnerable, the young. for many of them, a future filled with countless possibilities beckons, yet so many others seem disoriented and aimless, trapped in a hopeless

these times when social concerns are so important, i cannot fail to mention the servant of god dorothy day, who founded the catholic worker ovement. her social activism, her passion for justice and for the cause of the oppressed, were inspired by the gospel, her faith, and the example of the saints. how much progress has been made in this area in so many parts of the world. how much has been done in these first years of the third millennium to raise people out of extreme poverty. i know that you share my conviction that much more still needs to be done, and that in times of crisis and economic hardship a spirit of global solidarity must not be lost. at the same time i would ncourage you to keep in mind all those people around us who are trapped in a cycle of poverty. they too need to be given hope. the fight against poverty and unger must be fought constantly and on many fronts, specially in its causes. i know that many americans today, as in the past, are working to deal with this problem. t goes without saying that part of this great effort is the creation and distribution of wealth. the

and thomas mertin and it's instructive when you dig deeper, dorothy day was certainly someone herolitics in the context of today's world she was active 100 years ago and more recently, certainly can be considered leftist. i mean she was part of socialist causes. she associated or was instrumental in something called the catholic workers daily, a publication. and the pope citing her. but not because of those reasons, not because of her politics but because of her work with what has been called many times a reference, the least among us, those who are poor, homeless and down trodden and without the resources to live this life, to compete in today's rat race society of materialism that the pope has spoken so often of and thomas mertin once you start looking into it as an individual who reached across to other faiths and i think he was speaking in the context to use the cuba, the united states and cuba brokered incidentally by pope francis to end reaching across to old enemies and the need for the united states and for everyone around the world to do that but i think it could be seen

born in 1897, dorothy day founded the catholic worker movement and advocated for the poor. murtin was a monk and the washington post calls him one of the most influential catholic writers of the 20th century. >>> pope francis has probably never seen so many cell phones all of his life. youngsters were rewarded when his holiness came over to greet them. >> can i kiss your ring? thank you. >> i love that line, can i kiss your ring? thank you. pope francis greeting catholic school students this morning outside the vatican embassy on massachusetts avenue. it was selfie city for another group of youngsters on embassy row recording video of their encounter with pope francis. the students from avalon high school in maryland talked about their exciting experience afterwards. >> i got really just one photo and it was me desperately trying to reach over the crowd like hey, selfie and that was about as best i, could but i got a picture of my face and the pope's face. that's a selfie, right? >> you see the live shot of the pontiff arriving in new york, very short flight. >> first he la