beauty leads us to god. -- and the true takes us to god. god also is truth.ss given in order to serve is good. persons.us good because god's goodness. all that is good. all that is beautiful leads us to god. [applause] good, god isd is beautiful, god is true. thank you. those who have offered their for all of you as a , a real witness. it is worth being a family. [applause] that the society strong and solid if it is edified on beauty, goodness, and truth. [applause] , youce a child asked me know that kids ask difficult questions. , what did godher do before creating the world? [laughter] you that i found real difficulty to answer the question. [laughter] i said what i will now say to you. world, godting the , because god is love. [applause] >> so much love, father, son, , i., it was so overflowing don't know if it was very logical, but you should understand, it was so big this , it had to be poured out of him. with that love with those out of himself, and then god created the world. god made the marvelous world in which we live. we are destroying it. thing so

god is beautiful. god is true. thank you all, those who have offered their witness and for the presence of all of you that is also a great witness. a real witness that is worth being a family. [cheers and applause ] that society is strong. it's solid. if it's edified on beauty, goodness and truth. [cheers and applause ] once a child asked me, you know that kids ask difficult questions. he asked me, father, what did god do before creating the world? i assure you, i found real difficulty to answer the question. so i said what i am now going to say to you. before creating the world, god loved. because god is love. [cheers and applause ] so much love, father, son and holy spirit, it was so overflowing. i don't know if it's very logical, but you'll understand, he was so big, he was so big this love, that god could not be -- it had to be poured out of him. so as to share that love with those out of himself. and then god created the world. god made this marvelous world with which we're lived. sometimes we're a bit confuse

because god is goodness. he takes us to god. beautiful leading us to god. because god is good. god is beautiful. god is truth. thank you all. those who offered their witness. and for the presence of all of you. that is also a great witness. a real witness that it's worth being a family. that a society is strong. it's solid, he said beauty, goodness and truth. once a child asked me you know the kids ask difficult questions. he asked me, father, what did god do before creating the world? i assure you, i found real difficulty to answer that question. i said what i'm now going to say to you. before creating the world, loved. because god is love. so much love, father, son and holy spirit, it was so overflowi overflowing, i don't think you'll understand. he was so big, this love, that god could not be share that love with those out of himself and then god created the world. god made this marvelous world in which we live. and sometimes a bit confused. we are destroying it. but most beautiful thing that god did says the bible, was the family. he created woman. and he gave them everythi

may god bless you. may god give you hope.protect the family because it's in the family that our future. thank you. [ cheers and applause ] >> so stirring. listening to pope francis address the crowd at the festival of families. and there is, you know, a big crowd here, but what you can't see is the hundreds of thousands around us. >> exactly. all right. >> your holiness. for everyone here this evening and for everyone watching or listening to this festival from a distance, tonight has been a special moment in time. we'll never forget it. and we'll never duplicate it. because each of us on this parkway is unique and unrepeatable. every one of the persons here among us is a miracle of god's love made from the glory of heaven. so each of us is wonderful as are families. we have a final present before you leave us this evening. philadelphia is a city of murals. and we couldn't imagine a better way to commemorate your visit than with a mural. we've been working on it all summer, paint days have taken place all across the region, a

with the beauty, which is the path to god. beauty leads us to god. takes us to god. because god also is true. beauty and truth. and witness, given in order to serve, is thoroughly good. it makes us good persons, because god is goodness. he takes us to god. all that is true, all that is beautiful leads us to god. [ cheering and applause ] because god is good. god is beautiful. god is true. >> thank you all. those who've offered their witness and for the presence of all of you, that is a great witness. a real witness that it's worth being a family. society is strong, solid. edified. beauty, goodness and truth. once a child asked me you know kids ask difficult questions. he asked me father r what did god do before creating the world. i assure you i found real difficulties answering the question. i will say now what i will say to you. before creating the world, god loved. because god is love. >> and so much love. the father, son, and holy spirit. it was so overflowing i don't know if this is very logical but you'll understand, it was so big this love that god could not b

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beauty leads us to god. -- and the true takes us to god. god also is truth.ss given in order to serve is good. persons.us good because god's goodness. all that is good. all that is beautiful leads us to god. [applause] good, god isd is beautiful, god is true. thank you. those who have offered their for all of you as a , a real witness. it is worth being a family. [applause] that the society strong and solid if it is edified on beauty, goodness, and truth. [applause] , youce a child asked me know that kids ask difficult questions. , what did godher do before creating the world? [laughter] you that i found real difficulty to answer the question. [laughter] i said what i will now say to you. world, godting the , because god is love. [applause] >> so much love, father, son, , i., it was so overflowing don't know if it was very logical, but you should understand, it was so big this , it had to be poured out of him. with that love with those out of himself, and then god created the world. god made the marvelous world in which we live. we are destroying it. thing so

because god is goodness. he takes us to god. all is beautiful leads us to god. because god is good. god is beautiful. god is true. thank you all. those who have offered their witness and for the presence of all of you, that is also a great witness, a real witness that it's worth being a family. [ cheers and applause ] and society is strong, it's solid, if it's edified on beauty, goodness, and truth. once, a child asked me, you know that kids ask typical questions. he asked me, father, what did god do before creating the world? i assure you, i found real difficulty to answer the question. so i said what i'm now going to say to you. before creating the god loved. because god is love. and so much love, the father, son, and holy spirit, it was so overflow i overflowing, i don't think it's very logical that you'll understand, he was so big, it's so big, this love, that god could not be egoistic. it had to be poured out of him. so as to share that love with those out of himself, and then god created the world. god made this marvelous world in which we live. and sometimes we're a bit confu

[applause] good, god isd is beautiful, god is true. thank you.l of you as a , a real witness. it is worth being a family. [applause] that the society strong and solid if it is edified on beauty, goodness, and truth. [applause] , youce a child asked me know that kids ask difficult questions. , what did godher do before creating the world? [laughter] you that i found real difficulty to answer the question. [laughter] i said what i will now say to you. world, godting the , because god is love. [applause] >> so much love, father, son, , i., it was so overflowing don't know if it was very logical, but you should understand, it was so big this , it had to be poured out of him. with that love with those out of himself, and then god created the world. god made the marvelous world in which we live. we are destroying it. thing so thetiful bible that god did was the family. and he gave them everything. he gave them the world. multiply, cultivate the land, multiply and grow. all that love that he meeting creation he gave it and shared it and bestowed upon a

but god created it so why would god want to do that? you and i really are free agents, morally responsible agents and god may act in some ways through openness of nature without having to break the natural laws. i call this noninterventionist divine action. >> this is really new stuff. it's the point that this dialogue which you have been one of the leaders in, as you look at the center now, a couple more questions excite you and excite your colleagues and people who participate. >> sure. there are some rubber meets the road questions around stem cell issues, around human nature being predetermined by genetics. how do you handle that? should you alter human genes? should you in some ways recognize limitations on freedom and human experience that come because we are embodied? >> the discussion of if you have a gene and you can look at it and there is an unborn child and know that that is predisposed to some sort of disease. >> right. >> so part of the discussion is do you have -- ethically can you go in and change something in that? >> i

>> this is not a house of god. it's the people's house. >> reporter: she would eventually deny the couple four times. >> i'm asking you to leave. >> some will say that this is discrimination. it's not religious liberty. do you think this is discrimination? >> no, because i didn't issue license to anybody. to not discriminate. for me this whole situation has never been a gay or lesbian issue for me. >> what is it? >> it's all about upholding the word of god. >> how many acres do you have here? >> 35. >> reporter: little did she know that such a peaceful life would be disrupted this summer when the details of her personal history were released for all to know. >> you've been married four times. >> uh-huh. >> you had children in adu adulterous relationships. people call you a hypocrite, are you? >> no, i'm forgiven, washed clean. >> reporter: she says she's since been saved by god's grace. >> i'm just a normal person that's been touched by the grace of god and his mercy. i haven't always been a good person, paula. whe

god sees to the fruits of our labors.e followers of jesus christ and his life, humanly speaking, ended in failure, the failure of the cross. another danger -- another danger emerges when we become jealous of our free time, when we think that surrounding ourselves with worldly come efforts help us to serve better. the problem with this way of reasoning is that it can blunt the power of god's daily call to conversion, to encounter with him. slowly but surely, it diminishes our spirit of sacrifice, our spirit of renunciation and our spirit of hard work. it also alienates people who suffer material poverty and who are forced to make greater sacrifices than those that we made ourselves. rest is needed, as are moments of leisure and self-enrichment, but we need to learn to rest in a way that deepens our desire to serve with generosity. closeness to the poor, the refugee, the immigrant, the sick, the exploited, the elderly living alone, prisoners and all god's other poor, will teach us a different way of resting, one which is mo

make your requests known to god then the peace of god that so passes all understanding, with all youreart and mind. in christ jesus. finally, brothers and sisters, hatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. keep on doing what you have received and heard and seen in me. then god's peace will be with you. the lord be with you. nd with your spirit. glory to you, oh lord. he 11 dice sipeles went to gallyly to the mountain to hich jesus had ordered them. when they saw him, they worshipped but they doubted. then jesus approached and said heaven all power in and on earth has been given to me. go there forth and make disciples of all nations baptizing them in the name of he father, and of the son, and f the holy spirit. all that i have commanded you. and behold i am with you always. ntil the end of the age. . e word of the lord glory to you, lord jesus hrist. rejoice in the lord always. i shall say it again. rejoice. these a

god bless you. thank you. thank you very much. god bless. ♪ >> thank you, governor. wow. keeps going. for our next presidential candidate i would strongly urge you to read his full bio, it is quite impressive. but to summarize he was raised in dire poverty by a single mom in detroit. he would grow up as a graduate of yale university and to date he has now received 68 honorary doctorates. now, i could say please welcome doctor doctor doctor doctor but i don't have time for that. he became the chief of pediatric neurosurgeonry at john hopkins hospital and made medical history there with the first separation of chinese twins. in june of 2008 he was awarded a presidential medal of freedom which is the highest civilian honor in america. and in 2014 the gallup organization in their annual survey named this gentleman as one of the ten most admired men in the world. he now seeks your vote as president of the united states. ladies and gentlemen, would you please welcome dr. ben carson. ♪ >> thank you. thank you so much. thank you. thank you. ♪ thank you. thank you very much. thank

he said god weeps he's saying that basically god is judging us.rime, and it's clearly in the pope's mind and it's our hope that his leadership and his vision is going to continue to bring hope, particularly for those survivors of such abuse. >> well, i will say -- you talk about that vatican commission on sex abuse. and i spoke to someone who serves on that commission, marie collins, it's amazing that she's a victim of clergy abuse. she was raped by a priest when she was 14 years old. she said she got a call from the vatican to serve on this commission. she was stunned by the request. she's still catholic, which i found astonishing, quite frankly, she said things are moving forward but at a glacial pace. and she gets frustrated, too. >> you have a good point. it's important to say that in terms of doing practically this sort of investigation and collecting the information which, by the way, has to happen on a local level, and the complication there is also a question of resources because the vatican is one end of it. but they have to send people o

for our god is just. our god is a god of mercy. our god is a god of power and strength.peaks the truth. and our god is a god that keeps nd fulfills every promise. ♪ >> well, i'm glad you all can keep that energy up. speeches like that certainly help. so among the voices that are no longer in principles over washi daily basis but are sorely speaker. our next she is unafraid to speak truth to power. she was always unafraid to speak her mind. would you all put your hands together and join me in welcoming congressman michele bachmann. afternoon. i am so proud of you all for being here in this 93 degree heat. isn't it a blessing to be able to stand here today and speak for literally thousands of people back home. that is what your presence afte. i am so proud of you all for being here in this 93 degree heat. does. you are sending a message across the world that you are going to stand for sanity and not insanity. it is very clear. is obvious and it is simple what the legislative solution in the short term needs to be. it is accept the victory that has already been given. you s

god's guidance.r blessings on the people all over the world, all people as one race, the human race. thank god for both of them. amen. host: as we continue to look at the video from the white house today, we will take your calls, get your thoughts on what you think of the pope's visits to the u.s.. linda joins us now from lindstrom, minnesota. caller: thank you for taking my call. i just watched the welcoming ceremony. i was very impressed with it. also very impressed with president obama's welcoming remarks. i thought it was very sincere and very warm. my one concern as a christian is the persecution of the christians in syria and iraq and iran. i hope that both leaders will pay more attention to that. thanks for taking my call. host: thanks for calling. the pope and president obama. a little bit of a photo op there. no questions for reporters after they met in the oval office. they appeared to give photographers a chance to snap some pictures in the white house. we continue to take your calls. mari

god bless our troops, god bless our first responders, god bless new york city and god bless america.ris. >> zeth alan morris. >> christopher morrison. >> william david. >> ryan a. moss. >> marco. >> can ican i >> jude joseph. >> damiÁn o'neil. >> christopher michael. >> richard, jr. >> michael mullan. >> michael. >> peter james. >> michael joseph mullan. >> nancy nÚÑez. >> francisco nÚÑez. >> carlos mario muÑoz. >> teresa. >> robert michael. >> cÉsar agusto. >> ryan joseph. charles anthony murphy. christopher w. murphy. >> james s. murphy the fourth. >> james thomas murphy. >> kevin james murphy. >> patrick murphy. >> patrick sean murphy. >> and my uncle loving husband, brother and son. you'll be so proud of how big your daughter has gotten and your nephew paul and niece kathy you're not a victim you're considered a hero. we love and miss you every day. >> and my grand fare who i sadly miss meeting by sadly three months. >> robert eddy murphy, jr. >> john joseph murray. >> john joseph murray. >> richard todd. >> lewis j. the second. >> mildred rose. >> alexander john. >> frank joseph

if god is love, then loving is serving god.ans you must love your enemy. >> you preach weakness. >> no, no. >> the strikes a cheek you turn and let him strike the other. if he takes your cloak you give him your tune nic. -- tunic. >> you do this. >> i will die with each breath on each and every day. feeling that by our effort god what is in our hearts. knowing that god is love. and in the kingdom of god, we will love our enemies. >> he's crazy. you can't love enemies. >> forgive them that we can be forgiven. judge not so that you be judged. the kingdom of god is within you. >> enough of these. >> each of you. those who look within themselves will find it. >> they walk away. >> he is blessed with something. i have seen it. >> a bountiful cash, maybe nothing more. >> rabbi, rabbi, please help me. i'm cursed. >> why do you say this? >> my son is possessed by demons. >> take me to him. >> the demons rest. but they will awake. >> david. >> david, can you hear me? what evil possesses you. [grunting] >> david. >> get back. get back, p

god sees to the fruits of our labors.ailure, the failure of the cross. another danger another dirng emerges when we become jealous of our free time. when we think that worldly comforts help us to serve better. the problem with this way of reasoning is that it can blunt the power of god's daily call to conversion, to encounter with him. slowly, but surely, it diminishes our spirit of sacrifice. our spirit of renunciation and our spirit of hard work. it also alienates people who suffer material poverty and who are forced to make greater sacrifices than those that we make ourselves. rest is needed as our moments of leisure and self-enrichment but we need to learn to rest in a way that deepens our desire to serve with generosity. closeness to the poor, the refugee, the immigrant, the sick, the exploited, the elderly living alone, prisoners, and all god's other poor will teach us a different way of resting. one which is more christian and generous. gratitude and hard work these are two pillars of the spiritual life which i hav

let us live, let us give thanks to the lord our god.rd, holy father, almighty and eternal god through christ our lord. for on the festival of junipero serra, you bid your church rejoice, so too you strengthener by the example of his holy life, teacher by his words of preaching and keep her safe in answer to his prayers. and so with the company of angels and saints, we sing the hymn of your praise. as without end. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> translator: by the power and the work of the holy spirit, you give life to all things and make them holy and you never cease to gather people to yourself so from the rising of the sun to its setting, your sacrifice may be offered to your name. therefore o lord, we humbly implore you by the same spirit graciously make holy these gifts, we have brought to you for consecration that they may become the body and blood of your son, our lord jesus christ. and whose command we celebrate these mysteries. for on the night he was betrayed, he himself took bread and giving you thanks, he said the blessing, broke the bread and ga

the joy of men and women who love god attracts others to him. priests and religious are called to find and radiate lasting satisfaction in their vocation, joeus springs from -- joy springs from a grateful heart. truly, we have received much, so many graces, so many blessings, and in this we rejoice. it will do us good to think back on our lives with the grace of remembrance. remembrance of when we were first called remembrance of the road travelled. remembrance of graces received. and above all, remembrance of our encounter with jesus christ, so often along the way. which our encounter with jesus christ has awakened in our hearts. sisters, brothers, priests and religious to seek the grace of remembrance so as to grow in the spirit of gratitude perhaps we need to ask ourselves are we capable of counting our blessings? or have i forgotten them? a second area is the spirit of hard work. a grateful heart is spontaneously impelled to serve in the life of commitment to our work. once we realize how much god has given us, we learn that a life of sacrif

god bless america! [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> i'm so grateful for your presence here. the most important ones here, hildren. will ask god to bless them. bless these, less each of them, bless the amilies. less them all. to i ask you all please .ray for me and if there are among you any who do not believe or cannot i ask you please to send ood wishes my way. thank you. thank you very much. and god bless america. [applause] >> pope francis today became the first pope to speak before congress. you can see his 50-minute speech tonight on c-span at 8:00 eastern. the pope has left washington and is now in new york city. tomorrow he speaks to the united nations general assembly at 0k a.m. eastern. then at 11:30 tomorrow morning, pope francis participates in an interfaith service at the 9/11 memorial. you can see both of those live tomorrow on our companion etwork, c-spa

only god can judge people. he can just teach the roman catholic teachings of matters of faith, and morals. thank you very much. thank you for c-span. host: thank you for the call. jack has this tweet, he says the drieding, california is up and burning, the pope's message on global warming is well-timed and appropriate. pope, "atters" on the the worst reactions to pope francis' climate change and cyclical -- an encyclical." why isn't the pope out refugees to the vatican city, where sure they have enough money to take care and atthese people, the same time, convert them to christianity. host: i should point out that cbs news says that the pope has taken in one family, and more are expected to come into vatican city. caller: i appreciate the update. one family -- really knocking themselves out. the pope talks, but there's no substance bu behind what he says. the church still persecute homosexuals, which i'm not happy about. and giving the pope so much attention, what is next? a voodoo priest? views,onte has these

is not whose side is god on but are we on god's side?f you want to be on god's side do it privately, live your life in a godly way but don't bring religion into politics. >> allen dershowitz . the third rail panel is next. >> former gop strategist and a pat >> we're here to fully get into the nuances of everything that's going on, not just in this country, but around the world. >> ...as if there were no cameras here, would be the best solution. >> this goes to the heart of the argument >> to tell you the stories that others won't cover. how big do you see this getting? getting the news from the people who are affected. >> people need to demand reform... >> we're here to provide the analysis... the context... and the reporting that allows you to make sense of your world. >> ali velshi on target only on al jazeera america >> every saturday night. >> i lived that character. >> go one on o >> i wake in the morning i wait on the lord and i ask him to give me the strength to do right by our country and our people. >> ever since i was a little

we are sought by god. we are -- god waits for us.s children to take part in the feast of the gospel. to not hold back anything that is good. instead, help it grow, jesus says. to raise doubts about the working of the spirit or to give the impression that it cannot take place in those who are not part of our group or who are not like us is a dangerous temptation. not only does it block conversion to the faith, but it is a perversion of faith. faith opens a window to the presence and working of the spirit. and it shows us that, like happiness, holiness is always tied to little gestures. whoever gives you a cup of water in my name, jesus says, a small gesture will not go unrewarded. these are little gestures that we learn at home. gestures that we learn in the family and that get lost amid all the other things that we do daily, but they make each day different. these are the little gestures done by mothers, by grandmothers, fathers and grandfathers, by children and siblings. they're little signs of tenderness, of affection and compassio

the mission of a good pastor in the style of god and only god can authorize this. not our own presumption imitates in every way and for all people the son's love for the father. this is reflected in the tenderness with which a pastor devotes himself to the love and care of the men and women of our human family. for the eyes of faith, this is the most valuable sign. our ministry needs to deepen the covenant between the church and the family and let me highlight this, we must develop the covenant between the church and the family, otherwise, it becom becomes, by our own fault the human family will grow distant from god's joyful good news and they will go to the local supermarket that is most popular and they will go and purchase that product that they desire most at the moment. if we prove capable of the demanding task of reflecting god's love, cultivating infinite patience and sure rememb sereni which we are called to plant, and we do need to sew in these crooked furrows with great frequency then even, for example, a samaritan women with five non-husbands will disco

is not whose side is god on but are we on god's side?f you want to be on god's side do it privately, live your life in a godly way but don't bring religion into politics. >> allen dershowitz. the third rail panel is next. >> former gop strategist and a patpastor, was an atheist wouldu vote? >> i wake in the morning i wait on the lord and i ask him to give me the strength to do right by our country and our people. >> ever since i was a little girl i felt the trust in god. >> our laws do not come from man, they come from god. >> when you turn your heart over to christ, it changes your life. >> god bless america. >> god bless you and god bless the united states of america. >> we're going to pick up our conversation on faith and politics with a question of candidates who don't believe in god. let's bring in our political panel. joe watkins is a former white house aid to president george h. w. bush, pastor with the christ evangelical christian church. growing one george william welcome to all of you thank you for being here. joe, former white

they are on fire for the love of god to give their life to god in service to the church. now they have been given the privilege to remember the memory of the day, celebrating the mass of pope francis as part of their formation on the day when they become priest and brothers and sisters. they will never forget it. greta: they will be inside the basilica even though the pope is inside. they can watch it on the jumbo tran. leon: how special is that to begin your washington as a priest or as a nun? it starts with a moment like this. father tom: exactly. alison: if you can walk us through what is happening. greta: he is blessing the crowd. father tom: he is yet to be fully vested and ready for mass but he is meeting the seminarians and those preparing to take vows for the religious life. he is blessing them and in his way allowing them to know they have a special place in their heart. in their young lives and people preparing for religious vocation. it's typical of pope francis to touch the lives of every person who encounters wherever they may be on the spiritual journey. whe

god bless first responders. god bless all of you, and god [ause]america. [applause] william chalcoff eli chalouh charles lawrence chan mandy chang mark lawrence charette pedro francisco checo douglas macmillan cherry stephen patrick cherry vernon paul cherry nester julio chevalier swede chevalier alexander h. chiang dorothy j. chiarchiaro luis alfonso chimbo robert chin eddie nicholas paul chiofalo john chipura peter a. chirchirillo catherine chirls kyung hee cho abul k. chowdhury mohammad salahuddin chowdhury kirsten l. christophe pamela chu steven chucknick wai chung christopher ciafardini alex f. ciccone frances ann cilente elaine cillo edna cintron nestor andre cintron iii robert dominick cirri juan pablo cisneros-alvarez benjamin keefe clark eugene clark >> and my uncle, uncle bill, 14 years later and not a day goes by that i don't think if you. you are always in my heart, the hearts of all your friends and family. we think of you with every note of music would you. especially when look at your gorgeous daughter. you will never be forgotten. >> and my

god bless. god bless the pope. host: tulsa, oklahoma, on our democrats line. an dryas. -- an deas. -- andreas. hi,er' on the air. -- hi, you're on the air. we'll go to -- we have a call in heida? in tulsa, this is hi, caller: my name is ida, i'm 12 ands old and i attend tulsa my comment is that i hope the hope convinces the president to continue with improving relations with cuba. host: ok. the president did mention cuba in his opening comments. we'll show you-all of that. show you some of the departure this morning from the pope -- papal embassy in the nation's capital. victor is next up, independence line. where are you calling from? caller: i'm oklahoma. host: having trouble hearing you. sorry about that. couple of tweets here about the coverage about the speech tomorrow, the joint meeting, 4:00 eastern. here's frank thorpe of nbc. we are talking about members who will be there. frank thorpe tweets that mark sanford says ben carson will be his guest in the house chamber for the pope's address to congress on thursday. from bernie sanders tweeting about the p

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god weeps. from the sexual abuse of children these cannot be maintained in secret. and i admit to a careful oversight to insure that youth are protected and all responsible will be held accountable.those who have surve have become true heralds of mercy, humbly we owe each of them, our gratitude for their great sal vo as they suffered sexual abuse of minors. i say this - i would like to express my gratitude to the archbishop and i felt it very important that i share this message with you today. and i am very happy to be able to share these moments of pastoraleflection during celebration of this world meeting of families. for the the church, it the famiy is not first and foremost a cause for concern, but rather the joyous confirmation of god's blessing upon the masterpiece of creation. everyday, all over the world, the church can rejoys in the lord's gift of so many familiess maintain their promises and keep the faith. i would say that this is a very difficult period of transition and it requires

what you do with yourgs is your gift to god. god dereceivables your best.for a purpose and expecteds you to make the most of what you have been given. that resonated with hem. >> it did. yes. >> he asked you follow up questions. tell us. >> well, we had been talking before that about, you know, each other. i had already told him my first husband was killed and things like that. so he said, you know, maybe you need to minister to people. maybe you need to share your life with them to help other people. he also asked me what i thought he should do? should he turn himself in and what should he do? and i told him, he had to turn himself in and maybe his purpose in life was to minister to people in prison. >> do you know whether he's now doing that? >> i don't. >> you haven't had 234i con takts with him? >> i haven't had any contact with him. if i were to have contact with him, that would be the biggest question i would ask him. is he using his second chance. >> so now we're getting ahead of ourselves. you read him the passage, the night goes on. you winds up ma

because god is good, god is beautiful. god is true. thank you all.fore creating the world. i assure you, i found real difficulty to answer the question. so i said what i'm now going to say to you. before creating the world, god loved. because god is love. [cheers and applause] so much love, father, son and holy spirit, it was so overflowing know if it's logical, but you will understand. it was so big, this love, that god could not be egoistic. it had to be poured out of him. so as to share that love with those out of himself. and then god created the world. god made this marvelous world in which we live. and sometimes we are a bit confused, we are destroying it. the most beautiful thing that god did, said the bible, was the family. [cheers and applause] he created man and he created woman. and he gave them everything. he gave them the world. so they may grow, multiply, cultivate the land, multiply and grow. all that love he made in creation he gave it and shared it and bestowed it upon a family. let us go back further. all the love god -- all the lov

for our god is just. our god is a god of mercy. our god is a god of power and strength.r god is a god that speaks the truth and our god is a god that keeps and fulfills every promise. [ cheering and applause ] ♪ >> well i'm glad you all can keep that energy up. speeches like that certainly help. so among the voices that are no longer in washington, d.c. on a daily basis, but are sorely missed, is our next speaker. she is unafraid to speak truth to power, she was always unafraid to speak her mind, would you all put your hands together and join me in welcoming congressman michelle bachman. ♪ >> good afternoon. i'm so proud of you all for being here in this 93-degree heat. isn't it a blessing to be able to stand here today and speak for literally thousands of people back home. that is what your presence does. you are sending a message across the world that you are going to stand for sanity and not instanity. it is very clear, it is painly obvious and it is simple what the legislative solution in the short-term needs to be. it is accept the victory that has already been give

god weeps.he sexual abuse of children, these cannot be maintained in secret, and i commit to a careful oversight to ensure that youth are protected and that all responsible will be held accountable. those who have survived this abuse have become true heralds of mercy. humbly, we owe each of them our gratitude for their great value as they have had to suffer terrible abuse, sexual abuse of minors. i say this. i would like to express my gratitude to the archbishop and i felt it very important that i share this message with you today. and i am very happy to be able to share these moments of pastoral reflection amid the joyful celebrations of this world meeting of families. for the church, the family is not first and foremost a cause for concern but rather the joyous confirmation of god's blessing upon the masterpiece of creation. every day all over the world the church can rejoice in the lord's gift of so many families who even amid difficult trials maintain faithful to their promises and keep the

thank you and god bless you. i appreciate you being here and god bless america. next from florida, we have congressman rhonda santos . >> thank you for coming out here. s and i am ron desanti sick of this administration treating the ayatollah can i rent than a trace the prime minister of israel. everyone has made great points about the billions of dollars iran gets in this deal come about them having a path to a bomb. one reason i oppose this is i served in iraq in 2007. [applause] a sunni dominated area. a lot of these intelligence reports state the number one source of death for service members was not from al qaeda in iraq and not from sunni insurgents, it was from iranian backed groups killing our soldiers from improvised bombs. this deal not only gives no billions allows them a path to the bomb, it actually lifts sanctions off the people who perpetrated those attacks. that is a gratuitous insult to the lives and memories of the people i served with and have sacrificed on our behalf. we will do everything we can to defeat the deal because iran is an enemy and

god bless you for being here. god bless you for witnessing the importance of families.r many years to come. [applause] pope francis: in the name of the father, son and holy spirit. peace be with you. let us pray. look with compassion on the affairs of all of your servants, may they follow in the example of the holy family of your only begotten son in practicing the virtues of family life and in... -- in the joy out of your house, d light one day in eternal life through our lord jesus christ, with you in lives the unity of the holy spirit, one world, forever and ever. >> amen. viva papa! [applause] >> good evening. and welcome to the festival of families. [applause] >> my name is mark wahlberg and so proud to be a part of this all-inspiring event. holy father, we are blessed and graced to be in your , welcome tother philadelphia. this is the city of brotherly love. in of the greatest cities the world. father, isn't this a great crowd? forve not done too bad myself as an actor and film producer but i feel most blessed today being on stage with my leaders and fellow christ

god weeps. for me sexual abuse of child ren cannot be maintained in secret. i am committed to a careful oversight to ensure that youth are protected and that all responsible will be held accountable. those who have survived the abuse have bee come heralds of mercy, we owe each of them our gratitude for their great suffering as they have had to suffer terrible abuse, sexual abuse, of minors. i say this >> i would like to express my gratitude to the arch bush on. i felt that it was very important that i share this message with you today. i am very happy to be able to share these moments of pastoral reflection with you, a amid the joyful celebrations of this world meeting of families. for the church, the is not first and foremost a cause for concern but rather the joyous confirmation of god's blessing upon the masterpiece of creation. every day all over the world the church cannery joyce in the lord's gift of so many families. who even amid difficult trials maintain faithful to their promises. and

his hand. >> he's coming this way. >> oh, my god, oh, my god! >> thanks, brother. [ crowd chanting "holy father, we love you" ] >> we're here watching this along with you, it's just that there's nothing better than this feeling that we're in the crowd. so we will recede and listen to the chants of "holy father, we love you." this being spanish harlem, he's also able to speak spanish to a lot of these children. >> this is, to set the scene, our lady of angels. this is harlem section, upper manhattan. can you tell they've been excited about the pope's visit? he's coming back down the length of the barrier now. his agility with selfies is remarkable. he's got that whole thing down where he leans in to be in the picture. remarkable. [ crowd sings "when the saints go marching in" ] >> theme song, north to new york. ♪ when the saints go marching in ♪ ♪ oh how i want to be in that number ♪ ♪ when the saints go marching in ♪ ♪ oh, when the pope goes marching in ♪ ♪ oh when the pope goes marching in ♪ oh how i want to be in that number ♪ ♪ when the pope

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is not whose side is god on but are we on god's side?f you want to be on god's side do it privately, live your life in a godly way but don't bring religion into politics. >> allen dershowitz . the third rail panel is next. >> former gop strategist and a pat >> where we are standing right now will be the panama canal. >> this will be flooded. >> we have upgraded for bigger ships. >> now we go for weeks without water. >> techknow's team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> this is what innovation looks like. >> can affect and surprise us. >> i feel like we're making an impact. >> awesome! >> techknow - where technology meets humanity. >> i wake in the morning i wait on the lord and i ask him to give me the strength to do right by our country and our people. >> ever since i was a little girl i felt the trust in god. >> our laws do not come from man, they come from god. >> when you turn your heart over to christ, it changes your life. >> god bless america. >> god bless you and god bless the united states of america. >> we're

god bless the first responders, god bless all of you and god bless america. [ applause ] >> william chalcoff >> eli chalouh >> charles lawrence chan >> mandy chang >> rosa maria chappa >> mark lawrence charette >> gregorio manuel chavez >> delrose e. cheatham >> pedro francisco checo >> douglas macmillan cherry >> stephen patrick cherry >> vernon paul cherry >> nestor chevalier jr. >> swede chevalier >> alexander h. chiang >> dorothy j. chiarchiaro >> luis alfonso chimbo >> robert chin >> eddie wing wai ching >> nicholas paul chiofalo >> john gerard chipura >> peter a. chirchirillo >> catherine chirls >> kyung hee cho >> abdul k. chowdhury >> emmanuel salahuddin chowdhury kir>> sten l. christophe >> pamela chu >> steven paul chucknick >> wai chung >> christopher ciafardini >> alex f. ciccone >> frances ann cilente >> elaine cillo >> edna cintron >> nestor andre cintron iii >> robert dominick cirri >> juan pablo cisneros >> benjamin keefe clark >> eugene clark >> and my unk wl william ma mathisen, you're always in my heart and the hearts of all of your friends and family. we think of you with