i did ask archbishop joseph kurtz about this. he's the president of the u.s.onference of catholic bishops and this is what he told me, particularly about the issue of moving those priests who had charges against them around, as you said, to parishes outside this country. this is what he told us. >> do you think this pope is a pope who wants to be defined by the culture wars, so to speak? it is almost as if he's saying, these issues of the sexuality, of the social values, yes, we have to deal with them, but actually, there's so much more to deal with in this world. >> he's a man of faith. he wants to point to jesus christ, and he says, i want to see the person before the idea. if you notice, that was a theme in cuba. and he says, you know, the person means that i'm not going to spend all of my energy arguing with someone. i will -- i will be true to my convictions, i'll be a son of the church, as he says it, i'm not changing church teaching, but he says, i truly want to engage and learn from that person, and i want to make sure that everyone is welcome. his tal

father somebody has recently agreed to be with us again, joined by archbishop joseph kurtz. a couple other housekeeping notes. please remember that the text of the speeches will be posted at media. vatican speeches. they will be available to you digitally. just housekeeping note. we are continuing to distribute credentials tomorrow here at the if colleaguesroom have yet to pick up their credentials do they need to do that tomorrow. we will not distribute credentials on thursday. that is a change. thank you for your time. we will see you tomorrow. >> thanks to all of you. we are asking for blessings today upon the jewish trinity. .his is the day of yom kippur we pray for them in this day of atonement that the lord will continue to bless them. >> thank you, everyone. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.o c undead of transparency oalition hosted meeting -- data transparency coalition holds the meeting today. a.m. easternt 8:45 on c-span 3. a senate subcommittee examines whether the l

visit ncicap.org] >> next, "newsmakers," with joseph kurtz. cardinal donald wuerl talks about the pope policy upcoming visit to the u.s.. then, a discussion on the around nuclear agreement with defense secretary ashton carter. newsmakersuest on this week is the archbishop of the legal, kentucky, joseph kurtz. you'll be surprised to hear that our topic is the preparation of the united states for the upcoming visit of pope francis. thank you so much for being our guest this week. >> my pleasure, happy to be with you. diamond covers politics for the. stephen, you're up first. >> take you for joining us. several popes have visited the u.s. before. the previous two popes of been out of washington. none of them have done what we are going to see this time around. i'm curious, what took so long? why now? what took so long to do this? great question. the pope responded once the invitation was given. my understanding is that john boehner wrote on behalf of the house of representatives. together with senator mitch mcconnell, they agreed to make this an

stops in new york, philadelphia, and washington dc we get a preview of the visit with archbishop joseph kurtz who is president of the u.s. conference of catholic bishops. he talks about scheduled events including his address before congress.

host: our guest on "newsmakers" this week is the archbishop of louisville kentucky, joseph , kurtz. you'll be surprised to hear that our topic is the preparation of the united states for the upcoming visit of pope francis. it arrives on the 22nd of september for a five-day visit to the east coast of the united states. archbishop, thank you so much for being our guest this week. >> my pleasure, happy to be with you. host: michelle boorstein covers religion for the washington post. stephen dinan covers politics for the washington times. stephen, you're up first. >> take you for joining us. several popes have visited the u.s. before. the previous two popes of been -- have been in washington. none of them have done what we are going to see this time around. i'm curious, what took so long? why now? why is this the right time to do this? what do you expect to hear out of the holy father? guest: great question. the pope responded once the invitation was given. my understanding is that john boehner wrote on behalf of the house of representatives. together with senator mitch mcconnell, they

. >> father, your colleague, archbishop joseph kurtz said the pope is, quote, coming as a pastor of souls and a prophet, not a politician. the pope is not shy about sharing his views on what catholics should think of political issues and what scripture dictates. what do you think he plans to say to congress, do you think? >> earlier this week, the play book of the visit is the language of the gospel, the language of a pastor, but whenever we apply that language and the gospel to life, it's eneverybody vittbly involves politics because politics is the way that we deal with one another and we deal with the world. the pope is coming to wake us up, to take responsibility for our brothers and sisters. the pope is coming to remain us of the sacredness and the dignity of human life. he's also coming to speak to us about the future of the family, the future of humanity that passes through the family. that wonderful expression of st. john paul ii. the future of humanity passes through the family. the pope is coming to bless all of those situations, to stir us up and, yes, there will be political r

agreed to bedi has with us again and he will be joined by archbishop joseph kurtz. a couple of other housekeeping notes, please remember that the text of the speeches will be posted at media. uspapalvisit.org. we will have those available online. we are not distributing paper copies in the press room. they will be available digitally. note, we housekeeping continue to distribute credentials. tomorrow at the union station room, if colleagues have yet to pick up credentials, they need to do that tomorrow. we will not be distribute in credentials on thursday -- distributing credentials on thursday. that is a change in the initial release. >> the name of the bishop's conference and thanks to all of you, but we are asking for blessings on the jewish community. kippur,the day of yom we pray for them in this day of atonement that the lord will continue to bless them. everyone.ou, [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] >>

stops in new york, philadelphia, and washington dc we get a preview of the visit with archbishop joseph kurtz who is president of the u.s. conference of catholic bishops. he talks about scheduled events including his address before congress. >> my understanding is that john boehner -- together with mitch mcconnell, they agreed to make this open invitation. it is the first time that our holy father has been invited to this joint session. it is a great privilege. we are happy that he will also be in the public square. we are eager for him to come. >> i would love to hear a little bit about the theme he will strike. how much of his address will be interpreted in light of presidential elections -- as congress returns from a summer break. how much will politics be seen to play in his address? >> we have to make room so that we can hear the message of our holy father. i don't have a text or anything of what he is going to say. on other visits he has had where he has talked in the public square, i think that is a good direction to begin with. i believe that his primary coming is for families in whic

we learn more about the pope's visit from archbishop joseph kurtz. >> it is my understanding that it is the first time our holy father has been invited to this session. we want to welcome a special guest into our home and we are happy that he will also be at the public square. we are eager for him to come. hear a littlee to bit about the overall themes you think he will strike. how much of his address will be interpreted in light of the political season with .residential elections how much will politics be seen to play in his address? >> i think we have to make room so that we can hear the message of our holy father. i don't have a text or anything of what he is going to say, but we can certainly no on other visits he has had where he has talked in the public square. i think that is a good direction to begin with. i believe that his primary coming is for the world meeting families where he will be that saturday and sunday in philadelphia. however, this joint meeting of congress, i suspect he will focus in on themes of the common good, of what it means to see the dignity of every huma

. ♪ >> archbishop joseph kurtz, the president of the united states catholic conference of bishops, then of pennsylvania. what a day it must be for archbishop chaput to welcome the holy father and now to celebrate this mass with him in his own cathedral. the pope will sit with the archbishop, holy queen, mother of mercy. beginning on december 8th, the possibility of so much, mercy and marriages in so many different ways, especially [ inaudible ] prisoners while they might be incarcerated. he'll be visiting a prison tomorrow. the cathedral seats about 1,500 people. you can see that they're packed into the sides there. part of the screen is the archbishop emeritus of philadelphia, living in knoxville. >> just disappeared. on the left of the screen, right? >> yes. >> saw the cardinal yesterday. very excited to be in philadelphia for this historic trip. he saw pope john paul ii in st. louis. been part of the vatican for many years. ♪ >>> when the holy father reaches the altar, there will be a symbol of sacrifice that will be offered there. father, i can't imagine, as a noncatholic, how this

we learn more about the pope's visit from archbishop joseph kurtz. as president of the u.s. code ships and conference of catholic bishops and >> it is my understanding that john boehner wrote on behalf of the house of representatives, that they made this invitation. it is the first time our holy father has been invited to this session. it is a great privilege. like at thanksgiving, we want to welcome a special guest into our home and we are happy that he will also be at the public square. we are eager for him to come. >> i would love to hear a little bit about the overall themes you think he will strike. one of the questions is how much of his address will be interpreted in light of the political season with presidential elections. how much will politics be seen to play in his address? >> i think we have to make room so that we can hear the message of our holy father. i don't have a text or anything of what he is going to say, but we can certainly know on other visits he has had where he has talked in the public square. i think that is a good direction to begin with. i belie

we get a preview of the visit with archbishop joseph kurtz. he talks about some of the scheduledpope's events including some of his visit before congress. >> my understanding is that john behalf of theon house of representatives and together with senator mitch they agreed to make this open invitation. is they understanding first time our holy father has been invited. we are like at thanksgiving welcoming a special guest into our home and he will be in the public states. eager for him to come. a littleger to hear bit about the themes you think he will strike and how much of interpretedwill be in light of the political season with a lot of hot issues. this happens as congress returns from a long summer break this month. how much will congress be seen to play into his address? roomthink we have to make to hear the message of our holy father. i don't have a text or anything of what he is going to say, but we can certainly look at other visits where he talked in the public square and that is a good direction to begin with. i believe his primary com

in our "newsmakers" program this week, we had a chance to interview joseph kurtz about the by the popeo the u.s., including the first ever speech to congress. here is part of that interview. [video clip] >> i understand john boehner bill on behalf of the house of representatives, and together with mitch mcconnell, they agreed to accept the invitation. it is my understanding that the first time the holy father has been invited to this joint session. it is a great privilege. we are, like it thanksgiving time, wanting to invite a special guest to our home. we are eager for him to come. >> i would love to hear a little bit about the overall things you think he will strike. one of the questions is how much of his address will be interpreted, we are already in the political season, this is happening as congress returns from a long summer break later this month. seenuch will politics be to play in his address? , first of all, good question. i think we have to make real so we can hear the message of our holy father. i don't have a text, or anything of what he will say, but on other visits he h

. >> some of the officials, cardinal wuerl of the washington archdiocese, archbishop joseph k ruchl kurtzmccarrick, archbishop emeritus and timothy brolio. >> all here to welcome the great pastor from rome, their brother, the pope, vicar of christ, the bishop of rome, as he likes to call himself. >> father, i don't need to tell you, the pope's arriving today in a country where many say they no longer have faith, some say that if lapsed catholics or former catholics were their own religious sect, they'd be the second largest sect behind only cathics who are observant. how does this pope tend to shepherd worshippers back into the church? >> the pope has one mission, announce the gospel of joy. he wrote that exertation and talking about the joy of being christian and the joy of being human and that message transcends all races, all generations, transcends all people. why have so many people responded to the man? extraordinary goodness. i heard from many authenticity. a revolution of normalcy. and the fact that he's entering the united states from cuba is highly significant. the past few days