Millennial on #PopeinUS: How new it was: experience of a diverse, multifaceted, and complicated Church #AFFSymposium

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#PopeinUS: #Pope Francis meets with victims of #sexual abuse & pledges all will be held accountable http://nyti.ms/1Vjjpps

I can't describe the joy I get from watching others fall in love with Pope Francis. It's nice to be able to be proud of my Church #PopeinUS

I would be a terrible #PopeinUS

How often does one get to meet the Pope? Especially one as inspiring as Pope Francis? #PopeInUS #PopeInNYC

Bells of #StPatricksCathedral ringing... @Pontifex driving down 5th Ave... #PopeInUS #PopeInNYC

#NYPD source at 51st street: @Pontifex is on 55th... #PopeInUS #PopeInNYC

I haven't used this much phone battery in one day since protests in #Egypt! #PopeInUS #PopeInNYC

SO MANY false starts along 5th Ave! #PopeInUS #PopeInNYC

Selfies galore w/ @BilldeBlasio & @chuckschumer outside #StPatricksCathedral... This crowd will go WILD for @Pontifex! #PopeInUS #PopeInNYC

Mayor @BilldeBlasio greeting the crowds waiting for @Pontifex outside #StPatricksCathedral... #PopeInUS #PopeInNYC

The crowd outside #StPatricksCathedral is following @Pontifex's every move on @twitter! What did we do before?! #PopeInUS #PopeInNYC

Just signed up for alerts from @flightaware on @Pontifex's flight to #JFK... #PopeInUS #PopeInNYC

Cheers go up as #StPatricksCathedral chimes 4 o'clock. Crowd waiting for @Pontifex... #PopeInUS #PopeInNYC

In any event, this nuanced view of state/political obligations as distinct from individual moral commitments is pretty amazing. #PopeinUS

Easy to strawman abortion and "traditional marriage" in @Pontifex remarks. But remarks/philosophy bigger than that. #PopeinUS

Conception of family was rich and relational: Catholic, of course, but not simply caricature. #PopeinUS

I wonder how US defense contractors will like that last one... #PT #PopeInDC #PopeInUS

.@Pontifex: It is our duty to confront the problem and to stop the arms trade. #PopeInUS #PopeInDC

Linking dialogue to the common good: Something that our discourse could use. #PopeinUS

Understanding how these policy features flow from governance for the common good is essential. #PopeinUS

.@Pontifex: I am convinced that we can make a difference, I'm sure... #PopeInDC #PopeInUS

.@Pontifex: The environmental challenge we are undergoing, and its human roots, concern and affect us all. #PopeInUS #PopeInDC

.@Pontifex: Let us treat others with the same passion and compassion with which we want to be treated. #PopeInDC #PopeInUS #Immigration

.@Pontifex: Our world is facing a refugee crisis of a magnitude not seen since WWII. #SyrianRefugees #PopeInDC #PopeInUS

Highest esteem and appreciation to First Peoples. Points for the acknowledgment? #PopeinUS

.@Pontifex: When the stranger in our midst appeals to us, we must not repeat the sins and the errors of the past. #PopeInUS #PopeInDC

Yes! @Pontifex's comments on immigrants (#PT) rightly gets applause and cheers in #Congress... #PopeInUS #PopeInDC

.@Pontifex: We, the people of this continent, are not fearful of foreigners, because most of us were once foreigners... #PopeInDC #PopeInUS

.@Pontifex: To imitate the hatred and violence of tyrants and murderers is the best way to take their place. #PopeInUS #PopeInDC