{"id":2079,"date":"2015-09-20T22:40:16","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T02:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/?p=2079"},"modified":"2015-09-20T22:44:53","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T02:44:53","slug":"coming-to-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/2079","title":{"rendered":"Coming to America&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Pope2Us-web.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2081\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Pope2Us-web.png?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Pope2Us-web\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Pope2Us-web.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Pope2Us-web.png?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Pope2Us-web.png?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Pope2Us-web.png?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Today is a great day. \u00a0This is the first time Pope Francis has come to the United States; well, let me be about the hundredth person to wish him a great welcome! \u00a0The Pope is on a 10 day meet and greet to Cuba and the USA.<\/p>\n<p>The Pope left Italy on September 19th. \u00a0He spends the 19-22 September in Cuba. \u00a0From 22 &#8211; 24 September he is Washington DC. \u00a024 &#8211; 26 September will find him in New York City, and finally, from 26 &#8211; 27th he will be in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>The Bosslady and friends will try and see a glimpse of him as he speaks to the masses on the 23rd. \u00a0I wish her and her friends good luck &#8211; there will be far too many people for me to enjoy the moment, I really do not do well in crowds; and I&#8217;d hate to spoil her special event, so my cat and I will hang out at the hacienda.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/rundown\/history-presidential-visits-pope\/\" target=\"_blank\">visit by a Pope<\/a> to the United States:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Oct 4, 1965\u00a0&#8211; Pope Paul VI met with President Johnson in New York City.<\/li>\n<li>Oct 6, 1979 &#8211; Pope John Paul II\u00a0met with President Jimmy Carter in the White House.<\/li>\n<li>May 2, 1984 &#8211; Pope John Paul II met with Ronald Reagan in Fairbanks, Alaska. \u00a0The two were on separate trips, the Pope to South Korea, and President Reagan returning from China.<\/li>\n<li>Sep 10, 1987 &#8211; Pope John Paul II again meets with President Reagan; this time in Miami, Florida.<\/li>\n<li>Aug 12, 1993 &#8211; Both President Clinton &amp; Pope John Paul II address students during an address for World Youth Day, in Denver, CO.<\/li>\n<li>Oct 4, 1995 &#8211; President Clinton and Pope John Paul II meet in Newark, NJ.<\/li>\n<li>Jan 26, 1999 &#8211; President Clinton and Pope John Paul II meet in St. Louis, MO.<\/li>\n<li>April, 2008 &#8211; Pope Benedict XVI visits President G.W. Bush in the White House.<\/li>\n<li>Sept 22, 2015 &#8211; Pope Francis visits President Obama in the White House.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Presidents have met with Popes on other occasions, beside the mandatory meeting at the Vatican by every president since Ike. \u00a0You can click the link above for a more complete history of Papal \/ US President interactions. \u00a0I just wanted to highlight the visits of a pope to US soil.<\/p>\n<p>I Like Pope Francis; I think he is a shot in the arm for Catholics all over the world. \u00a0Let&#8217;s face it; some of those religious characters can get pretty full of themselves (and I&#8217;m talking all religions here). \u00a0Pope Francis doesn&#8217;t talk down to people &#8211; he talks\u00a0with people. \u00a0And I think many in the church (pick your own religion here) could take a lesson from him. \u00a0He will never be able to win over every single person &#8211; but I think he is doing a pretty good job. \u00a0There is a pretty good article by Chris Nye, entitled &#8220;Why is the Pope so Popular?&#8221; \u00a0I encourage you to do a Google search for it. \u00a0Another great read is from the Brown Political Review entitled &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brownpoliticalreview.org\/2013\/12\/the-pope-who-takes-selfies\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Pope who takes Selfies<\/a>&#8221; which discusses why this Pope is so darned popular. \u00a0Both articles hint\u00a0that the pope refuses to be, nor be put, in a religious box.\u00a0 I think he is shaping up to be a leader, not by his words; but by his actions.\u00a0 I like that.<\/p>\n<p>His <a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/biography\/documents\/papa-francesco-biografia-bergoglio.html\" target=\"_blank\">official biography<\/a> from the Holy Sea. I think he and <a href=\"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/1776\" target=\"_blank\">Father Tom<\/a> would get along quite well.<\/p>\n<p>What say you?\u00a0 Have anything good, bad, or indifferent on the Pope&#8217;s visit?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is a great day. \u00a0This is the first time Pope Francis has come to the United States; well, let me be about the hundredth person to wish him a great welcome! \u00a0The Pope is on a 10 day meet &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/2079\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[50,54,86],"class_list":["post-2079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","tag-america","tag-foreign-policy","tag-religion"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":849,"url":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/849","url_meta":{"origin":2079,"position":0},"title":"The Pope, the Church, and me&#8230;.","author":"DR D","date":"February 12, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation.\u00a0 He will resign at the end of this month.\u00a0 He stated he was resigning for the good of the Church, and that is a reason that I can, and will, fully respect. 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