Pope Francis to Congress: act with hope, healing, peace and justice
Sara Shouhayib, Medill News ServiceWASHINGTON, September 24 (UPI) -- At a historical joint session of Congress, Pope Francis reflected his hope for the U.S. to model itself after four historical Americans: Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Dorothy Day, the founder of the Catholic Worker Movement and Thomas Merton, a peace-promoting Trappist monk.