[Magdalen] CNN email on Pope's UN speech

[Juli Tarsney]

I want to read the transcript - I found it distracting/annoying to
listen to the translator. In contrast, when Francis is
speaking/reading English, I am transfixed.

I think I'd do better listening to him in Spanish while reading along
in the English transcript - without the sound of a translator's voice
....

The Ground Zero ceremony was beautiful.

On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
> In a sweeping address to the U.N. General Assembly, Pope Francis
> presented himself as a champion of the poor and dispossessed, urging
> world leaders to adopt concrete solutions to combat war, widespread
> poverty and economic destruction.
>
> Francis said the selfish pursuit of power and wealth is hurting the
> environment and the poor.
>
> "A selfish and boundless thirst for power and material prosperity
> leads both to the misuse of available natural resources and to the
> exclusion of the weak and disadvantaged," Francis said.
>
> [Thanks be to thee, O Lord, for this thy glorious Gospel. -- Scottish BCP]
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA