CHICAGO (IL)
Chicago Sun-Times

Editorial

With actions and words, Pope Francis has given new heart to the Catholic Church. He is a pope in touch with the trials and tribulations of ordinary people.

From the promise Pope Francis made at his installation Mass in 2013, when he pledged to serve “the poorest, the weakest, the least important,” to his open-minded and powerful sensibility on gay men and women, when he asked just months into his papacy, “Who am I to judge,” he has exhibited great compassion and charity.

As the pope traverses the globe, such gestures resonate not only with relatively more progressive Catholics but also the world. Eager, large crowds are expected to greet him on his U.S. visit. It begins Tuesday with his arrival at the Joint Base Andrews military facility in Maryland, and includes stops at the White House, Capitol, New York and Philadelphia.

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