[Apologetics] Speaker Boehner on Pope Francis: 'Thanks be to God'

[Art Kelly]

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Subject: WaPo: Boehner on Pope Francis: 'Thanks be to God'



Boehner on Pope Francis: 'Thanks be to God'

Washington Post

Ed O'Keefe

March 13, 2013

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/03/13/boehner-
on-pope-francis-thanks-be-to-god/

 

House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), the nation's most senior
Catholic Republican, expressed relief to reporters Wednesday that the
College of Cardinals selected a new pope so quickly - and one from the
Western Hemisphere.

Later, he shared more of his thoughts on the new pope in a statement
issued by his office:

"Thanks be to God for our new pope, Francis I. American Catholics
rejoice over this news, and offer our prayers and blessings to His
Holiness with confidence that he will fill the Chair of St. Peter with
grace. Even more special is that our church will be led for the first
time by a Holy Father from the Americas, marking a new milestone in the
history of a faith that has endured for millennia. For me, it is truly
inspiring that our new pope has taken the name of Francis, the saint who
lived a simple life of humility and charity, setting an example for how
to make God's love visible to all, especially those in despair or pain."

 

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