So, I may safely conclude that the words of the Gospel have no impact? Fine.
The OP is pointing out the contrast between public (government) and private (voluntary association). My opinion is the Pope has no business addressing Congress. Nor does he have any business advocating specific policy.
He should limit himself to present doctrine and leave it to the faithful to have it impact policy. Sadly, he does not see it this way.
I can ONLY wish the Pope would stick to the gospels and completely avoid all other subjects, especially politics, economics, and science.
The Church is only allowed to exist in socialist/communist countries if the Church leaders support the government’s positions on everything-and no Church leader from one of those communist countries-even pope Francis-should be promoting some socialist message-or any other political message-manmade warming/cooling climate crap, open borders to hordes of God knows who, wealth redistribution, or whatever.
He has no business in those issues, and I am not interested in hearing what he has to say-the reason I’ve loved and prayed to all my life to God certainly has nothing to do with politics or any of that-and it never will.
Church/religious issues are what the pope is supposed to be concerned with-like charities to assist the needy, the sacrament of marriage being between a man and a woman, abortion being infanticide, etc. This pope seems far, far less concerned with those real moral issues than he is with having the approval of the Castros, Obama and the UN-and spreading their socialist message...
I agree.