[FlingWingFlyer]

Isn’t this a violation of the “wall of separation”? Kids are suspended from school if they say, “God Bless You” when somebody sneezes because they said it on government property but THE POPE can blow hot air in Congress? This is unconstitutional. Especially if he starts pimping political issues like illegal aliens and “da vioment”.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Isn’t this a violation of the “wall of separation”?"

No.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Isn’t this a violation of the “wall of separation”?"

"Three days before George Washington took the oath of office as the first president of the United States, Congress passed the following resolution: Resolved, That after the oath shall have been administered to the President, he, attended by the Vice President and members of the Senate and House of Representatives, shall proceed to St. Paul’s Chapel, to hear divine service. Accordingly, the Right Rev. Samuel Provoost (1742–1815), newly appointed chaplain of the United States Senate and first Episcopal bishop of New York, performed “divine service” at St. Paul's Chapel on April 30, 1789, immediately following Washington’s inauguration."

[Loyalist]

I suppose Congress could get around objections by inviting Francis in his capacity as a head of Vatican City state and government.