Week in Review: Pope Francis Tours USA

Pope Francis has been in the United States this week, where he began his tour with a speech at the White House in which he called for urgent action on climate change and supported Barack Obama’s plan to reduce carbon emissions in the process. He later became the first pope to address the US Congress, where in a fifty minute speech he told politicians to embrace immigrants and lend a helping hand to the refugees currently travelling through Europe, while the head of the Catholic Church also took time to condemn the death penalty and reinforce his views on climate change. Generally, it seemed the Democrats in the house gave a warmer reception to the Pope’s words than the Republicans, but all seemed to revere him – he is after all, perhaps one of the most popular religious leaders of our time. And that popularity was strongly represented this week as thousands lined the streets just to get a glimpse of Pope Francis in his famous Fiat 500.

This was a brief summary of the week's events surrounding the Pope's visit to the United States. It was taken from the TEN: Politics YouTube show, Week in Review.