Pope Francis Congressional Speech

Pope Francis Congressional Speech. This speech was given by Pope Francis to the United States Congress on September 24, 2015 in Washington D.C. Pope Francis is the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church and spoke about current topics relevant throughout the world to the United States Congress. He focused on the religious extremism, the refugee crisis, immigration, diplomacy, and the trading and sale of various weaponry. Pope Francis was able to do so through the use of anaphora, metaphors, and anecdotes. Throughout this speech Pope Francis was able to successfully and effectively present his argument that the collective world has a responsibility to fix our nation's problems by making mention of current world issues. In relevance to his speech many events that have occurred within the last decade relate to what was mentioned. One major piece of context is that of the Syrian refugee crisis, currently occurring within Europe, Pope Francis’s home continent. The Syrian refugee crisis is the movement of over four million Syrian refugees as they flee from a Civil War occurring within Syria. A country in turmoil because of religious extremists. Most of the refugees mentioned fled to Turkey, and other countries within the Middle East. The rest sought refuge within European …show more content…
The major ones were metaphors of family and community. The metaphors that were used to represent family included the use of various words that are meant to used within families, but were instead used to call other people. An example being “During my visit I will have the honor of addressing Congress, where I hope, as a brother of this country, to offer words of encouragement to those called to guide the nation’s political future in fidelity to its founding principles.” Here he used a brother to describe his connection to the country. In terms of community he mentions the term “common home” to describe groups of