Sic Transit Kabuki Theater – At Long Last, Francis Confirms US PopeTrip

In his opening talk this morning to an all-star conference on the defense of marriage arranged by the CDF, the Pope said that he was "happy to confirm that, God willing, in September 2015 I will go to Philadelphia for the eighth World Meeting of Families."As reported here long ago, the expected itinerary of Francis' first-ever US visit is likewise expected to include Washington and New York – and with them, a very possible leg in Mexico – before the pontiff heads back to Rome to open the Ordinary Synod on the Family, which will conclude the global church's two-year process of discernment on its pastoral response to the situations faced by today's faithful in their lived experience.-30-

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