Wednesday, September 23, 2015

The pope's lunch plans tomorrow are exactly why we love the dude so much.


Pope Francis just landed in the U.S., and he's already showing what makes him different than 99.9% of world leaders.

Photo by Getty Images.

After speaking to Congress tomorrow, Francis plans to ditch them for lunch ... in order to eat with homeless people instead.

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Boom.

"In a highly symbolic moment, Francis will pass on lunch with lawmakers after addressing Congress and will dine instead with homeless people in Washington." — CNN

The meal will take place at St. Patrick's Church in Washington, D.C.

The pope plans to spend as much time with the homeless diners as possible, and the menu sounds pretty great.

Washington City Paper reports that Pope Francis plans to spend an hour with the group and will help serve the meal along with about 70 volunteers.

Under a large tent providing shelter for more than 50 tables covered with white-linen cloth, the pope will bless a menu of boneless teriyaki chicken breast, Asian pasta salad, steamed green beans and carrots, potato rolls, and, for dessert, brownies and blondies.

Blowing off John Boehner and Nancy Pelosi to serve blondies to homeless people is pretty much the kind of badassery we've come to expect from this pope when it comes to speaking up for the world's most hard-up.

So sorry, guys. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images.

While a fancy Congress lunch sounds pretty boss (Hey guys, I'm available!), that's ... not really what Pope F is all about.

Unlike some of his predecessors, Francis has reminded journalists and world leaders time and time again that the church is for the poor, blasted the global financial system which causes so much poverty in the first place, and called on Catholics across the globe to take action and start lifting up the most vulnerable among them.

He's also spoken out forcefully against economic inequality.

Including some of the worst, most exploitative labor practices in the world, which create create conditions that allow hardship and desperation to thrive.

One lunch won't end homelessness and poverty, but as a symbolic show of faith, it is powerful indeed.

Thanks, pope, for rolling how you preach, and for making a lot of people in great need very happy.

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Right back at you.




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