Pope Francis and President Obama and Us

I see the hand of God, the Holy Spirit, at work through Pope Francis and President Obama; now it is up to we the people and we the pew to act.

More REQUIRED READING: 

Charles Blow, my favorite Afro American political pundit, sees the handwriting on the wall in his editorial column in the Dec. 5, 2013 entitled "The President, the Pope and the People."  http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/05/opinion/blow-the-president-the-pope-and-the-people.html?emc=eta1

The New York Times Editorial Board, Dec.4 writes about the president's recent speech on inequality; they sum up the speech and its signficance with phrases such as "one of his strongest speeches" he "will spend the rest of his presidency on the defining challenge of our time, reducing economic inequality and improving upward mobility."  http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/05/opinion/the-president-on-inequality.html?emc=eta1 

Both Pope Francis and President have spoken boldly and bluntly on economic inequality and how it oppresses the poor; now will pastors and priests and rabbis do the same.  Now will NT scholars finally get down to business and create a NT theology of society built upon love and justice, upon an understanding of the social evils of ethnocentrism and oppression.  Could CCDA host a summit bringing Pope Francis, President Obama and John Perkins together to chart a new direction for America?