Pope Francis to Address U.N. Gathering of World Leaders

Pope Francis will see two different sides of Manhattan on Friday — when he addresses world leaders at the United Nations and later meets schoolkids in Harlem.

 

Thousands greeted the pontiff for his arrival Thursday in Manhattan, with crowds lining Fifth Avenue as Francis headed to a service at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

 

At the U.N. General Assembly, Francis is expected to discuss the need for peace, the plight of refugees and the role of poverty and bad government in driving conflict and migration.

 

While there, he due to meet U.N’s secretary general Ban Ki-Moon and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

 

After his U.N. appearance, Francis will pause at the Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum in Lower Manhattan where he will meet with ten families of victims and emergency responders before leading multi-religious prayer for peace alongside an imam and a rabbi, NBC New York reported.

 

“[It’s] truly awe-inspiring, humbling and I think deeply, deeply meaningful,” museum director Alice Greenwald told the station.

 

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