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Pope Francis Speech To Congress Rhetorical Analysis Essay

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A Rhetorical Analysis of “Pope Francis speech to Congress” In February of 2015, it was confirmed that Pope Francis was to step on the U.S. soil for the first time ever and was to present the U.S. Congress with a speech to discuss current issues in the world. He arrived in the capitol and spoke to a Joint Session of Congress about major topics such as: immigration, migration, and climate change. He also carefully alluded on some very controversial topics without actually naming the topic, like same-sex marriage and abortions. He touches on these sensitive topics in a serious and formal manner, yet he also uses a few bible references and does not point any fingers but by trying to help us all realize the reality that goes on in the world. Pope …show more content…

The first of the major audiences would be undocumented civilians, who are in America to escape from a horrible a government/community. The second audience would be the Latin American community, for as you may know Pope Francis is the first ever Latin American Pope in history, and many Latin Americans find nothing but complete satisfactory in that. The third audience are U.S. Catholics, who observed the speech to see how the Pope would intertwine both politics/global issues with the Catholic religion together in one. The fourth audience are U.S. Americans, because Pope Francis walked on the U.S soil for the first time ever which was a very big deal and everyone was anxious to hear what the Pope had to say about our nation and global issues. The fifth audience to this speech are those who are closed minded, saying this he means to call unto everyone who lacks motivation to help others or to even pay attention to the world around us. The purpose of the speech is to motivate the reader to want to do something to help out not only our nation but the world as a whole. The speech can be seen as a pep talk between the Pope and everyone viewing, listening, or reading it. He was also trying to get the point across that we should embrace the liberal ideals the nation has to

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