Jim Wallace on the Pope's US visit

From this article.

"The pope is changing the perception of the church from being closed and judging to becoming open and encountering -- reminding us that the 'joy of the gospel,' as he calls it, is to embrace each other and especially those we have left out and behind; and to protect and preserve this earth we have as our common home."

But what he can't change is the reality that the US Republican Party is closed and judging at best and beyond the Pope's help.