Pope Francis, right, receives a presidential welcome as he arrives Tuesday at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington. President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and their daughters, Sasha and Malia, applaud as the pontiff comes down the steps.
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Pope Francis urged the United States to help tackle climate change and touched on other divisive U.S. political issues such as immigration and economic inequality on his first visit to the world’s richest nation. In a speech Wednesday on the White House South Lawn, the Argentine pontiff — known as “The People’s Pope” — lauded President Obama’s efforts to reduce air pollution, months after Pope Francis made the environment one of his top issues by issuing a landmark encyclical letter to the church.
