LONDON – It’s a dollar to a cent that Pope Francis’s visit to the United States in September will be one of the biggest news stories of 2015. Take the sheer number of American Catholics, add the diplomatic skill of the Vatican’s purple-and-scarlet-clad officials, then throw in Francis’s powerful statements on a variety of subjects – often antagonizing America’s right wing in the process – and you have all the ingredients of an epic event.
伦敦—毋庸置疑，9月教皇方济各访问美国将是2015年最重磅的新闻之一。美国有着巨大的天主教徒群体，梵蒂冈的教会官员也有着高超的外交技巧，方济各在很多问题上也是掷地有声——常常引起美国右翼的反对——所有这些构成了一个历史性事件的要素。