Another day in history for Philadelphia

By Hugh Hewitt

Published September 27, 2015 9:00pm ET

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Another day in history for Philadelphia — Pope Francis gives a thumbs up to the orchestra as he attends the World Meeting of Families festival in Philadelphia, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015. (Tony Gentile/Pool Photo via AP) | Tony Gentile

Long after Pope Francis has left America, long after indeed he has left this life for the next (may it be many years away), American courts at least and the courts of other nations that value freedom will be quoting the pontiff’s words in opinions dealing with the the “first freedom,” the freedom of religion.

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