In 2011, after 899 issues and 73 years of publication, Superman, the most famous American comic book character, announced that he was renouncing his American citizenship.
"I intend to speak before the United Nations tomorrow and inform them that I am renouncing my U.S. citizenship," Superman announces. He then adds, in reference to his famous motto: "Truth, justice and the American way — it's not enough anymore."
(RNS) — Standing at a lectern once used by Abraham Lincoln and speaking to a crowd in front of Independence Hall, in the city that gave birth to the United States, Pope Francis on Saturday (Sept. 26) hailed the fundamental freedoms that have undergirded America's greatest achievements.
But rather than using what could have been a clear opportunity to endorse the more combative elements of the American bishops' religious liberty agenda, Francis instead focused his remarks on how the nation's freedoms foster pluralism and tolerance.
