Senator Durbin to Host Sister Philip Neri Crawford for Pope Francis’ Address to Joint Meeting of Congress

SPRINGFIELD—(ENEWSPF)—September 14, 2015 – U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced today that he has invited Sister Philip Neri Crawford, a sister from the Dominican Order in Springfield as his sole guest to His Holiness Pope Francis’ address to the Joint Meeting of Congress on September 24, 2015.  Pope Francis will be the first Pope to ever address a joint meeting of Congress.