Pope Francis called George Floyd by name two times in a speech last week. And he offered support to an American religious leader who knelt in prayer during a Black Lives Matter protest. Normally, the Vatican government might have shown a less direct reaction to killings by police officers and protests against racism and police abuse. But the intense support for the protests clearly signals where the Vatican wants American Catholics to stand before the November election in the United States.
Title: Pope Sends Strong Message to US Catholics After Floyd Death
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4255/A_National.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Pope Sends Strong Message to US Catholics After Floyd Death' data-article-id='4790'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='7854'>Pope Francis called George Floyd by name two times in a speech last week. </span> <span data-start-time='7854' data-end-time='17354'>And he offered support to an American religious leader who knelt in prayer during a Black Lives Matter protest.</span> <span data-start-time='17354' data-end-time='31417'>Normally, the Vatican government might have shown a less direct reaction to killings by police officers and protests against racism and police abuse. </span> <span data-start-time='31417' data-end-time='44646'>But the intense support for the protests clearly signals where the Vatican wants American Catholics to stand before the November election in the United States.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4255/A_-_Health_and_LS_Only.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=15209 data-hint-location='7854' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4255/what_is_the_black_lives_matter_movement.wav'>What is the Black Lives Matter movement?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a campaign against violence and systemic racism towards black people'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4255/a_campaign_against_violence_and_systemic_racism_towards_black_people.wav'><span>a campaign against violence and systemic racism towards black people</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4255/a_book_about_the_history_of_slavery.wav'><span>a book about the 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4255/us_governors.wav'><span>U.S. Governors</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4255/the_democratic_party.wav'><span>The Democratic Party</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4255/the_world_health_organization.wav'><span>The World Health Organization</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=15211 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4255/the_roman_pontiffs_name_is__blank_.wav'>The Roman pontiffs name is <span class='blank'>Pope Francis </span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Pope Francis '><div class='choice' 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