In today's installment of Republicans acting stupid, they've stopped a bipartisan piece of innocuous legislation honoring Pope Francis for no apparent reason other than he sounds like Obama. A majority of the members of Congress are Catholic, too. via The Hill A popular piece of legislation that seeks to honor Pope Francis is stuck in Congress. With time running out on the Capitol Hill calendar, the lawmakers who crafted the bipartisan measure are getting impatient with Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). The resolution, written by Reps.