U.S. lawmakers united by pope's compassion, divided by his views

By Patricia Zengerle and Megan Cassella WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For about an hour, the deeply divided lawmakers of the U.S. Congress closed ranks Thursday behind Pope Francis, the powerful and popular leader of the world's Catholics. Once the first papal speech before Congress was over, however, they retreated to their respective partisan corners, and offered up different interpretations of the pontiff's message. If Democrats and Republicans could agree on one point, it was that they were moved b