In his speech to Congress yesterday, Pope Francis built his remarks around the memory of four Americans who “were able by hard work and self-sacrifice – some at the cost of their lives – to build a better future”: Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr., Dorothy Day, and Thomas Merton. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the media has reacted to this list of names by running pieces introducing (or rather reintroducing) the American public to Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton. “Pope Francis Praised Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton. Here’s who they were,” reads the headline on the Washington Post’s website. “The Pope is Read more