WASHINGTON, DC – United States Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota has been selected to be a member of Pope Francis’ escort committee. A member of Senate leadership, where she chairs the Steering and Outreach Committee, Klobuchar has been invited to serve on the congressional escort committee when the pope addresses a joint session of Congress today. Pope Francis will greet the escort committee members individually when he arrives in Congress and then the group will escort him into the chamber for his address.

Klobuchar has invited Tim Marx, president of Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis, to be her guest at the address.