Here are the members of Congress' dates to the Pope's speech

WASHINGTON -- Pope Francis will deliver a historic address to a joint session of Congress Thursday. The nation's capital is preparing for an inauguration-style event, with security perimeters, special public transit schedules and lots and lots of road closures.

Minnesota's members of Congress each get to bring one guest to the speech at the Capitol.

Here are their dates:

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Democrat, Congregational

Guest: Tim Marx, president/CEO of Catholic Charities of St. Paul Minneapolis

Sen. Al Franken, Democrat, Jewish

Guest: Jacquelyn Bernard of Pine City, a member of Immaculate Conception Church and mother in law of a state-based staffer.

Guest: Sister Alice Zachmann, of Mankato. She is a member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame.

Rep. John Kline, Republican, Methodist

Guest: Long-time Chief of Staff Jean Hinz

Rep. Erik Paulsen, Republican, Lutheran

Guest: Chief of Staff Laurie Esau

Rep. Keith Ellison, Democrat, Sunni Muslim

Guest: His mother, Clida Ellison

Rep. Tom Emmer, Republican, Catholic

Guests: The Most Reverand Donald J. Kettler, Bishop of St. Cloud. President Michael Hemesath of Saint John's University and Mary Hinton, president of St. Ben's University, also in St. Cloud.

Rep. Collin Peterson, Democrat, Lutheran

Rep. Rick Nolan, Democrat, Catholic