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He was very pleased the service had gone according to plan and was expressing his exuberance. as weve seen with many people, includes a police officers, actually, at the becoming ham palace, trying to rev up the crowds, dancing around bringing laughs. it was just people celebrating. it was a joyous day for more than just the bride and groom. >> we like that. im not sure weve seen a man cartwheeling in robes before down the center of westminster abbey. >> it is impressive, actually. >> duly so. t...

The overall idea of what a pope should be? >> he radically changed it. think of his predecessor paul vi, he visited a handful of -- prior to that they were the prisoners of the vatican. john paul ii revolutionized all of that. he saw the papacy as not only the chief administrative officer of the vatican, but the evangelist to the world. his job was to announce jesus christ to all nations of the world. he absolutely changed the papacy. >> father barron, as we are looking at pictures of the crowd ...

Holiness and played a factor in the process and the speed of the process, that he had so much popular devotion and we have heard amazing stories from the people streaming into rome and everyone if they did not meet him personally, the pope traveled so much and they all have memories, stories about him and as one person who met him many times told us, he said everything about meeting john paul was different from other people, it wasnt about him, it was about you. >> finally, jamie, its not withou...

We need to examine his record as head of the catholic church rather than just the great sort of catholic other than the grea traveling catholic evangelist that he was. >> i want to ask you, father cutie, what is the point of sainthood and being blessed and why do catholics put such stock into their saints? >> well, it is interesting. saints have been part of the christian tradition from the early days of christianity. we have the cult of the saints and the other things that the historians tell u...

Beatification mark for pope john paul ii. those who watched john paul suffer physical decline in the final years with now see him glorified. >> every state in his or her life has in a special way embraced the suffering of the lord on the cross. what we call sacrificial love. >> reporter: in the course of his 27-year papacy, john paul ii touched a countless number of lives as he cross crossed the globe preaching the goes bell. his fans are here to show their thanks. >> you meet great people and o...

>> shes improving every day. and in the realm of brain injuries that is very significant and pretty rare. >> reporter: the arizona republic reports that gabrielle giffords can now walk a little and has begun making limited use of her right arm and leg. her left side is fully functional according to her chief of staff. the newspaper says giffords is in the top 5% of patients recovering from her kind of brain injury. >> its such an important therapeutic moment to get out and test the skills that s...

King but this motion of using my life to serve people at 39, didnt think i would make it to 40. when i long story short got over that hump and made it to 40, i started to assess the kind of life i wanted to lead and legacy i wanted to leave behind me. turning 40 was a tough moment for me to start addressing these kinds of lessons what i wanted to learn and do with the second half of my life. >> martin. >> when i was listening to tavis talk about fear of failure, i was reminded of a speech teddy ...

Of cloth or bone has magical powers. the church does not oblige devotion to relics. you dont have to believe this is the wood of the cross or you arent a catholic anymore. >> reporter: one of the more unusual relics, the finger of the apostleal, st. thomas. >> thomas had to put his fingers into jesuss wound before hed believe. >> reporter: why do people come to rome? many are in search of a relic, paying their respects at the remains of one of christs first followers, st. peter. in rome, greg bu...

Butler remembers well. >> i personally believe that princess diana was in love with prince charles when she married him. and i dont think you could say that in reverse. >> reporter: 11 months into their marriage, prince william was born. two years later prince harry came along. i was obvious how strong her love and devotion was to her boys. from the beginning, princess diana had her own style and frequently went against the grain of many royal traditions. especially when it came to showing her c...

>> i personally believe that princess diana was in love with prince charles when she married him. and i dont think you could say that in reverse. >> reporter: 11 months into their marriage, prince william was born. two years later prince harry came along. i was obvious how strong her love and devotion was to her boys. from the beginning, princess diana had her own style and frequently went against the grain of many royal traditions. especially when it came to showing her children public affectio...