So, the holy father is greeting, the bishops and some of the archbishops there and i think, it is a couple hundred, yeah, a couple of hundred. They were here participating in the world meeting of families, and they have come here also, for his, for his visit. You know, for the official papal visit here in philadelphia. Archbishop chapu to the left side, bush of timothy senior the director on the other. Lets listen to archbishop chaput as he welcomes everyone. Your holiness, my dear brother bishops, archbishop palia, dear friend in christ, we began our planning for this world meeting of families with archbishop palia and his staff nearly three years ago. We didnt know what to expect. The the church in philadelphia was facing some very hard financial and legal problems, and our priests and our people were hurting. From years of very painful news and the National Debate over same sex issues, nature of marriage and meeting of family became more intense. But we put our trust in the lord and
Check on the traffic. Good morning, justin, rain go away. Just move right along. Heres a look at 95 southbound at cottman. Looking good. Other levels are starting to bid now. Im seeing a lot of this this morning, every camera i pull up slowly every ten minutes starting to flow. So give yourself a couple extra minutes, especially on 95. This is typically where we see the most congestion. One of the areas where we see most congestion start earlier. The boulevard this is an area im keeping my eye on right now, looking really nice, everyone traveling around as you can see at posted speeds in this area, the blue route near ridge pike looking good. If youre traveling southbound or northbound looking good on the pub basically overall still traveling at posted speeds. Ill let you know as soon as knows drop. Looking good. Also, for those taking a trolley, part of route 13 trolley is shuttle bussing due to the Fire Department activity near church lane between mount m oriahand cray dont, make not
Beautiful wave and you you can see he is connecting, when he is in the santa marta, having breakfast, he actually comes across as a little bit on the shy side but the minute he is out there with the crowd he just comes a alive with great joy, enthusiasm and it is contagious, infectious. He sure does. A as we are looking here we can see the popes motorcade, and the pope will be working his way into philadelphia, probably im assuming it is the schuylkill expressway that he will be taking im in the exactly sure. They probably blocked it off for him. Absolutely they block it off for him. We will be seeing that motorcade, as he works his way to the cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul where there is a crowd who is just eager to see him, along the way, and then very special group who will greet him at the steps, and then also, the the wonderful celebration as he walks in the cathedral which is the Mother Church of philadelphia. I think it is fun which all these vehicles and he is in t
Keeping an eye on the cleanup area residents. Most seemed impressed by the progress today but still trod have their neighborhood back, though some found the benefit in the road closures. It was nice walking in the streets without any traffic, you know, and just riding your bike, you didnt have to worry about traffic. Reporter and the parkway remains shut down basically from 21st here to eakins oval. Mayor Michael Nutter at a press Conference Today didnt put an exact time on when the parkway would be reopened. He says once crews get done it will reopen. Live along the parkway, chad pradelli channel6 action news. Jim. Thank you chad. Leftover pallets of water were given out free to pilgrims. But they were left on the parkway. Word gout out and some people helped themselves loading up their cars, even baby strollers. Dwayne autrey told action news hes taking water to his church to help the homeless. They also received texts that they giving out water so this will help our cause. Wawa prov
It was an invitation-only crowd 14 years ago today as more than 1,000 people witnessed newly named Omaha Archbishop George J. Lucas officially take over from retiring Archbishop Elden F.