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Overlooking a packed st. peters square. speaking of forgiveness and compassion. and eliciting a laugh when he insisted he wasnt providing free advertising for a cardinal whose writing he praised. he ended his message with a simple wish. have a good sunday and have a good lunch. just four days on the job, and pope francis is already shaking things up, even his own television station. vatican tv is calling him the unpredictable pope. maria, an argentinian like the pope, already feels closer to the...

>> reporter: in his first sunday as pope francis appeared at the window of his papal apartment overlooking a packed st. peters square. speaking of forgiveness and compassion. and eliciting a laugh when he insisted he wasnt providing free advertising for a cardinal whose writing he praised. he ended his message with a simple wish. have a good sunday and have a good lunch. just four days on the job, and pope francis is already shaking things up, even his own television station. vatican tv is calli...

Twitter account asking people to pray for him. pope francis doesnt seem to be a stickler for papal traditions. ben wiedemann has more from rome. >> reporter: francis seems to be shaping up to become the peoples pope. it could be any church. the friese greeting worshippers one by one after sundays mass but it wasnt any church and it wasnt any priest. it was pope francis at the santa ana parish church in the vatican. his charm offensive moving full steam ahead. he stepped outside the vatican and i...

Overlooking a packed st. peters square speaking of forgiveness and compassion. and a laugh when he insisted he wasnt providing free advertising for a cardinal whos writing he praised. he ended his message with a simple wish, have a good sunday and have a good lunch. maria, arj tin ya, already feels closer to the pope. >> now hes coming closer and we are very happy for that. >> reporter: his personal style is going down well. >> seems like a very nice pope. very humble. >> want to bring in our be...

Personable. really connecting with the people. >> in his first sunday as pope, pope francis appeared at the window of his papal apartment overlooking a packed st. peters square. speaking of forgiveness and compassion. and eliciting a laugh when he said he wasnt providing free advertising for a cardinal whose writing s he praised. he ended with a simple message, have a good sunday and a good lunch. >> four days on the job and pope francis is already shaking things up. even his own television, vat...

Peters square. >> reporter: on his first sunday as pope, francis seems to be bent on breaking the papal mold. after a special mass in the vatican he greeted one by one worshippers like a simple priest at a simple church and then shocked his security by stepping out of the vatican and into italian territory to greet well wishers. hes clearly not a stickler for either protocol or predictability. gone are benedicts red shoes. francis wears plain black. hes already taking on an air of the pope of th...

He read the angelus prayer. look at the thousands of catholics from around the world whom he blessed and who had packed st. peters square there. before that, he had his first sunday mass and this was a rare move, too, he greeted people outside the church after the service. lets talk about politics here, final exclamation point per se for the conservative political action conference, cpac, the annual gathering of conservatives, movers and shakers, they just wrapped things up choosing rand paul ...

It is the first time fidel castro has gone to that assembly since 2010. another twist in the oscar pistorius case. the olympic runners brother is accused of murder. he is facing charges for a 2008 road accident that left a motorcyclist dead. police say oscar pistorius killed his girlfriend on valentines day. it is a big night in hollywood. it is the 85th annual academy awards. seth macfarlane is hosting. it should be funny. about 100,000 packed st. pet peters quer. pope benedict told the f...

martin is dead, is not because he was black or wearing a hoodie. >> when it comes to murder in america, does color really matter? the news you need to know, right now, on cnn. good evening, everyone. im don lemon. for 48 hours, people in tulsa, oklahoma, were afraid to leave their own homes. someone was driving through neighborhoods, just shooting people. two people died. three others in the hospital. and early this morning, tulsa police tracked down two men and arrested them. tonigh...

white and every shade in between. when it comes to murder in america, does color really matter? the news you need to know right now on cnn. >> good evening, everyone. im don lemon. for 48 hours, people in tulsa, oklahoma, were afraid to leave their own homes. someone was driving through neighborhoods just shooting people. three people died. two others ended up in the hospital and early this morning tulsa police tracked down two men and arrested them. tonight, cnns susan candiotti is re...