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Importance of nuns at st. patricks, which got a huge -- >> many of us were really very heartened to hear him say that. i think the nuns have done amazing work and really uplifting for them to hear that the pope loves them, you next as much as the rest of america loves them and it was a little disappointing that the mass today didnt include any women on the alter because women do, for some people thats their only exposure to catholic mass and parishes all over new york every sunday there are wome...

Talk all about this. becky, as the state representative said there, this feels as a re-victimization, because they dont feel like this pope, despite what hes done, called for a special tribunal, saying that these were crimes, what happened in the church. they dont yet feel that its being dealt with well enough. >> the other thing he said in st. patricks, he talked about the bishops pain. he called this a difficult moment. my abuse is a difficult moment for the bishops? its a difficult moment for...

Highly secure, anybody whose in the surrounding blocks around st. patricks today has gone through metal detectors. several blocks from here as the crowds continue up fifth avenue. those people have not necessarily gone through that level of security. lets just listen. [ cheers ] >> for everybody inside st. patricks cathedral, once in a lifetime opportunity to see their pope in that extraordinary house of worship. >> i want to mention before we turn the page from st. patricks, this building was b...

How much actual influence does he have? >> on the specific issues, very, very little. you have heard the phrase cafeteria catholics. congress is going to behave like cafeteria catholics. see, you mentioned this. thats what i agree with. they are going to taste. john boehner considers himself a devout catholic and so does nancy pelosi. they will walk away from that address with different conclusions. i hope it was one of those moments where all of them hear a call to be bigger than themselves. th...

Has risen from these ashes. and he will focus on that. >> meeting with some dignitaries, charles schumer, who we talked to last night, who was also at st. patricks. we should point out before meeting with dignitaries, he was meeting with some other family members. some was unplanned. some family members were preselected but some was also impromptu, meeting with more families who are at the site. we should point out, there are several -- maybe 100 to 200 or so people who have not met with pope fr...

Avenue trying to catch a glimpse of the pope as he made his way to the prayer service and left riding along fifth avenue. so many will follow him along the city. the day starts with the address in english before the united nations. then it is on to ground zero. after that, the pope plans to make a stop at the school in harlem. from there, a procession through central park before he makes his way to madison square garden before thousands of people. many of them waiting a lifetime to see a pope in...

Way or another. >> i had a very wonderful experience this morning at 5:00 in the morning the at the senate rotunda waiting for, working with the news networks and many of the lay people, lay workers, the camera operators, the people there as the car pulled up, he got out and gave a marvelous talk. many women there and men were crying and one of them came over to me and said hey, father, is this normal? i said its absolutely normal. people with not much religion, people have been away and saske t...

That is where hes going to be staying, which is not too far from here and he has been going up there, as you seen in that fiat, the vehicle he drove into the city sometime earlier. i want to welcome our guest, senator charles schumer, just come out of st. patricks. how was it inside? >> incredible. i saw the holy father in washington and here in new york. his soft voice and powerful presence and thinking. >> just now both in washington and new york, one of the most astounding, amazing, wonderful...

[speaking foreign language]. [ applause ] >> its really been striking every time to see him, we saw him in st. mathews cathedral in washington and in st. patricks, the outpouring of excitement and affection of people in the church pews, there he is talking to governor andrew cuomo and not just the outpouring of the fateful in the streets and those who want to get close, its in

>> this area, of course, is a highly secure, anybody whose in the surrounding blocks around st. patricks today has gone through metal detectors. several blocks from here as the crowds continue up fifth avenue. those people have not necessarily gone through that level of security. lets just listen. [ cheers ] >> for everybody inside st. patricks cathedral, once in a lifetime opportunity to see their pope in that extraordinary house of worship. >> i want to mention before we turn the page from st....