after that, he visits with inmates. now, that is expected to be an emotional encounter for the pope in bolivia, for example, he walked inside that prison and during his speech, he said i am here as a sinner. i am a man who has been forgiven. very touching for the inmates there. then the day wraps up with a giant mass here in philadelphia. this is expected to be the biggest mass in the united states because it s going to be at benjamin franklin park way, open air, tons of people. we don t have exact numbers yet, but it s expected to be the biggest mass in the united states. again, it s time to say adios to pope francis. he heads back to rome and, of course, we ll be following his every step. rosa flores, cnn, philadelphia.
strikes against isis targets inside syria. the french president s office says that they were based on intelligence gathered from air surveillance operations. until now, france has only conducted air strikes inside iraq. pope francis spoke about the importance of family at a festival saturday in philadelphia. the event called the festival of families capped off a very busy day that included a mass with about 2,000 people. in the coming hours, the pope will meet with area bishops. the pope also plans to meet with american prisoners later today. he will be the first pope to ever do so. the holy father will tour the curran fromm hold facility near philadelphia. poppy harlow sat down with several inmates preparing to meet the pope. it s a maximum security prison, housing 2800 inmates. some for the most brutal crimes you can imagine.
of prisoners in rome and visited the largest and most notorious prison in bolivia earlier this year. what does it mean in your heart that he s coming to see you. means a lot. he s stepping into a prison without passing judgment on anybody. that s hard for a lot of people to do. and coming from him, i mean, it s peaceful, it s humbling. he s a man of faith and he s not above us. i m just a human being. albert is a practicing muslim. i represent peace. he does not practice your religion and vice versa, but it doesn t matter to you. it doesn t. at the end of the day, it s not about religion. it s about the peace and everybody sticking together. 2.2 million americans are ins cars rated according to the international center for prison
america in that fiat. really sent a message. yeah. he sent a message. he always does. his biggest messages are not in his words, they re in miss actions. living in a guest house. not in the papal palace. getting the bus with the cardinals, not in a limousine. here in the u.s., this little fiat. i made a joke out of that. in latin, there s a phrase fiat it means thy will be done. he was in the fiat doing god s will. am gestures are so important to him. he s going now to a prison. he thinks the prisoners are one of the constituencies in the modern world most neglected by us. it will be moving to see him there. he won t care what people have done. he just cares about how people are now and how they will try to make their life better going forward. paul, thank you for joining us from manchester england.
it is the first time a pope has ever visited a u.s. prison. you re the reason the pope is coming to this prison. it s a great honor and a great blessing. this father wrote a letter to the vatican asking for the pope to bless these prisoners, some of them here for serious, many would say unforgivable felonies. some still awaiting trial. how did you get him to come? i asked him to consider the people here who are the least of these that jesus talks about, the sort of little ones that he had a concern for. it gives them a sense of value, the fact that they re not forgotten, that there are individuals in the world that there are three inmates that meet the pontiff. i made a bad decision and i came here. i m a strong believer that everything happens for a reason. me being here in some ways feels