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Pope benedict had a wonderful group, four women. pope john paul ii had sisters. who will pope francis bring in. those are the kind of things, theyll happen in the next little while because he has to unpack, get used theo a whole n way of life and in a sense this is public living now. no matter how private you want to be, everything will be looked after but the difference is, this guys got his own will. i dont think hes going to let the system or the structure dictate to him. >> fascinating day. ...

Pope to champion the church and lead it out of turmoil and into the future. the new popes back story is fascinating. the challenges facing him, daunting, to say the least. the time he has at age 76 to deal with them, by the actuarial numbers, limited. joining us, father thomas rosicka and senior vatican analyst, john allen. father, its been a remarkable start for the new pope. theres a lot of coverage talking about him taking the bus, his stopping by to pick up his luggage, paying his hotel bill...

The challenges facing him, daunting, to say the least. the time he has at age 76 to deal with them, by the actuarial numbers, limited. joining us, father thomas rosicka and senior vatican analyst, john allen. whos also senior correspondent for the catholic reporter. father, its been a remarkable start for the new pope. theres a lot of coverage talking about him taking the bus, his stopping by to pick up his luggage, paying his hotel bill. do you see this as a new era? >> its different, lets put ...

The system or the structure dictate to him. >> fascinating day. father, thank you so much as always, john allen as well. thanks. up next, the jodi arias murder trial. the defense put an expert on the stand today to help explain arias memory loss. how convincing was he? randi kaye was in the courtroom. later, a sky divers parachute fails. the backup parachute does as well. >> in the air i knew i was going at a speed that i was not probably going to survive. con, diarrhea, gas, bloating? yes! ...

Theyll happen in the next little while because he has to unpack, get used to a whole new way of life and in a sense this is public living now. no matter how private you want to be, everything will be looked after but the difference is, this guys got his own will. i dont think hes going to let the system or the structure dictate to him. >> fascinating day. father, thank you so much as always, john allen as well. thanks. up next, the jodi arias murder trial. the defense put an expert on the stan...

Liberal than his predecessor, hes against abortion and clashed with his own countrys endorsement of same sex marriage and free contraception. defenders say pope francis has long been a champion of the poor and his record backs that. >> we lived in a situation of poverty, scandalous poverty, from the lack of jobs or the diseases that massively affect us, and that hit the hardest because of the lack of justice. >> the worlds 1.2 billion catholics will look to their new pope to champion the church ...