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The pontiff is saying. and so we found ourselves standing up and sit do you think more than what we had anticipated. >> your holiness, welcome. >> reporter: the house was invited by house speaker john boehner, a catholic who has been trying to get a pope to speak to congress for 20 years. the man known for being emotional, couldn't hold back his tears. >> and god bless america. especially on his own capitol balcony with the pope look down at thousands below. >> well, earlier i spoke with a parish priest who is from west virginia, father chapin. he attended the pope's speech in washington. he s...

American values. >> is there some truth to that in the sense that islam is a faith that does not traditionally separate, as we do, as christians, church and state? >> brooke, i find it absolutely hilarious that the republicans are are talking about the separation of church and state when they have no problem proposing it with kim davis in kentucky. it's unbelievable. i always ask, what gave them away. in 1960 the republicans said we should never have a a catholic as president with john f. kennedy because he was going to have his political strings pull ed. in 2008 he said we should not have a b...

Derail mitt romney in south carolina. there is a new poll that shows romney leading newt gingrich by two points. that's a statistical tie. santorum and ron paul appear to be fighting for third place. augusta chronicle newspaper and savanna morning news newspaper. mitt romney suspect by nine points in the real clear average of the polls. jonathan serrie is live in colombia, south carolina. jonathan. >> hey, shep. with mitt romney the apparent frontrunner in the state. you have the other g.o.p. contenders trying to portray themselves as the romney alternative. all they they are going about it in...

Of cloth or bone has magical powers. the church does not oblige devotion to relics. you don't have to believe this is the wood of the cross or you aren't a catholic anymore. >> reporter: one of the more unusual relics, the finger of the apostleal, st. thomas. >> thomas had to put his fingers into jesus's wound before he'd believe. >> reporter: why do people come to rome? many are in search of a relic, paying their respects at the remains of one of christ's first followers, st. peter. in rome, greg burke, fox news. ♪ this is the neighborhood. you get elm street and you get main street. thank ...