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Afflicted, welcoming children and those who have been victims of abuse, and this morning we see him talking with prisoners. but also he wanted to bring a message, stirring the consciences of those of us who are quite comfortable, whether that be around climate change or income inequality or our willingness to take in those who have been displaced and are now refugees. so i think he's done both of those things. >> bishop robinson, do you think this air of inclusion is something that's because of this particular man, the individual, pope francis, or is it an evolution you sense may be happening ...

John boehner has decided against discussing his decision. we'll bring you news out of washington on that while we watch this. security extremely tight in lower manhattan as it has been since the pope's arrival in new york. >> one of the things that we're told is going to happen at this visit at ground zero is the pope is going to meet personally with families killed on 9/11. he's going to be doing that direct pastoral work that we associate with parish priests and deacons, but as the head of the church with everything he still does one-on-one meetings to comfort the afflicted. and this pope ha...

Program right now. anyone suspected credibly is removed from ministry. so i think he was being encouraging and saying yet we have further to go. >> i only have 30 seconds left. you can tell me, both of you, first to you, bishop robinson, tom he's going to speak in front of congress. what will you be watching for? >> well, amongst the clergy we have a saying that our job is to show compassion for the afflicted and to afflict the comfortable -- to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. tomorrow i look for him to perhaps afflict those of us who are comfortable. no one will like that b...

He used that word in his opening remarks. so i expect it to ibe very warm. i expect that they will be talking about global challenges. as i was listening to the pope talk, i couldn't help but call to mind the words of dorothy day, founder of the catholic worker movement, who talked about how what we're called to do is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. and that is -- was his message with that, yes, poverty should be front and center. but he's also come to challenge those that are comfortable to go outside of our comfort zones. he does that symbolically himself by venturing i...

The reformed nature, and the welcoming sense, and how he is bringing more people back into the catholic fold, and yet, there are those within the vat kin who are not thrilled and what is the problem? >> well, he has said that he has come to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable, and he sees those in the vatican as the comfortable, and he is saying, stop being administrators and get out to be the shepherds, and he is shaking it up that they are threatened and they don't like the job insecurity that they are getting. >> and what is threatening? because the job insecurity only comes f...