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Visitors, crowds were out, you know, from before dawn. i mean, it was dark when they started to line up and come to those barricades. there's so many streets in washington that are closed off. there's, you know, some concern as to whether the metro, the underground service, will be able to handle everything. and so there's quite a lot of logistical sort of, you know, heavyweight being thrown at this to make sure it all goes off incredibly smoothly. and i think one of the things that we have not spoken about this morning, but it is a very important thing for american catholics and catholics all...

Catholic church or seen outside until recently. >> although, delia gallagher, critics of the president have said, you know, if the king of saudi arabia came, do they invite critics of the saudi regime to, you know, to a south lawn ceremony? >> well, i think, you know, the vatican is sensitive to the fact that somebody might try to use the pope. i mean, it just happened in italy before this trip that a woman who wrote children's books about gender and so on sent them to the vatican, sent them to the pope, received a standard letter back and then said, oh, look, you know, the pope likes my books...

Social issues that divide so many of the faithful in the catholic church, for instance, abortion. he said for the first time and this year priests will be able to hear a woman's confession and to be able to absolve a woman. he's talked about speeding up annulments and taking the cumbersome bureaucracy and high cost of annulments. he also famously declared "who am i to judge?" about homosexuals. there is a shift. >> he's bringing catholicism back to the wide umbrella it was thought to be. we are all pilgrims on the way towards god and we need to find our way under that umbrella and not draw in ...

The moment welfabefore the poli? >> i think the moment is one that we can all embrace. whether a democrat, republican, agnostic or atheist. i think what he's been so special about this pope is that he hasn't seemed to differentiate. his message is for everyone because he leads with a message of humility. i think for catholics in particular, what has been so ground breaking and i think mold breaking about this pope is that he leads with what is positive about the catholic teaches. he leads with affirmation and not condemnation. and what that helps us to do is to focus on frankly the basis of ou...

Also reveals how much all americans from every background and every faith value the role that the catholic church plays in strengthening america. for my time working in impoverished neighborhoods with the catholic church in chicago, to my travels as president, i have seen firsthand how every single day catholic communities, priests, nuns are feeding the hungry. healing the sick. sheltering the homeless. educating our children. and fortifying the faith that sustains so many. and what is true in america is true around the world. from the busy streets of buenos aires to the remote villages of