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He said christianity is not ideology. service is not ideology. we serve people not ideas. that's direct shot at the castros and the communism. it's all about ideology. he's saying no, no, this is about services. this is about moving together. this isn't pursuing someone's agenda at the point of a gun. everyone together. >> is it too soon for us to know how this pope has succeeded in in bringing more people back into the fold, back into the church? we know that three million catholic vs left the catholic church in the last eight years or so. is he going to turn that around? >> in cuba? >> in th...

Castros today? >> reporter: that's right. first with 85-year-old raul and then with 89-year-old fidel. he also thanked the pope for being a key player in reopening relations between cuba and the united states. the two exchanged books and talked about global warming. >> and what was the pope's message to the huge crowd of cubans? >> about 300,000 people are in revolution square for that outdoor open mass. the pope's message to the cubans was one of humility. he said you have to serve over people and not idealogical. really some great interest and enthusiasm to hear what this first latin america...

Several big stories this morning we are following. first in havana, cuba. got a live picture up for you. the faithful up early. tens of thousands already packed into revolution square awaiting a sunday mass celebration by pope francis. >> they are hoping the pontiff can usher in a new revolution as chris cuomo is there. they hope revolution square becomes evolution square. a small thing here we take for granted called wi-fi. >> we complain when we don't have it. chris will put this into context for us in a moment. the pope has to convince the castros to make that happen, the availability of wi...

Same relationship with the castros for a while. so that has helped. we learned that, you know, since 2003, for example, some of the political prisoners were starting to get released. and so if you take all of those years of massaging and, you know, pretty much working the diplomacy within the country, and then you've got pope francis, who really has extended an olive branch to both countries and kind of bringing everyone together, it was the right people at the right time, poppy. >> oh, it's been fascinate to go watch. we will continue live coverage here for the next week plus of the pope's hi...

Countries to get much closer. and also fidel castro is on his last legs, so to speak. raul castro has shown more of an -- shown signs that he liked to get along with the united states. so for some people that remember the cuban missile crisis, this is really a moment to celebrate when tensions are at an all-time low right now. >> yeah, neither of the castros were there, but their aura, indeed, certainly in the vicinity. thanks to both of you. appreciate it. we'll be right back. we call ourselves the freedom hikers. hiking brought us together but that's not the only thing that keeps us coming b...