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History. >> and i mean, this is the first of the unkom focomfortable, and out of the the gate, the first uncomfortable topic, and it is just minutes into the address. there is more to come. i think that the bishops won't have a whole lot of time to process that before he is going to move on to the abortion and climate change and political topics. >> of course, they will be fine with abortion, and some of them wish he was speaking about abortion more, because he said that we don't have to speak about the hot debate issues, and he is going to mention abortion, and many had hoped that he would, a...

Country fundamental identifiers for conservative catholics. and so in the first instance they felt, you know, this was kind of a strange thing for a pope to be saying and then he came out with an encyclical on the environment and a lot on immigration. and so certainly there, i think, is still, at least there was, a question, some conservatives' mind, which way does the pope want to go? and that's what's interesting about what he said on the papal plane, that i'm not a lefty, because he's responding to that. and so -- >> he's saying what i believe is exactly in keeping with scripture, with the ...

Same-sex marriage. remarkable. >> and i think catholics were tired of the discussion about those other issues and they're really excited about this pope. it's historic he's speaking to the congress and in our poll it showed that they find his teachings very closely align with theirs and that they want political figures to also talk about these subjects. so i think that there's 70 million catholics in the united states who will listen very closely. they see him as a religious leader but also as a political leader. >> hugh hewitt, he'll speak before congress and probably mention climate changes....

Those other issues and they're really excited about this pope. it's historic he's speaking to the congress and in our poll it showed that they find his teachings very closely align with theirs and that they want political figures to also talk about these subjects. so i think that there's 70 million catholics in the united states who will listen very closely. they see him as a religious leader but also as a political leader. >> hugh hewitt, he'll speak before congress and probably mention climate changes. it will be uncomfortable for republicans, particularly conservative catholics. >> i won't ...

>> nobody's going to say no to the pope either, it's difficult. the second part of this is pope francis isn't without controversy. very popular. sort of this larger than life figure in so many ways. but, the same time, there's a lot of conservative catholics, especially here in the united states who really have problems with his views on the social issues. things like when it comes to abortion, like when it comes to the issues of dealing with gays in the catholic church, those kinds of things. are you seeing any push back from students who say wait, i feel a little uncomfortable, a little torn...