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Chosen by his republican colleagues is up to the challenge. >> josh earnest, great to have you here on "new day." >> thanks for having me here in person. >> i like that he does wear pants. fascinating. >> it is fascinating. pope francis returning to rome off the whirl wind u.s. tour still making headlines. on the flight back, he spoke out on religious freedom cases and the sex abuse scandal in the catholic church. rosa flores was traveling with the pope every step of the way. it's not easy to keep up with the 78-year-old pontiff. you did it. pope francis making news as soon as he hopped on...

Glow. what happens when the man leaves, time passes. things go back to the same. change is hard. one thing it should happen more is within the church structure itself. do you believe that there will be something imparted from the top, from vatican, from francis, to the bishops to motivate more of this inclusiveness and withdraw of structure from negativity of the rules that we heard in the message to the actual experience of catholics in america? >> we know pope francis is a great pastor but he has great political sensibilities. everything that he said in the united states was for the people o...

It is a human right. now, of course, chris, everyone probably thinking about kim davis out of kentucky. now, he said, of course, he can't think of every single case in his head of conscientious objection but of course everybody in the united states probably thinking about that. i have to leave you with this tweet, because pope francis, of course, tweeting as soon as he gets to rome, this tweet saying, with my heartfelt thanks may the love of christ always guide the american people, #godbless, america. chris? >> very nice. rosa, you've been great throughout the whole trip. thank you for helping...

Exuberan exuberance. >> father, the vatican was wrong. nobody expected the crowds, it certainly even different fundamentally from when john paul ii was here in the '70s. the question is how long will it last? what will the legacy of the visit be? and to that we get to the specifics. on the scandal, the idea of him extending the reach of accountability, the criticism is he could have done that already. the criticism is when he talked to the bishops he said i want to reward your courage, many see them as the opposite of courageous. how do you understand these points? >> i think the key thing to ...