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They legalized-realized -- >> it's a combination of radicals and traditional lists. he is profoundly catholic in his embrace of traditional catholic devotions and the like. what you've seen in the american church, i think you're going to see a very interesting argument in the coming years inside the american church because the american church has leaned more conservative since the 1990s, a leadership of the church has, but two things are happening. you have new bishops and cardinals being appointed by pope francis who are far more intuned with the progressive side. you have a lot of moderately...

God, that's a heavy charge, are you nervous? >> nervous would be an understatement. >> tucker: [laughs] >> i kid you not, it was overwhelming. i prayed and i said samuel, calm down. it was overwhelming. >> tucker: how did you write it, are you in the shower, taking a run, where does the kernel of the prayer come to? >> my daily devotions. my time of prayer and meditation and looking at god's word. i was debating, what the objective here and the inaugural committee was unbelievably generous, sometimes they script. they tell you what to play or what to share out of scripture. on this occasion, w...

The homeless. it was dedicated to the pope's -- one of his favorite devotions, mary, the mother of jesus, who undos knots. one of the questions is whether or not the pope would see this and he has. all the proceeds for this go to the homeless in philadelphia. there you can see it. everyone was encouraged. there's the grotto to the left. everyone was encouraged to write their problems on a little ribbon and tie it there and pray to mary for her help. it's wonderful the pope has seen this wonderful grotto dedicated to one of his patrons. >> in fact, it looks like he's going to get out. >> a litt...

Next? how is it made official? >> well, it is official as of this morning, when pope francis read the formula of canonization, saying i now declare and define, invoking, by the way, his infailable authorities as pope. catholics believe canonization involves the infallible teaching authority of the pope, that so-and-so is a saint, meaning they're in heaven with god. in a sense, the story is now over, that john 23 -- it is now saints, john xxiii and john paul ii. what will happen around the world, as delia said, is that masses will be organized on the local level to pray to these saints. devotio...

Philosophi >> in the span of three centuries, the life and death of the jewish rabbi from nazareth had become the basis of the favored religion of the roman empire and gospel to millions. an astounding development that still fascinates and confounds even the experts. >> it's interesting that one single jew becomes the focus of the devotions of a whole people. while, you know, there were many other jews who were -- who had also been crucified, and many of them were also known as messiahs in the same time period. none of them had the following. so the big question is, why jesus? why did he get t...