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>> yeah. >> by international law, that money has to go into building schools and hospitals in africa, in the poorest parts of the world, and right now what we've seen the pope do in his speech is actually follow up on specific policy recommendations he's made that are moving forward, both at the united nations and to some extent at the international monetary fund in congress. this pope actually called for the development of a global bankruptcy process at the united nations. he alluded to it yesterday and he said this is a necessity if we want to stop austerity programs in greece, if we want to...

And one of the biggest issues that the pontiff has been talking about during this visit, global poverty. joining me the vatican on globl poverty. eric, with a welcome to you. we've heard this pope speak about the poor almost everywhere he goes. in fact, here's what he said at the u.n. friday. >> translator: the poorest of those who suffer most from such offenses for three serious reasons, they are cast off by a society, forced to live off what is discarded and suffer injustly from the consequences of the abuse of the environment. >> so as you heard him there, he makes the connection between th...

>> yeah. and i know your organization, eric, focuses on debt relief for the impoverished. you're listening to all of these particular details that come from the pope routinely, but my question is what impact have you seen in terms of debt relief in helping the poor? >> well, there are impacts, and i have to say, watching him yesterday was one of the most inspiring moments of my entire life. to hear what he was saying at the united nations. our organization, jubilee u.s.a. network, was founded by pope john paul ii and other religious leaders, jews and christians all over the world, in the great...