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To-dos and the doctrine, it all flows from an experience of love, the love of god, the love of jesus christ. he began to interview, the first question they asked him is who is jorge bergolio? who is he? that's his name half-he became pope. and his answer was "i am a sinner." the church welcomes sinners and invites sinners to come and experience the love of god. that's the heart. if we forget about that, we're not going to be able to communicate anything else. >> but father, you talk about his not wanting to walk back any of the doctrines. in fact, he did have to walk back some of his comments ...

On this day in rome, history is being made. there you see members of the pope's staff, the household staff, he will leaf vatican city for the final time as leader of the catholic church and it's 1.2 billion members. that he could will take him to castle gun, dolpho. he will cease being pope at 2:00 p.m. today. at the vatican, next's anne thompson, father john bartunic and elizabeth lev. welcome to all of you, as we receive see the welcome sign to pope benedict there. how is this going to play out? >> he will come out, he will get in a car and he will be driven over to the helipad over here at

Hall. following the resignation of pope benedict xvi. the man who will in a minute no longer lead the church. this is his temporary home. we expect to see something that's always followed the death of a pope. the swiss guard both beloved tradition and entrusted with the very real job of protecting the pope will stand down. once he is no longer pope, their job is done. and they will await the election of a new pope. covering this historic event along with me, claudio lavanga is live. also with us, elizabeth lev and father john bartunic, author and priest based in rome. claudio, a crowd gathered...

From the north and the swiss guards who were 200 at the time gave their lives. there were 147 of them who died to get the pope to safety in castel gandolfo. they're a magnificent example of great personal loyalty to the pope because every year on may 6th the new recruits, they stand in the court yard and they swear to do it again should the need arise so it's a very beautiful tradition in the church of this loyalty of these young men to the pope. >> and father, you have to wonder what's going on behind those walls that we're seeing there. what a difference now for this man who for the last eig...

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