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Before catholic charities before taking off for new york city, where he'll arrive in time for evening prayers at st. patrick's cathedral. and it will all come after what was a jam-packed first full day for the pontiff here in the nation's capital. he spoke at the white house and met privately with president obama. he then toured the streets of d.c. in the pope mobile, waving to a crowd of about 50,000 as he went. he traveled to saint matthew's cathedral where he celebrated midday prayers with u.s. bishops. and his day ended at the national shrine of the immaculate conception on the campus of c...

Saint matthew. it hosted pope john paul ii before. it was the site of the mass for president kennedy in 1964. the church is going to be ocpied by 300 bishops from across the state. it will be a more solumn service. we will address them in spanish as well. after the midday prayers he will have meeting and bless items more. it will be interesting to see if the pope will be made aware of the massive banner that has been hanging from the head quarters of a human rights campaign that

But we'll see him as soon as he starts down the parade route as he heads toward st. matthew's for midday prayers and meeting remarks to u.s. bishops. our carol costello, i know, is standing by as well on the parade route. carol, where are you in relation to the white house? about how far are you from it? >> reporter: not very far. i'm at constitution and 15th. this is where the pope will make the final turn in his popemobile and head back to the white house. so he'll come on down constitution avenue, and then he'll make the turn onto 15th and leave. and i don't know if you can see it, but from...

Gallagher, our vatican correspondent. bishop, i'm curious to hear your thoughts on how things have changed for you as bishop, who are sitting here in this audience under pope francis, if they've changed at all because of the emphasis this pope is putting on flexibility, the emphasis this pope is putting on mercy. not new teachings at all, obviously, for the church, but perhaps a different emphasis, the desire to meet people where they are, to roll up your sleeves to get out there, and these, again, are live pictures of pope francis arriving at st. matthew's for midday prayers and that meeting ...

Getting to the so-called popemobile. this is the first time we'll see that here in the united states for this pope. you see some of the thousands, probably tens of thousands of people, who have gathered out on the streets to greet this pope. they have been coming -- some have slept out on the streets. it's a relatively short route that you see there. the parade route for the pope to make. he's going to be heading to st. matthew's for midday prayers and meeting remarks to u.s. bishops. there are a lot of very enthusiastic people waiting to see this pope. we're also joined by john allen, cnn sen...