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Garden, showing compassion and blessing children with special needs. rateer leading palace for some 20,000 catholics. >> may bless you in the father the son and the holy spirit. >> a lot of non-catholics in there, too. so many beautiful moments. what a man. dellia let me start with you, what did i miss? >> i think you got a lot of it. but there were so many wonderful moments, obviously, the pope was the jester. that's the way he teaches as well through his gestures. one of the. i thought was clever of the pope is what he said, you know, he always says, pray for me at the end and that's a sign ...

In central park went up like a big roar for pope francis, even veteran reporters like our own wolf blitzer and anderson cooper were wowed. from schoolkids to world leaders, non-catholics to devout believers, this man has captured the hearts and minds of so many across the world. cnn's randi kaye shows us why. ♪ >> reporter: even before he was elected, the man who would be pope introduced the world to his humble ways. >> when he was flying to the conclave that actually elected him to be pope, he booked his own ticket. you know -- >> reporter: flew coach? >> flew coach. >> reporter: and more. ...

The eastern seaboard are hemorrhaging parishioners. a lot of the influx into the catholic faith is in the west right now. >> first of all, the world meeting of families is the organization we have to commend for bringing the pope. they did the work along with mayor nutter and his team and the city. i do want to say this. we are at a time when the church is probably at a crossroads in the sense that we need to make sure that we have the affirming and positive message that pope francis brings. that's the best way to grow the church. i also think because of his message and the way he delivers it,...

Non-catholics is to persuade. it's not to order. it's not to compel. it's to persuade. and when he goes to philadelphia and walks through independence mall he's going to be celebrating the history of a country that was based on the ability to persuade. >> george, do you -- >> that -- >> sorry. >> please, go ahead. >> i was going to say, i'm very struck just over the past 48 hours at how the pope seems to be getting more comfortable being here. when i saw him in rome last december, we talked about this upcoming visit. i think he was a little bit if not apprehensive, somewhat nervous about how h...

Aisle as they do during the state of the union. so they are supposed to be on their best behavior. and i think this is a very important moment for john boehner. it is the culmination of an effort of years for him and he love this is pope in particular. despite some differences on the political front. so i hope they are going to be on the best behavior. let's see if they can restrain themselves. look, i think even for the most jaded political folks in washington, and certainly the folks in congress are, this is an exciting moment. having the pope here is a big, big deal. particularly if you are...