0 concessions made to argentina. one of the things you might ask yourself, why all these world leaders are here and why we are here. one of the things is this continuity, the idea that you have this continuity in power and a continuity of morality that some of these world leaders can only hope to achieve in their leadership roles. >> translator: grant we pray almighty god that by st. peter's intercession your church may constantly watch over the unfolding of the mysteries of human salvation. beginning to entrust it to his faithful care, your son, jesus christ, who lives and reins with you in holy spirit. one god forever and ever. amen. >> a reading from the second book of samuel. the word of the lord came to me go and tell my servant, david, thus, the lord speaks. when your days are ended, and you're laid to rest with your ancestors, i will observe the offering of your body after you. and make his sovereignty secure. it is he who shall build a house for my name. and i will make his royal throne secure forever. i will be a father to him and he a son to me. your house and your sovereignty will always stand secure before me. and your throne be established forever. >> translator: thanks be to god. ♪ >> welcome back, everyone. you're watching the inaugural mass for pope francis. if you're just joining us right now, it has been a remarkable, remarkable morning. pope francis came into st. peter's square atop of the popemobile, open-air. there was no top. he was not enclosed in the bullet-proof glass that we've come to expect. that wall has been removed. >> and we were talking earlier this the morning. will he get off of the popemobile and greet the crowd? that's exactly what happened. there were some babies that were brought up to the popemobile. and he did step out to greet somebody who was ill in the crowd. it was a remarkable moment. a smile, ear-to-ear on his face. and the crowd enjoying every minute of it. >> as far as the ceremony goes, much of the official proceedings have happened. he received the pallium, the ceremonial lamb's wool shawl he'll wear. and his fisherman's ring. and now, we're involved in a mass. this is a mass for st. joseph's day. we're joined by a lot of people here. what is the mass for st. joseph's day? >> it's celebrating the husband of mary, father of jesus, patron of the american church. and by the way, it's the patron of workers and ordinary people. so, how fitting that for this pope, such an ordinary man in quotes, we're celebrating on the feast of st. joseph, who is the patron of the ordinary person. so wonderful that even during this lenten season, we have this festive day for this inaugural mass. >> and we have monsignor hillgartner with us this morning. as we're watching this, the mass is said in latin. and we just observed sebastian gomez, who concluded the first reading, in english. was that unusual? >> not for these large papal masses. they recognize that this is a universal event. so, there will be a number of languages chosen. the response psalm from the book of psalms is proclaimed in italian. the second reading will be in spanish. and the reading from the gospel will be in greek. traditionally at the large masses, they would read the gospel twice, in latin and greek. for the brevity's sake, to streamline things, there's a lot of latin in the mass. a lot of the prayers will be in latin. the gospel will be proclaimed in greek. that's for many of the representatives of the eastern churches, the orthodox churches. >> we're also joined by raymond arroyo, who is the news director for the eternal word television network. thank you so much for being with us this morning. >> delighted to be here. >> it's been a remarkable morning so far. and i want to get a sense of what struck you. >> the thing that strikes me most, i was there yesterday. and when the pope came out of that little mass at santa ana, still the parish church of the vatican, to watch those crowds just see the expression on their faces, it was -- you wouldn't have seen justin bieber get this kind of reaction. people went crazy for him. and he seems to genuinely love that personal touch. and it is not -- it is a marked departure from what we saw earlier. it reminds me an awful lot of john paul ii. people do much the same thing. >> can we listen in here a little bit? i think this is the second reading, now in spanish. >> translator: the promise of inheriting the world was not made to abraham and his descendants on account of any law. but on account of the righteousness which consists in faith. that is why what fulfills the promise depends on faith, so that it may be a free gift and be available to all of abraham's descendants. not only those who belong to the law. but also those who belong to the faith of abraham, who is the father of all of us. as scripture says, i have made you the ancestor of many nations. abraham is our father in the eyes of god. in whom he put his faith and who brings the dead to life and calls into being what does not exist. though it seemed abraham's hope could not be fulfilled, he hoped and he believed. and through doing so, he did become the father of many nations, exactly as he had been promised. your descendants will be as many as the stars. this is the faith that was considered as justifying him. the word of the lord. thanks be to god. ♪ >> we just completed the second reading there. i wanted to pause because it was in spanish. and this is the first pope from latin america. and the significance there, i know that's not why it was read in spanish. but the significance for latin america here. can we talk about that, monsignor? >> certainly. at these different masses, they choose different languages each time. and there probably was some significance, saying let's have one of the scripture readings in spanish because it's the language of the pope's native country. seeing all of the flags waving. lots of argentinean flags. but flags from all over the world. and pope francis' suggestion to let people stay home and do something to care for the poor, rather than traveling to rome at great expense, is significant on so many levels. and i understand that there was a huge gathering this morning in argentina with an all-night vigil, especially a large gathering of young people. and they're watching live on jumbotrons in one of the large squares in buenos aires this morning. >> and the pope asked the people of argentina not to come to rome. but to stay in argentina. the money they might have used to travel instead could perhaps go to the poor. >> a beautiful symbol, at the start of his pontificate for his care and concern for these in need. >> can we talk about what's happening right now? >> this is a procession of the gosp gospel. it will make the rounds here. and it will be read. and of course, we'll hear the papal homily, which is a much sought-after part of this mass. this pope has been very unorthodox, you could say, in the way in which he delivers the homily. certainly not in the content. but he's very laidback. he leans on the arm. he winks. he tells jokes. watching him up close in the last few days in rome has been fascinating. and to watch the reaction of people. it isn't the content that's changing. it's the way in which it's delivered. and people find it refreshing. and they're listening, perhaps, in a new way. >> we'll be hanging on every word when the pope delivers his homily there. we're looking, right now, is the gospel, which will be delivered in greek. and i'm hoping john allen is with me, so he can explain the significance of that. there's meaning in everything we're seeing this morning. the fact this gospel is in greek is very significant. >> yes, it is. in part, of course, because the catholic church includes not just the latin church, that is the western church. but also 22 eastern churches in full communion with rome. and for many of those churches, greek is the main language. also, of course, today, for the inaugural mass, the pope is being joined by patriarch bartholomew. the greek here is really an expression of the universality of the catholic church. the word catholic, of course, means universal. that's what the word signifies. and the use of greek here is intended by pope francis to express that. as monsignor was saying earlier, typically at papal masses, the gospel reading would be chanted twice. once in latin, once in greek. john paul used to talk about the need for the catholic church to breathe with both lungs. its latin lung and its greek lung. today, for the sake of brevity, we're going to do the gospel in greek. and pope francis will give his homily, his reflections on the gospel. one thing you have to be careful about with pope francis, even though we have a prepared text in front of us, that's not what we're going to actually get. this pope has a genius for going offscript and keeping us on our toes. >> and for being humorous. when he first appeared on the balcony, he was funny. and you have to think that the cardinals who were going in to elect him know this part of his personality. and how much did that weigh in to choosing him? even when they were at dinner afterwards, they were there with the cardinals. what did he say? he said, may god forgive them. i mean, i thought that was just -- it was just a great way. they must have known that this was part of his makeup. >> there were all these images of him the morning he greeted the cardinals, the morning after the conclave. there was a lot of back and forth. clearly, a great friendship that has developed over the years. he's been a cardinal for a number of years. present in the last conclave as a candidate, from what we understand. but clearly, he came from among that group and had a personal relationship. and seeing them laugh and share stories. and the image of him with the president of argentina, as they exchanged a hug and a kiss. and he invited her to stay for lunch, which is a bit unheard of with the pope and a head of state. >> do you think we'll see that personality in the homily? >> without a doubt. this particular pope, in his previous incarnation as archbishop of buenos aires, was orthodox for the eastern churches. so, he has a heart for the eastern churches, which is why this is perfectly in character with him. i'm also told by a number of the cardinals in conclave, it was the brevity of his statement, as well as its humanity. that sort of drew them and awoken him to his candidacy and the possibility that this man could be pope. he wasn't on too many lists, i'll tell you, going in. >> jim bitterman, our senior european correspondent. he's there. and this is nothing strange for jim bitterman. this is his fourth papal inaugural that he's attended. jim, i'm wondering if there's any differences that you've detected so far today. >> i think already we've seen a simplified version, a number of the processions have been shortened. there's some -- it's hard to describe. but there's almost a quick uptake. used to be a lot of pauses between the announcement of some of the parts of the gospel, for example. and the singing or praying. it seems like it's a much tighter -- the organization is much tighter than we've seen in the past. i think we're also going to see here some shortened versions of the offertory. i think that's somewhat less prestigious. maybe a little less in the way of ceremony than we've seen in the past. but all this is not necessarily a bad thing. already, we're probably looking at the mass that's going to go on for about two hours here, as opposed to 2 1/2 hours in previous inaugurals. >> one of the pope's official jobs, his official title -- hang on one second, jim. we'll get back to you in a bit. this is pope francis right now. we're seeing him. and he is about to deliver his homily. ♪