Will be made. Right now on fox 29, final security measures for the popes visit to philadelphia are in place. Skyfox live over the ben franklin bridge this is now closed to vehicles until monday. Thousands of visitors will walk across it tomorrow to papal events. Looking live outside our studios in at fourth and market in old city. The fences are up, security perimeter in place around Independence Mall area and of course a huge security net crisscrosses the ben franklin parkway tonight and the setup looks amazing. It is just a massive undertaki undertaking. Philadelphias ready for the arrival of pope francis first thing in the morning. You can feel the excitement tonight. Good evening to you, im lucy noland. Im iain page. Its incredible time to be in philadelphia after months of preparation. Its time to welcome pope francis. Yes, but everybody wants to know what the weather will be like a little fly in the ointment fox 29s chief meteorologist Scott Williams here. How is it looking, scott. Its looking mainly dry but it is going to be cloudy and also pretty gusty. Grab a light jackets maybe even wind breaker. Were talking about a rain chance for some but it look like mainly on sunday evening. Take look at satellite and radar a lot of clouds. Most of the rainfall well to the south and it looks like its going to stay that way. A tight fresh gradient but it will be gusty across our area. Its going to feel like fall tomorrow morning. 10 00 a. M. 60s. Feels like temperatures pretty much in the 60s tomorrow. Coming up that complete forecast about the rainfall chance and what to expect along the parkw parkway. Back to you. All right, scott, thank you. We have Live Team Coverage of the security measures to night. The arrival of thousands of visitors and the festive feeling in the air. Lets begin tonight with fox 29s Chris Oconnell. Chris . Reporter ill tell you, it is electric in the city of philadelphia tonight, iain. The city is now officially secure for the visit of pope francis now hours away. Take look. I am now on Market Street. The roads are closed. The barricades up. The secure zones are now in full effect just moments ago the 10 00 oclock secure vehicle area has been put into effect. Limiting most traffic in center city. One of the final security steps before we welcome pope francis to philadelphia. For me its grace by god. Reporter with just hours to go until his arrival, philadelphia is finally ready to welcome pope francis. I love this new pope. I think that he is so accepting and hes just hes inspiring. Reporter its Center City Like youve never seen it before. Unprecedented city shut down for the largest planned event the city has ever seen. Market street turned into massive security checkpoint. Police on every corner and some parts of the town eerily quite. How exciting is it. Its so exciting. I feel like crying. Reporter if you think youre excited to see pope francis, imagine how jim avenue lock is feeling. Hes not only seeing the holy father tomorrow, hes performing for him as part of the arch diocesan choir. Were doing it for philadelphia, too. You know, i mean, i want to obviously do it for the pope but its for the city. Ill really proud of the city being able to do this and sing this great mewing is. Reporter thousand of visitors flock to philly its easy to see they cannot contain their excitement. Im very reporter excited. Excited to see the papa. Reporter this group of pilgrims from florida cant say enough about the city and how theyve been welcomed. Someone that has never seen us, doesnt know us, took us in into their home. Warn us not to eat out tonight because they will have dinner for us. I think its been great. Weve had no problems at all. Reporter so now philadelphia it appears the hard part is over. The traffic boxes, the street closures now it is just a matter of hours before philadelphia makes history once again. Lucy, iain. All right, chris thank you. Whirlwind day for the holy father in the big apple what start the with an address to the United Nations ending with a mass at Madison Square garden. The second leg of the popes much s tour and his final stop right here in philadelphia. Bruce gordon shows us tonight the holy father was met with fanfare in new york city. Reporter we have every reason to believe that pope francis is at this point hour fast asleep at the papal nuncio here in new york city and why not . It has been a very busy day. applause . Reporter francis gaunted jam pack day at the United Nations calling on the World Community to assure its citizens the basics of human dignity. This absolute minimum has three names. Lodging, labor and land. And one spiritual name, spiritual freedom. Reporter from there it was on to ground zero for emotional visit with the families of several 9 11 victims. The pontiff toured the 9 11 museum filled with reminders of a mind set he said that knows only violence, hatred and revenge and he joined an inter Faith Prayer Service in which he called for all of the world to reject such resent manies. Let us ask the lord the gift of returning the case of peace. Reporter the pope spent his afternoon doing what always seem to bring him the greatest joy, minute link with children at a Catholic School in east harlem. Later a sort of papal parade through central park where 80,000 ticketed new yorkers cheered even the brief fest glimpse of the peoples pope. speaking spanish . Reporter the day ended with evening mass before 20,000 faithful at Madison Square garden. Francis gave the homily in his native spanish. Just watching the pope in action is exhausting and it doesnt end here. First thing tomorrow morning, in fact predawn, ill be out at jfk airport in new york for the popes departure from the big apple and of course his flight to philadelphia. After all those months of planning, the security, the worrying, the anx pope francis is finally just about to pay us a visit. In new york, im Bruce Gordon Fox 29 news. More than a Million People will make their way into philadelphia to see pope francis this weekend but only about 100 will begin and end their day aboard iconic war ship. They are staying on the battleship new jersey floaterring along the camden waterfront of course. Guests will eat in the mess hall, get tours of the ship and sleep in the bunks just like real crew. The whole experience costs 75 a day, that includes meals. The battleship is just a short walk to the ben franklin bridge. Just a few miles away another group of papal pilgrims is getting ready for a busy weekend. They have traveled hundreds of miles on packed tour buses just to get here. But they say being part of the festivities will be worth that journey. Fox 29s dave kin ken is live at Pennsylvania Land to go night. Dave, they came all the way from indiana. Reporter lucy, thousands of pilgrims will be making their way across the ben franklin bridge for this weekends papal festivities in a group from gary, indiana theyre taking a different bridge but, of course, their destination is the same. Reporter friday afternoon mass for spiritual renewal at Saint Peter Roman Catholic Church in cher chantville, new jersey. But these pilgrims are guests of the church having just traveled 800 miles by bus from gary, indiana to see pope francis this weekend. Feeling very excited, ecstatic could be a good word for it. Blessed. Blessed that we have this opportunity. This is a man of peace a a man of mercy. My name is frances. So and frances of a sis sis is my patron saint. A couple of reasons why francis could not resist that is once in a lifetime opportunity. He is just such a wonderful role model for us and i just love the message that hes giving. Report roar message of love and hope coming to the 150 brave pilgrims in this Diverse Group which includes a large Spanish Speaking population and young catholics proving spiritual growth is age less. Im already on a catholic high. 36 hours lack of sleep a lot of fun and its only going to get better im real excite. We just got off the bus, not a lot of sleep but, um, you know that the reward will be so great for everything that youre going through. Reporter Bishop Donald is their guide. Its beautiful the journey here with people from our diocese to experience the holy father to seat church in a bigger way. Reporter everyone in that room everyone in that church completed excited for this weekend Catholic Charities of camden and the Catholic Charities of gary, indiana put their Heads Together to make this pilgrimage happen. Back to you, iain. All right, dave, thank you. The woman is a global event and people from around the world are in the city awaiting the popes arrival. Streets of course are now closed but they are pack with visitors from all over the globe. These green land yards and name tags including where people are from were easy to spot today. Outside the Convention Center fox 29 was there as buses rolled in unloading dozens of tourists at a time they were ready for action packed weekend. People are absolutely exceptional. Very well coming. We love the people. Its exciting. Energetic. There are people from all over the world, and its friendly, its calm but its also open and people are just happy to greet you. Fox 29 also at Reading Terminal where there was a big crowds as well a lot of out of towners telling us they used the opportunity to have their first philly cheesesteak, of course. Get continuous coverage of the papal visit on our website head to fox29. Com. Well be posting everything you need to know on the home page throughout the big weekend plus live coverage popes events all weekend right here on fox 29. A visit to philadelphia by another high profile spiritual leader canceled. The dalai lamas reason for backing out that has people around the world concerned. Plus, world meeting of families visitors treat to do a movie screening of a philadelphia favorite Hollywood Star who showed up on the red carpet to greet them. Its a party like atmosphere in center city. How tourists are taking it all in and locals are seeing their hush my darling. Dont fear my darling. The lion sleeps tonight. [snoring. ] hush my darling. [snoring. ] dont fear my darling. The lion sleeps tonight. [snoring. ] take the roar out of snore. Yet another innovation only at a sleep number store. Live look right now at the ben franklin parkway. In just a few hours think of this, hundreds of thousands of visitors from all over the world will line it. The stage is set. It is ready for pope francis and so is our city. You can feel the excitement all around town. After months of preparation the pope will be here in just hours. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson is live in fairmount tonight. Shawnette, excitement is at an alltime high. Reporter out in fairmount its mostlily the neighborhood crowd out here. Weve talked to people determined not to let this barricade them inside their homes a lot of people are out tonight trying to get every second this papal visit has to offer. The pope is here the pope is here well, almost. But on the eve of certainly looks and feels like it. Wow, the energy is just unbelievable. Reporter all around the city people who stayed are getting into the action. We took advantage and stayed to enjoy it. Reporter witness city shut down roads block and high security on every corner every corner has military, swat, police. I feel very safe walking around. Reporter this group of friends in fairmount arent hunkering down at home. They are out and about. Calm right now but it will be crazy tomorrow and were real excited and, you know, its a new experience. Once in a lifetime event. Reporter from pope paraphernalia to pope inspired menus. A walk around the city proves theres something for everyone. This is not look like the popes special for 1776. Did you pass on the holy meal. We did pass on the holy meal. We were just discussing the significance of 1776 here for my kids, yeah. Reporter this family is from connecticut. Here for the woma watching overs whole week watching all the preparations come tomorrow and all the enthusiasm for the pope. Its been unbelievable. He hopes to catch glimpse of pope francis. Theres one more thing that comes close to that. I might be going to is he the pope stuff. I look forward to having one of those philly cheesesteaks. Report roar heres the thing. Not even the pope can overshadow the chill philly cheesesteak. Id agree with him if you cant get to the pope the next best thing is getting a philly cheesesteak while youre here. Behind me you can see National Guardsmen on the corner Philadelphia Police are also on stand by and most people we talk to say that is not intimidating. In fact it makes them feel safer being out all night to enjoy the festivities. Back to you. Theyve got a few hour showers to enjoy then it hits. Our special coverage continues with our special the holy father in philadelphia thats after fox 29 news at 10. Then tune in starting at 6am tomorrow. Well bring all of the popes events across the city live here on fox 29. Bad news for those wanting to see the dalai lama next month. 80yearold tibetan beside hit canceled his trip to the u. S. In objection. He was supposed to get lib dee medal. Doctors at mayo clinic advised his holiness to rest. No other comment was given why the doctors told the dalai lama to rest. He was scheduled to make a stop right here in philadelphia, boulder cocoa and salt lake city, utah. One day after House Speaker john boehner sat behind pope francis as the pontiff addressed a joint meeting of congress, the speaker dropped a bomb. He is stepping down at the end of october boehner is announcement caught most off guard and comes ahead of a expected leadership challenge. Hes been under increasing pressure to find way to defund planned parenthood without shutting down the government. Boehner says much of his colleagues were plain frustrated with his compromises. He was the issue. Instead of the issue at hand which is to get back to the constitution, to do the job we promised the American People wed do and get get on with doing what we have to do to fight barack obama. Boehner doesnt believe hell have to work on getting a government funding he can tension. He says lawmakers will most vykely vote next week to fun the government through december 11th. He expects it to pass. A starstudded screen to go night in center city. The world meeting of families hosting the showing of invincible at the Kimmel Center based on the live story of former Philadelphia Eagle vince papale. Mark wahlberg attend the screening as well. He played papale in the hit movie. Wahlberg will most the festival of families tomorrow on the parkway. Speaking of tomorrow everybody is wondering about the weather. What you got. It looks it will be a mainly dry weekend for the up coming papal visit. Temperatures will feel a little cooler because of the clouds and also some custody breezes. Temperatures right now, we have low to mid 60s along the i95 corridor. Into the low 50s right now for the poconos mountains. 67 degrees currently in Atlantic City. Take look at the current sustained winds. Anywhere from about 10 to about 15 Miles Per Hour. Higher gusts expected close 30 Miles Per Hour down the shore for tomorrow. But take look at that snapshot forecast fort entire weekend. Tomorrow partly sunny, breezy, 75 degrees for the high temperature. Mostly cloudy skies as we move ahead to sunday. Windy, low 70s. There could be a couple of afternoon and evening showers. Mainly south and east of the i95 corridor. Satellite radar right now shows a lot of high clouds streaming in overhead but you can see the green. Thats the rain. Its being held to the south due to that big strong area of High Pressure off to the north. I think that wins out during the day tomorrow keeping us dry but with a high to the north, low to the south we get that tight pressure grade yen the wind tunnel effect. So it is going to be pretty windy stepping outdoors. Not only saturday, but also on sunday. That High Pressure once again appears to win out on sunday. But some of the rain could sneak toward our area. Take a look at the latest computer models close call but it look like it keeps us dry. This is through 4 00 p. M. On saturday. Maybe some showers in cape may but heavy rain expected around norfolk, virginia as we move toward sunday, likely dry again. There might be a spotty shower or a sprinkle. But the other story, were talking weekend wind gusts saturday at 4 00 p. M. Over 20 miles an hour philadelphia. Over 30 Miles Per Hour winds in Atlantic City and down the shore. Well keep that going as we move toward sunday. Due to the wind and also due to the high tide cycle were talking about some coastal flooding so watch out for some flooded roadways especially down the shore those roads that typically flood just be mindful of that. Otherwise, that saturday forecast, a fall feel is going to be in the air. Grab the light jackets, sweater, wind breakers were talking about temperatures in the low to mid 70s but once again due to the wind it will feel a little cooler than that. The sunday mass on the parkway, cloudy, cool, breezy, well keep those winds out of the east northeast anywhere from 15 to 20 miles an hour. Temperatures in the low 70s. The pocono mountains if youll be there it will be breezy, cloudy, temperatures in the low 70s. And down the shore, dangerous rip currents due to the Coastal Flood Advisory and that southern system. That Weather Authority seven day forecast showing you the upcoming weekend. Cloudy, breezy maybe a late day shower sunday evening south and east but most of the weekend it stays dry. We warm things up as we head into next week. Very exciting, right . Absolutely. Thank you scott. Sean bell. We have injury updates for the eagles. Demarco murray dealing with a hamstring. We had the latest on whether hell play on sunday and we go through the keys of the game. The eagles have been dismal so far this year. That has to change if they want any shot of beating the jets. Sports is up next. Only five teams in nfl history have ever made the playoffs after starting zero and three. The chances drop dramatically the eagles lose to the jets only week three but we already have a must win game. Luckily they will have Demarco Murray in uniform. Its been reported that murray will play. Hes dealing with a hamstring injury he suffered in practice earlier this week. Even when healthy, though he hasnt been any good. 21 carries, 11 yards on the season. He has to get going. Howard eskin has the keys to the game and thats definitely going to be one. Sean, what the eagles have to do is simple. Getting it done may not be so simple. So if you want to talk about keys to the game, and everybody talks about it, you real dollar have to run the football. And one of the reasons is, it changes dynamics of what the other team can do defensively, and it will open up something he is which, again, i think is a key to this game. Not only do they have to be able to run the football, they have to be able to throw deep. When you you cant reason the football the on the defense doesnt respect that, so you cant get deep. With all of that said, because of urgency, i actually think the eagles are going to wint Football Game against the jets. Back to you. Thanks how war reminder the eagles jets game this sunday will be right here on fox 29 pregame coverage starts at 11 00. On saturday baseball with the pirates taking on the cubs that start at 1 00 and with the pope historic visit to philadelphia our College Football double header starting at 4 30 will move to our d2 channel. In baseball nine games left in the season. The phillies need six wins to avoid 100 losses something they havent done since 1962. Tonight theyre taking on the nationals. Bottom of the third, phillies down run. Bases loaded. Hits a spinner. Michael taylor dives, misses it and thats going to go a long way up here waived home after that. Thats right. Inside the ball grand slam. You rarely see that one. The phils go on to beat the nationals eighttwo. Its a shame when its the rental of the season and youre just hoping not to have historically bad number in the loss column. Yes. Thats what its come down for phillies fans. Yes. Please dont lose 100 games. A hundred games. Exactly much we are just 11 hours away from the popes arrival here in philadelphia. Well have live coverage of all of the papal events right here on fox 29 all weekend and coming up next, a fox 29 special. The holy father in philadelphia. Stay with us. The pope is coming to philadelphia. The countdown is almost over. Heres live look from the parkway tonight set for history to be made this weekend. In less than 12 hours, the pontiffs plane will touchdown at Philadelphia International airport. Parts of philadelphia are on lock down right now. Youre looking at the parkway Independence Mall and the ben franklin bridge all now closed to all cars. The last security measures now in place. After months of planning, the city is ready to welcome pope francis. Good evening to you, thank you for joining us for this special the holy father in philadelphia. Good evening, im iain page. You can feel the excitement is about to boil over in the city. Fox 29s Chris Oconnell is live in old city tonight. Chris . Reporter excitement is putting it lightly, iain. It is building with every hour as we go to pope francis arrival here to philadelphia. Ive been all over this city in the Center City Area over the past week, i tell you it is building. This town is absolutely electr electric. And its been that way and its building with more people coming to about a half hour ago the steer secure vehicle area is now in effect. The hard work is over now, folks. Time to have some fun. One of the final steps of this massive security effort the biggest this city has ever seen and now its time to exhale its been a long and arduous process getting the world meeting of families the year long plus in the planning stages now. Just 11 hours away till the holy father touches down in philadelphia. We caught up with several out and about tonight, and we asked what this pope means to you. I relate to him personally. I guess im a hit bit of a liberal catholic. I relate to the fact he is a pastor than a philosopher. Hes a guy that connects with the average person. Reporter with a million plus people expected in town tomorrow, you certainly wouldnt see it by the looks of Market Street as you can hardly see a vehicle now on Market Street. It is so shut down and i can tell you Law Enforcement, there are probably more Law Enforcement on the streets than regular people. The vehicle traffic has essentially been shut down. Take a look the other way of Market Street down here looking towards penns landing. The only vehicles you see out here are taxi cabs but the people do you see out on the streets all theyre talking about how excited they are. They just want to see a glimpse of pope francis. This town is pretty much off the charts tonight. Iain . No doubt, chris, thank you. Lets take another live look from the ben franklin parkway right now. This is a lot of information about the weekend from the popes schedule to the security perimeter event lineup for saturdays festival of families on the parkway. Weve got everything you need of course on our website head to fox29. Com. Before pope francis takes off for philadelphia tomorrow hes closing out a long day in the big apple. It began with an address to the United Nations an visit to ground zero where he empty with families of those who died in the 9 11 attack. He ended the day with a mass at Madison Square garden. And with tonights mass done, the worlds focus shifts to philadelphia. Pope francis will be touching down in our city in less than 12 hours didnt night our bruce gordon looks ahead to what we can expect from the holy father this weekend. Reporter spending this past week covering pope francis travels to washington and here to new york has at least i hope given me some sense of to look forward to when the holy father finally arrives in philadelphia. Its fair to assume the popes add major address in philadelphia saturday at Independence Hall delivered mostly in spanish will amount to a call to support immigrants to the u. S. Both legal and otherwise. He did offer a preview in his thursday address to congress. Let us extent the same possibilities which we seek for ourselves. Reporter its easy to assume the pontiff will at every opportunity praise the family as the Building Block for healthy society. He has repeatedly referenced the family as the reason for his trip to philadelphia. Again, from his talk at congre congress. I cannot hide my concerns for the family which is threatened perhaps its likely philadelphians bite thousands will get the chance to see pope francis up close and personal. In some cases to touch and be touched by this spiritual leader. Both in washington and in new york, the pontiff did everything within his power sometimes breaking protocol to mingle with the faithful. What we cannot know at least not yet is how much the ultra site security in philadelphia will curtail that interaction. Saturday night festival of families and sunday afternoon outdoor mass are both far larger than anything that took place in new york or washington. Its not clear whether that security will cost many in philadelphia a chance to experience their very own papal moment. Heres hoping that security is not too onerous. As for that big speech at Independence Hall saturday, hes been hammering the immigration theme again and again. Again friday afternoon at that Catholic School in east harlem he spoke to some of the children about it. Many of them are in fact immigrants but dont expect lecture, a horang at Independence Hall. Its not the popes way and all of his speeches this week he hasnt been lecturing much hes been basically been talking broad schemes, hes didnt diplomatic he understands hes a guest in this country arc very special guest, but a guest nonetheless inform new york, im bruce gordon, fox 29 news. The city of philadelphia opening its arms to visitors from around the world this weekend and fox 29 was there as buses rolled in unloading dozens of tourists at a time. Streets are closed to vehicles but theyre now filled with out of towners awaiting the popes visit. Popes schedule takes him to some of the most iconic spots across philadelphia. Next we take you inside ahead of this weekends historic visit. Thats tweeting out the sound check one of the bands set to perform tomorrow night at festival of families on the . C live look tonight at the cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul at the base of the ben franklin parkway where pope francis will celebrate mass tomorrow morning. The basilica just one of philadelphias most iconic spots on pope francis schedule when he lands tomorrow morning. We can take you and sigh. Pope francis will stan at this intricate altar inside the basilica added in the 1950s. Century after the basilica first went up. More than nine chapels or shrines surround the sanctuary. Saturdays mass is closed to the public but the chapel next door will stay open 24 hours day with more priests than usual on hand for this weakened. Later tomorrow pope francis moves to Independence Hall he will address a crowd of thousands considered the birthplace of the united states, with declaration of up pennsylvania was read in 1776, tomorrow afternoon, the holy father expected to focus on immigration and religious freedoms. Sunday morning pope francis will meet with inmates and their families at the curranfromhold correct al facility. The prison was pick. A group of inmates in the carpet tree shop built a special chair for the pontiff which he will use inside the prison. Inmate will also present pope francis with fruits and vegetables grown at curranfromhold. Where does pope francis sleep while hes here . At one of the most important catholic institutions in the country. Saint Charles Borromeo seminary in lower merion. It will not be the first visit by a pontiff. Pope john paul ii also visited the seminary back in 1979. This weekend pope francis will meet with bishops visiting for the world meeting of families and lead them in a mass. The leader of the Catholic Church we look at pope francis. His incredible journey. Thats inspiring p parts of the city shut down ahead of popes visit live look right now at the ben franklin parkwayly look at that. No cars allowed. Sky fox over the ben franklin bridge at the top of the hour is last few cars made it over while closed to cars thousands are expected to walk across this weekend on that are way into the city. People are here from around the world and across or nation. One pilgrimage took almost a day and spanned hundreds of miles. All those miles and packed tour buses all the way from gary, indiana but these folks say the chance to see pope francis in certain is well worth the trip. Fox 29s dave kinchen live over penns landing tonight overlooking the bridge pack with people. Reporter no doubt lucy you cant help but feel a general warmth inside when you think about what these pilgrims are going through. In a few hours thousand of pilgrims will be making it across the ben franklin bridge behind me. Were talking about another group though making their way in through a different bridge. Lets go to some video right now. 150 pilgrims from gary, indiana are among those making a journey after traveling 800 miles by bus. Now they left around 7 00 a. M. Yesterday from gary, indiana and got into our area around 1 00 this morning and, yes, of course theyre tired but they say they are naturally excited to see pope francis. They were welcomed by members of the Saint Peter Roman Catholic Church in merchantville where an energizing mass was celebrated and you can bet they are jazzed for saturday and sunday. Hes such a wonderful role model for us. And i just love the message that he is giving. Im already on catholic high. 36 hours lack of sleep but its been a lot of fun and its only going to get better im real excite. What you see is was get. Kind of surreal. Youre as close as we are right now he just kind of talks to you and its over before you realize it. Reporter they did not get a lot of sleep there. But they did say its amazing what coffee can do. By the way, their pilgrimage was possible after Catholic Charities in cam got together with their counterpart in gary, indiana to work out the details. Back to you guys. All right, dave. Great story. Thank you. Looking live from our roof here in old city down Market Street where thousands will be walking throughout the day tomorrow. The big question, will it rain . Fox 29s chief meteorologist Scott Williams tracking the changes. Hi there iain and lucy. Looks like most of the upcoming weekend for the holy father in philadelphia is going to be dry so thats some good news. Hey, dont forget to use twitter at fox 29 philly use the hash tag hash tag fox 29 pope. Tweet us your pictures your images that youre seeing across the entire area this upcoming weekend. As we look at the satellite radar, we have dry conditions in our area but look at the green off to the south. This is that southern system but High Pressure will likely keep the rainfall to our south but not so much the clouds along witness wind with that tight Pressure Gradient both saturday and also sunday. Sunday afternoon and evening, there might be a slight chance for a shower or some sprinkles but the bottom line, for the upcoming papal weekend, clouds, gusty breezes, and once again that slight chance for some rain. So heres the bottom line. Saturday partly sunny, breezy, mid 70s. Its going to feel a little cooler with those winds. Then on sunday, cloudy a few afternoon and evening showers mainly south and east of philadelphia. Once again, dont forget to use twitter and also that hash tag fox 29 pope weve got you covered. Lucy . Thank you very much, scott. On the eve of this historic weekend lets take a look at the fascinating journey that took a jesuit from the slums of south america to the pinnacle of religious leadership. Our bruce gordon takes look at the man around the world known as papa francesco. Reporter those lucky enough to experience a weekly papal audience in saint Peters Square get up close look look at the man who many believe has row inn egg 58ed the Catholic Church around the world. Pope francis is a very special if unlikely leader. Im not even catholic. I really like him because hes real down to earth. Hes for the common people. Hes very generous. Hes very modern. Theres a reason why the people like him so much. He understands the people and being able to see what life why people are suffering. Reporter young priest known as Jorge Mario Bergoglio ministered to his flock in the slums of bun know heiress argentina. Ultimately named archbishop later cardinal. But says papal chronic rocco palmo the shepherd never lost the smell of his sheep. He would get on a bus and go down to the slums. There was no finery, everybody new him as padre. Reporter in february of 2013, Pope Benedict xvi shock the world by announcin announcis resignation. Its very startling. Im as shockstalled as all of you. Unprecedented move that left the college of cardinals scrambling to name a successor. Bergoglio now 76 years old was preparing for retirement had his apartment all picked out. It will be interesting. Father daniel joyce with the office of admission at st. Josephs university. He was his last act as a bishop. He submitted his resignation. He pack very little. He didnt even bring his new shoes, and he had planned on going back and fading into owe live i dont know, you know, am him in the as retired archbishop and cardinal. Reporter but faith and his fellow cardinals had a different path in mind. On march 13th, 2013, bergoglio was voter the first ever jesuit pope and the first non european to hold the position in more than 1200 years. He chose the name francis to hahn are in the saint of a sissy. It quickly became clear francis was not about to change his humble, frugal ways. One of fir goals he made was to his paper boy just saying okay ive been elected pope you got to cut off my subscription to the newspaper and you know the sense of true story. True story. Reporter bergoglios leck came as a surprise to many but in retrospect says palmo it made sense. Francis he says was brought in to reform the vatican to take it back from the bureaucrats who had run it unchecked for so lo long. And he was already a much needed evangelical witness. But the credibility to reintroduce the goss bell to a western world that had grown agapai threat tick. Fans of francis quickly noticed his unique style. I admire the way approaches people and how he shows friend friendliness and humility. Reporter as for substance, papal pronouncements hot button issues like gay marriage, divorce, even abortion have led some to believe francis is taking the church in a more liberal direction. Our experts insist he is merely eliminating the traditional finger wagging over those issu issues. Saying teaching of the church is clear and im a sign of the church. Does not negate your responsibility to be there for somebody. One term francis used often is accompaniment. The church is called to accompany people whatever their situation. Hes an excellent pastoral thiel low january. Its not just about theology of ideas its about ideas that apply to peoples lives. Reporter just week after the world meeting of families here in philadelphia bishops from all over the world including our own archbishop chaput will meet to discuss family issues, sexuality, divorce, remarriage. Pope francis will of course have the last word on all of these subjects. Many admirers hope whatever francis decides policy will be mixed with compassion. Pope is the best. I really adore him. Reporter expect nothing less from this humble man who once stooped to help the lowest of his brothers carries the hopes, dreams and prayers of a billion catholics on his shoulders. Bruce gordon fox 29 news. Another live look from the parkway tonight. Before we head to break a look at some of the touching moments during the popes first days in the us. This nation under god. Heres a live look from Philadelphia International airport. All set to welcome pope francis tomorrow morning. Take lock at shepherd one the plane of pope francis. American airline sendin sendingp theater foes of the 77 from carried the pontiff from d. C. To new york and will bring francis to philadelphia tomorrow. Even before the pope takes off from new york well be live on the air getting you ready. Our live coverage begin at 6 00 a. M. Tomorrow. Well take you through the entire weekend. You can also watch every moment streaming live on our website fox29. Com. Remember, your Mega Millions lottery drawing is neck. Good luck [ woman on p. A. ] now boarding track 6. Do not leave bags unattended. [ male announcer ] maybe you see something suspicious. But you dont want to get involved. Its nothing, you think. Can you be sure . If you see something, say something. Report suspicious activity to local authorities. Announcer threats follow a bad breakup. I knew that he was gonna scratch it cause he had already told me that he was gonna scratch my car. Announcer but was he a man of his word . Judge judy the defendant has a tape. 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