really pinpoint progress in terms of what some are calling deliverables, what can the president really take home and said we accomplished this while we were here, this transpacific partnership that could involve 12 asian countries. it hasn t really come to fruition and the administration knew that this is going to take a long time in coming. it wasn t necessarily a guarantee that that would happen but today, while the president was in malaysia, the u.s. and the philippines did sign a ten-year deal to expand the u.s. military presence in the region. christi and victor? some progress. still work to do. michelle cosinsky for us in kuala lumpur, thank you. oh, what a celebration for catholics around the globe today. less than two hours ago a pair of the church s most beloved modern popes were installed as saints. pope francis presided over the half-hour canonization ceremony and beyond the pageantry and the solemnity, it was a moment of firsts.
popes on the same day, which has never happened before. let s go back to john allen and delia gallagher. and just to give us a sense of how different this particular ceremony is and the feeling in the crowd there. well, i mean, in a way, you know, we have covered large-scale canonization and beatification events before. i mean, we ve seen vast crowds here in rome, for example, for the canonization of padre, who bore the wounds of christ in his own body or the beatification of mother teresa. but i think what is unique, of course, here today is that we are watching history being made. and everyone here is aware that they are watching history being made, because the first time two popes have ever been declared saints together, the first time two living popes have ever taken part in a canonization ceremony, and that math, two plus two, by
pope francis provides the homily of mass during this canonization ceremony. translator: and thomas was present. jesus turned to him and told him to touch his wounds. whereupon that man, so straightforward and accustomed to testing everything personally. my order, my god. the wounds of jesus are a scandal, a stumbling block for faith. yet, they re also the test of faith. that s why on the body of the risen christ, the wounds never pass away. they remain, for those wounds are the enduring sign of god s love for us.
excitement and unusual nature of a ceremony like today. we ve seen two popes there now and, of course, two late popes are being turned into saints. this is a day of rock stars for catholics, would you guys say? reporter: yeah, well, you know, the truth of it is that when you cover the koth lick chur catholic church, you don t usually have the opportunity to say unprecedented. this is after all an institution with 2,000 years of history, but this is really a first, the first time two popes have been declared saints in the saint ceremony and the first time the two living popes have taken part in a canonization ceremony, so delia, we certainly are watching history being made along with a million of our closest friends. reporter: yes, i ll say. plenty of people have come from all over the world, camped out all night to be here for this event. it s also a special event because we re seeing pope emeritus, benedict, with pope francis. a lot of people said, how is
canonization ceremony continues. literally thanking the holy father for pronouncing that canonization. the formula, the two embrace. and the gloria will be following. john and delia, we want to bring you back in now. after this canonization ceremony concludes, there will be a regular mass. what can we expect from the pope s homily? well, it will be as regular a mass as you can have, when you ve got more than a million people in the streets. you ve got an estimated 150 cardinals, 1,000 bishops, 6,000 priests. not the kind of thing that