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rick: there s been a sharp decline in the number of american men and women entering the catholic order. new research suggests there s been a steady dip over the last 50 years, but it s been far more drastic for women. chief religion correspondent lauren green has more on what s causing the change. reporter: 33-year-old brendan coffey is a walking embodiment of what has become a rare exception for the catholic church, a millennial choosing the priesthood. the life of a jesuit is countercultural. by today s standards, not a lot of people are getting in line for poverty, chastity and obedience. for me, it was falling in love with a commitment to service, a commitment to promoting a god who is deeply in love with his creation. reporter: over the last five decades, the catholic church in the united states has seen a steady decline in the number of priests and sisters according to georgetown university s center for applied
correspondents dinners that he s done and he s always very funny. this is a moment where you can sort of see in glimmers a softer side of them. but i also wanted to mention that this event did achieve something that even the debates, that the last debate didn t. that is they actually shook hand. so, little victories, i guess. to alisyn s point it s nice to see them not at each other s throats. they can do it at this charity dinner but not on the national stage. let me see, let me see. wait, hold on. is it about to happen. can we rerack that and slow mo that. they did chat. it took them, basically, the head of the catholic church in the united states to make them chat and to have that hand shake. did they wipe their hand really fast and say, oh, cooties. they did a couple hail marys.
a sick church. he wants his church to be not a regulator of faith but a transmitter of faith. and that is what we are seeing here because we are seeing thousands of people coming together to celebrate their faith. every single time that pope francis is on his popemobile, everyone along that route hoping to get a glimpse of pope francis. and hear this. just because you are on the sidelines, on the streets, next to pope francis, you are in the shadow of peter, meaning that you are getting his blessing. so here s what s going to happen. we ll see pope francis come through this row. he s going to come up to the altar. he s going to go up to the altar and celebrate mass. this is going to be the biggest event in the united states only because this is the only open-air mass in the u.s. in the states. so we re expecting, you know, record numbers of people. but, again, we re going to see
pope francis coming through this road here momentarily. and we re going to bring you those live pictures. father martin, interesting to watch you watching. you have this incredible smile on your face. what s this like for you? it s amazing. i never get tired of it. i was thinking he just passed a column that i was standing by in 1979 where i stood to see john paul ii. and, you know, i was talking to my cousins last night who were at independence halseying them, and i just kept saying over and over at dinner, i can t believe i saw the pope. i mean, you know, there s a nice analogy between god making his home and gin jesus christ and c to live among us. even though the pope knows he s not jesus, someone like the pope coming to your hometown and reminding you that you re part of the church and i care for you. and it s wonderful for philadelphia and wonderful for the world to see this sort of emblem of holiness come to us. there is also an intimacy here. he is very close, closer than
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