is the biggest thing i could equate it to. and this is bigger. yeah, the night before when they inflate all the big parade balloons. and at least with simon & garfunkel, they can listen to music, here they re waiting to see the pope for a few seconds. we were up on the roof and we agreed we couldn t give details about the security, but i can tell you, every street he s going down in new york city, there are people everywhere, security, law enforcement, secret service, watching every single block and people at windows and all kinds of things. so it entirely makes sense to me that they would scoot over to the east side and take a highway as opposed to to just coming right down through the middle. chester gillis is with us, dean of georgetown college, director of the program on the
church and interreligious dialogue, founding director for the program on the church, and it goes on. expert on u.s. catholic church, history of catholicism and the papalcy. so dean chester gillis should be the perfect person to talk about this papacy. dean gillis, there are so many questions to ask. first of all, the success of the washington trip, the question bishop barron and i have been discussing and that is, when will we know about the francis effect on the u.s. catholic church? well, i brian, i think on the washington trip, it was very much a success and a great balancing act between a challenge and the invitations for the congress and the american people to step up to be marginalized and the poor, to the range of issues the pope is interested in. i think he s a rock star. i m very moved by him. i think there will be an effect. although you re correct, the
forward with the budget. i thought that that was the appropriate discussion to have. thank you so much. thank you. marsha fudge, congresswoman and stay in touch. we want to know how this comes out. thank you. out. and pope francis has spent his second day on the job meeting with the cardinals who elected him. he was given the keys to the papal apartment which has been sealed since pope benedict stepped out. before checking into his new home, pope francis stopped by the front desk of his hotel, picking up his own luggage, paying the bill. he made his mark by riding a bus. riding with the cardinals, showing that he would not get into that limo and he would still remain in many ways a pastor. joining me now, chester gillis, dean of georgetown college. thank you first, a jesuit institution. this is a very big deal having the first jesuit pope. a very big moment for all
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to finding the best catch. wireless is limitless. what is at stake for american catholics in the selection of a new pope as we look at the beautiful scene from the vatican. joining me is chester gillis dean at georgetown, a professor of theology. welcome. thank you very much. thank you, andrea. we ve talked about what s happening in the vatican, but the american catholic diaspora is really watching this. do they feel somewhat disconnected from the papacy because of the scandals, the sexual scandals here, and does the vatican need to think about that, about reconnecting with young people in particular?