[ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] you really get a sense of the excitement there. Chris, explain what is going to happen now for the next several hours there. Oh sure. Let me bring in rosa flores whos with me. She was on the papal plane. Personally blessed by pope francis, and again for a catholic its just a really big deal. Hes the head of the church. To see your enthusiasm and having grown up in the church as i did, what a great thing. I was so jealous, but now he passed by. So youre blessed too. I feel a little better now. But this is a big deal. Canonization canonization mass, what does it mean that he is hispanic to the Latino Community here . Its a really big deal. But i think i have to backtrack a little bit because theres a lot of controversy about this particular priest. Junipero serra. Junipero serra. And i have to go back to something that a priest told me who knows pope francis very well. Pope francis looks at your shoes when he first sees you coming back from
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day here in washington is continuing this hour. right now he s celebrating mass for 35,000 of the faithful. this is right outside the largest catholic church in the u.s. but even it isn t big enough to hold everyone who has come to see and to pray with him. this is the first mass that the pope has celebrated in the u.s. and the church s first canonization on u.s. soil. the choice of a hispanic saint is seen as a nod to the pope s views on immigration. and i want to start by bringing in jim schutto. he s been following the proceedings throughout the entire day. tell us what we are seeing now, jim. well, this is one of the most elaborate masses you ll ever see. it s going to go on for two hours and it starts with a special moment of the first canonization to take place on u.s. soil. there have been other american saints. for instance, it was interesting that the gift that the president gave the pope today included a key from elizabeth anne seaton who was the first, i believe the first