children, or who throws away our beautiful, moral ecology. we need to preserve our environment not only for ourselves so that we can have healthy and happy lives, but also for future generations. we have a moral obligation to those who will come after us. so once again, if we see these teachings as an integrated whole, we ll have the central message of the pope and of the catholic church. the pope here is teaching entirely consistently with pope benedict, with pope john paul ii, and also the popes going back to leo xiii who back at the end of the 19th century inaugurated this great tradition of social teaching. we ve just gotten word, by the way, robert, that the pope is now heading toward his vehicle in order to begin this parade in front of the tens of thousands who are waiting for him. that s obviously going to be a high point for many people here. it s the first time they re going to get a chance to see him in the now sort of famous popemobile. we don t have a shot directly tha
welcome back to the special edition of early start. we are expecting our first look at pope francis in the popemobile. he s expected to leave the santa marta residence where he is living until his papal amounts are ready. today is the first time st. francis rides in the famous popemobile. he doesn t like flashy cars. he took the bus and the subway to work. he was also known to walk the streets of buenos aires and talk to the people. after being selected as pope, francis rode back from the papal conclave on a bus with the cardinals. again, refusing a chauffeured limousine. you re taking a look at a picture of it right there. it s quite the moment. say serious issue. it had the official license plates. i m not riding in that, i m going back on the bus with the rest of the cardinals.
parishioners. he stood outside that church and pressed the flesh. i also have to say, across the vatican tv and the media savvy world we re living in, they have a lot of different angles including one from the pope mobile. you have a pope s eye view as he s driving through st. peter s square. do we have time, allen, available to us? john, could you walk us through where he is right now, where he s headed? well, the pope, he has entered in this open aired jeep. you re absolutely right, zoraida. this is another instance of pope francis putting his own touch on things. this is how john paul ii used to move through the square prior to the assassination attempt in 1981. then they developed the enclosed popemobile. he does not want to be in a bubble, he wants to be as accessible to the people. he s making what the italians
baby that was handed to him in the popemobile as he drives around. oh, my goodness. he looks like he is getting out of the popemobile. i do not know if he has arrived or if he is getting down to greet the people. father beck, this is extraordinary. doesn t it remind you of the inaugural parade. oh, he s going to bless a sick man. somebody s holding a man there. he is giving a blessing right now. we ve talked about unscripted moments. we had no words that pope francis was going to get out of the pope mobile and walk around. that is clearly what s happened. it s quite possible he saw that sick man there. he said, stop, i want to bless him. when the president and the first lady get out of the limousine and want to walk among the people. he wants to touch his flock. i will also explain the significance of that for the man who is holding somebody there who is obviously sick to get the pope s blessings. to put it in simple terms, it doesn t get any better than
you mentioned an informality, jim. they brought a baby up. to kiss a baby. we see at the side of the popemobile some security detail. i would imagine the security detail here is massive. in a way it s massive but in a way it s not massive and we can t see the things of ali aja. this kind of scene. how could you as a security person protect anyone from aass. there s some screening but they can t screen everybody. as a consequence, it s a very vulnerable thing and he s a vulnerable figure when he s doing this sort of thing. jim bidderman, we just saw an amazing image, pope francis being handed a baby, kissing a