picking up the great theme of the last half of the pun tiff cat of john paul ii talking about the new evangelism and a church recovering the sense of missionary fervor. who pope francis is reminding us is that oftentimes example invites people to consider the gospel more than lecture. and he s summoning all of us as maria said to be the exemplars of christian joy, compassion, christian truth telling and in doing that to bring others into the community of faith fly s the word joy again. george weigel, it is always a joy to have you. thank you very much. we ve been watching as george is speaking live pictures where the pope has emerged and as if to thank all of the many adults and children who have spent the long
better. there is something about the tenderness with which this very tactile pope greets especially children, especially special needs children who have been at every stop along the we and the security detail, waiting for him to get in i guess what is fiat 1 and another motorcade to the northeast section of washington, d.c. to catholic university. we have just in the last few minutes watched a number of u.s. cardinals arrive. in the audience. jeb bush has arrived. in the vip section. of the audience. it will be quite a star-studded event there today. one of the signature events during the pope s time in washington. to that end, we want to bring in an old friend, senior vatican analyst who is at the basilica. george wagel, an author, a thinker and a biographer, the best of the vatican watchers we
have ever been able to find. and george, you and i have yet to speak during this. i m so curious what typical pope francis attributes you have seen yet and what you re looking for yet in this trip. brian, the pope has displayed a remarkable public personality that two and a half years ago when we were discussing his election no one expected him to have. you remember the night he came out on the balcony of st. peters and then over the next several months, the shy and reticent man is one of the most extraordinary public personalities in the world. i said this morning that i think what s going on here is a genuine pastor with the ability