united states? it doesn t happen all the time. popes traveling is relatively a new thing anyway for the last 50 or 60 years or so. historically, it is relatively new thing. john paul ii came here. pope benedict xvi came here. john the 23rd, et cetera. what i think is different is that this man, he talks very down to earth and about very, very practical things. i think he s going to connect to people in a special way. very exciting. thanks father john. coming up, what s scarier than someone robbing your house? how about watching someone do it? we have two apps to help you. parents rescuing their child if they forgot something at home. is it tough love or too harsh? parenting experts here. song: that s life
cultures and many parishes and many neighborhoods. the church is an absolute. generation upon generation failed. the most fundamental christian mission of all, which is to protect the least of these. exactly. and from the first moment, this pope, who is theologic the representative of christ on earth theologically. he has the potential here to be even more important than john the 23rd. the mississippi republican party said senator thad cochran is the bona fide winner of the state s primary. now an attorney for tea party challenger chris mcdaniel says voter fraud is as widespread,
bill: he really elevated the church in the modern age. why did francis choose to do it this way? it was a total surprise. john paul ii, john the 23rd was a surprise. he was revolutionary, as you said. he started vatican two. i believe pope francis is saying you know what, revolution isn t bad, it s not bad at all. in the presence of benedict giving us so much tradition, saying let s do it together, go forward. bill: and benedict is there as well. apparently they greeted each other twice during the ceremony. in st. peter s. what did his presence mean to you? benedict had the decision to retire. and because of his decision, we got pope francis.
a mass never seen before. up to a million packing st. peter s square with pope francis with the retired public benedict. pope john xxiii, pope john paul the 23rd, fox news religion contributor on this, good morning to you. what did it mean to you to see that moment? 800,000 people is what they say was in the square. they went over there three hours before, she cannot even get into the square with that many people. it was historic because w we hae john paul ii, john the 23rd, people under the age of 65 don t remember. pope francis saying for some reason these two men are very important for us to remember as holy men going forward in the church. that going forward is fascinating. what is francis all about here.
rome. dilia, one million people starting to crowd the vatican there behind you. what a day. reporter: yes, natalie, knave been here all night. they have slept out with their sleeping bags with little food provisions under the stars. to stake their place because the streets of rome are the small windy streets. they strtry to come this to pla to get the best view. the city of rome has set up giant screens for people who couldn t make it to the mant main scene behind me. this is a huge scene two popes being canonized. john paul the second has said to be canonized. john the 23rd has been waiting since 1926 for this