We are live here at the Woodrow Wilson center in washington, d. C. Today, look at the popes visit to the u. S. This september. Pope francis we stopping in washington, new york city and philadelphia. A National Press foundation bring together reporters who cover religion and they will talk about ideas for coverage of pope francis first trip to the United States. Some issues expect to be discussed today and some issues expect the pope to address while in the u. S. Poverty hunger, immigration, the environment and more. Live coverage here on cspan2. Id like to take just a minute to thank the sponsors for this event, the u. N. Foundation and the Aarp Foundation and to meet some other folks later on. With that i would turn it over to linda. Thank you sandy. We will move right into logistic. Im going to introduce helen osman, secretary of to make a shift of u. S. Catholic conference of bishops. She is coordinating Media Coverage around the visit pope francis next month which, of course, why w