with their parishioners? i think they re learning from him. it s interesting, he s on his way to address them. we know from the past that he doesn t mince words in criticizing leaders and telling them that he wants them, too, to be as close to the people, to go out to the peripheries as much as they can. i think that the u.s. hierarchy has been inspired by that. i am very curie us to hear what he is going to say to this emin st. matthew s. i think that they re watching this. they see. i think they are becoming closer, trying to emphasize that closeness to the people. he is aware, to kasie hunt s point, one side of the street, they are in a better position than most. but they re not along that line. he s aware, again, of each direction and what it means even if it is just a glance versus the big moment when your child is blessed by the pope. he focuses on people but he focuses on that eye contact.
conception. standby for us, luke. kelly o donnell, are you there with me? reporter: i am. i am multitasking tweeting and taking pictures as i watch the holy father. it s the new age. there s monsignor ronald jamison hugging pope francis there. we just mentioned monsignor performed my wedding ceremony. good to see him there. he s been at st. matthew s a long time. he greeted the pope when he arrived at st. matthew s and now appears to be saying good-bye to the pope as he heads for some down time this afternoon. kelly, do we know exactly what this down time is going to look like? are we talking about a nap here for pope francis? reporter: well, he s earned one with all of the activity of this day. and it is an intense experience one can imagine being at the center of all of this. to the left of the camera, and i m not going to ask dave to
journey and we have many days to go. ambassador, thank you so much for your time. e.j. dionne, thank you. now the pope will meet with the bishops, but it s the image so far this day, the lasting image of these children one by one being plucked from the crowds who gathered there, as pointed out, some making great sacrifice to be there to have the opportunity to see this humble holy man of great grace. so we will continue to follow the pope s journey, as mentioned, this prayer service at st. matthew will be followed by the canonization mass of junipero serra. and then on to catholic charyties with the pope will meet with some 200 homeless individuals. then on thursday, addressing the most powerful men and women in this country on capitol hill.
move because i think you ll see it as the procession begins to move, assembled on the steps of st. matthew s are the 300 bishops and cardinals of the church who will or have been waiting to say farewell to the pope. there s applause happening now. the fiat is on the move. there s applause from the bishops and cardinals. and then i would expect we ll hear a roar from the crowd at the intersection of rhode island avenue and connecticut. there it is. i hear it now. as the general public has been waiting for hours, they didn t have the sort of inside view we had to look for cues as to when the holy father would be on the move. and they see the motorcade now. as i mentioned to you earlier, craig, the head of the u.s. secret service was here on site. this is a national security event at the highest level. so the papal detail has been so
josh earnest there talking about a private conversation that lasted roughly 40 minutes between president obama and pope francis. climate change was discussed. there was apparently an interpreor the in the room. and catholic members of the staff received a private visit with pope francis as well. something that is apparently customary with formal visits, state visits like this one. on the right side of your screen there, again, that green door, that is the rectory there at st. matthew s. we expect to see pope francis go in at some point soon here. we can tell you that based on the based on his schedule that we have, he appears to be a little behind schedule. at least 30 to 45 minutes behind schedule at this point. nbc s luke russert is there at the shrine of the immaculate