building here at home. the pope francis, ahead of his first visit ever to our country. a school in new york city is prepared to receive him with a very warm welcome. that school in east harlem serves many poor immigrant children. the visit promises to be rich, inspirational experience. bryan llenas has more on this visit from our new york city news room and the kids are getting quite a treat. reporter: no doubt. our lady of queen of angels catholic school will be the only american school the pope will visit. 24 students from four inner city catholic schools will meet with him. like nine-year-old nicholas, and eight-year-old allison who both feel like lucky kids. i sat down with both of them ahead of their big meet with the holy father and they gave me an education. i know that he s the first noneuropean pope in many years. the pope, when he was a kid, he collected stamps. now he s on the stamp. what i like about pope francis is that he is a soccer
now. this is the first noneuropean pope in 1300 years. quite a break from tradition there. the washing feet of prisoners apparently another one, steve? this will be the first time that a pope will be leaving the vatican to do this in a prison. it is worth noting that, it will be reenacting a ceremony that jesus did. jesus washed the feet of his a poll ses apostles on the night before he died. he will do something christ did before he himself was taken off to prison. it is appropriate he is doing that in the setting he is. jon: in biblical times the feet were considered a dirty part of the body and they were often dirty just stomping the roads with days of barefoot or sandal travel. washing the feet you were doing the ultimate to help someone who was a guest in your home. that is why christ did it. the pope is doing something very much like it with these prisoners. the thing that interests me, many of the people in the prison apparently are either
so you will never forget to maintain your system. sign up at rid-x.com. it was a night of excitement and many firsts with 1.2 billion catholics from around the world rejoicing as the 266th pope was elected. amazing pageantry yesterday, really was. yeah. pope francis is the first noneuropean pope in almost 1300 years. so we compiled some of our favorite moments from this history making day. [ cheers and applause ]
3-1, is cardinal from milan, a very well respected italian cardinal. top of the list on the italians. 71. the only thing that seems to have against him since he is the dean of college of cardinals right now and he knows the vatican inside out, the only thing against him is that he s italian in the first place because even though the italians make out most of the college of cardinals, the time seems to be ripe for a nonitalian, noneuropean pope for the first time in history. well, it s just move on to the 4:1 odds, another italian here, cardinal bertone, the vatican secretary of state. a strange selection because he s been much criticized in the past few years for his role as a secretary of state. of overpowering role in a way as he was criticized by the detractors for gaining too much power and running the church
at the top, at the middle, everywhere is what you re saying throughout the catholic church. absolutely. absolutely. and serving such with a foundation many would say, nuns providing the foundation for the catholic church some say as they look at the parishes, the schools, and that has certainly been discussed at length. which, then, do you think? there s been several candidates out there, would be in line with what you just discussed. for instance, there would be the discussion of a noneuropean pope, a european pope, one from north america and i ll bring up one name from ghana. he s been getting a lot of discussion right now. do you think he would be a good choice that would be in line with what you and i have been talking about so far this morning? well, what i know of africa is where the church is growing quickly. one of the things that brought my attention was that he heads