officers from the philadelphia police department signaling very shortly the arrival of pope francis. you are just joining us. we are here with christiane amanpour and gallagher, a vatican correspondent. this is a mass for the clergy. this is a mass. we have seen him meet with the bishops in washington, d.c. we saw also in new york and st. patrick s large number of clergy present at st. patrick s cathedral. this is important really wherever he goes around the world to mobilize the field workers, if you will. it really is. clergy and religious women. he is in particular speaking to religious women at each of these events. it is important, because if he is going to have his mission accomplished, here we are. there he is. let s listen in as the crowds crete the pontiffs.
we re back in philadelphia. pope francis is on his way here by air. he s in the air right now from new york, and this morning he will celebrate mass at the cathedral basilica of saint peter and paul here in philadelphia. that s our cathedral here. that s a live picture, by the way, at philadelphia international airport where he ll arrive. earlier, late yesterday i spoke with philadelphia police commissioner, charles ramsey. great fella. he s coordinating this massive security operation here in philadelphia. commissioner, it s great coming in here. i ve never seen anything quite like it in this city. let s put it this way, this city is well prepared. has there ever been anything like this? i ve not experienced anything like this. there was a pope here in 79 which would have been john paul
roof across the street from st. patrick s cathedral. george, the vespers service, a kind of amazing moment there when the holy father thanked the women of the church and the church erupted into applause. pope francis is very aware that religious women have been an enormous factor in the life of the catholic church since els booeth ann seton, whom he cited at the very beginning of his remarks tonight. this really beautiful service i think caps a day that has called everyone to think again. i said earlier to brian willi s williams, 31 years in washington, i haven t heard anyone speak as eloquently about politics as a vocation, not just a career, and a vocation capable
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all right. congressman tim huelskamp, republican from kansas, was at that speech today. thank you very much. on your screen right now you see the enormous nypd and security presence that is outside the vatican s diplomatic residence. that will be where pope francis will be spending this evening. he is up 5th avenue from st. patrick s cathedral where he just conclude aid vespers service, an evening prayer service. there was not a mass. there was no eucharist at that service. it was a prayer service. the pope did speak briefly. a beautiful choir sang. the attendees bursting out into applause at several points. i want to also bring in senator chris murphy of connecticut who was inside the house chamber for the pope s speech. senator, your reaction to what the pope the first ever in the history of this nation, papal address to a joint session of congress that you were able to attend today. it was an amazing moment. and i frankly agree with tim that i think there were a lot of people