hearts. and that s why i m looking forward to it. thanks very much to all three of you. we appreciate it. that story mary told about washing the feet of the men who had aids was very profound. outfront next, millions of catholics and millions of others were glued to your television set today. but what can we expect from pope francis and the catholic church? the reflections of a catholic girl. [ female announcer ] what if the next big thing, isn t a thing at all? it s lots of things. all waking up. connecting to the global phenomenon we call the internet of everything. it s going to be amazing. and exciting. and maybe, most remarkably, not that far away. we re going to wake the world up. and watch, with eyes wide, as it gets to work. cisco. tomorrow starts here.
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pope francis chose his name from pope francis assisi. he is known for a love of animals and for the poor. will it bring change when it comes to some of the devisive issues that many around the world focus on around the church, gay rights, celibacy. out front tonight is the communications director for opus day and mary johnson joins us. she was a nun for 20 years before leaving the church due to an affair she had with a fellow nun. they is now author of an unquenchable thirst. let me start with you, mary. the pope has strongly opposed gay marriage in argentina, contraception argentina as we talked about earlier in the program. abortion, of course. does this worry you as someone who left the church due to social issues or do you think
we don t know what might be in his heart at this moment. but he s also a man of the church and a man of faith. and some of these questions are questions of doctrine, questions that throw from the sacred tradition of the church. mary, do you think that pope francis will reach out to some of these groups of people who have felt left out or left behind, not included, whether it be some groups of women, whether it be gays and lesbians, will he do that or will he remain silent? i certainly hope he would reach out. i know that as arch bishop in buenos aires, he went and washed the feet of 12 men who had aids. this is a move in the right direction. a visible move of compassion. i hope he would continue that way. i think of pope john paul ii, as you know, i was a sister with the missionary of the charity, the sisters of mother teresa of calcutta. and at one point, pope john paul is said to have proposed to mother teresa that she become a