church was sex abuse stories and that was not the base story today. the base story today is rock star pope takes the world by storm and from the point of view of the catholic church and prospect in the post-modern world, i would say most people look at that as a significant step forward in terms of the kind of attention the catholic church is getting. john allen, thanks very much. coming up this weekend, cnn will take a look at pope francis, a man of many first s. coming up on around the world. china is sending a message to the united states saying, get your house in order. we will have that when we come back.