Lets look at live pictures now of pope francis at st. Patricks cathedral in new york city. The pope will lead an Evening Prayer Service there and give remarks in spanish. We will continue to monitor the service and bring you complete coverage rear view the popes historic visit in just a moment. But first, taj is a struck on the one of the holiest days in is lament. Over 700 people crushed to death in saudi arabia in a stampede during the annual hajj. Hundreds more were injured. Saudi Arabias King Salman has promised a swift investigation in to one of the deadliest accidents during the hajj in two decades. Omar al saleh reports now from mean a. Reporter a second tragedy within weeks, saudi Authorities Say a sudden surge among the huge crowd of pilgrims led to a deadly stampede. Hundreds of people died, many more were injured. Translator we were coming back and on the way back i met my husband, the pilgrims began pushing each other and pushed people to the ground. I was about to die. Rep
Witness this today, stephanie. Libby casey anticipating events there, our coverage of pope francis first visit to america continues and the pontiff reaction to the Church Sex Abuse scandal and some praise him for it and some say its not enough. We do have i believe more live pictures coming out of washington right now, do we have images of the parade route and in just moments the pope will be getting back into the pope mobile at which point it will be a relatively short parade around the lifts. This is a live look at the residence where the pope is staying and i believe this is Patrick Horn Beck help me out, is in the cathedral. Inside space he will pray before going back outside to celebrate mass. Okay, and from here patrick let us just pause for a moment and talk about the popularity of this pope among ordinary americans because there are 70 million catholics in the country. Absolutely. His message resinating to people beyond that . Absolutely, this pope has managed to attract people
New york city. The pope arrives in the big apple after a historic nation in the capitol and addressed the congress and met with Homeless People being assisted by Catholic Charities and had lunch with them. You are used to seeing his face by now im sure and we have the chair of the Theology Department at fortum university in new york. Its good to be with you. Ive got to ask you, i have not been privy to a lot of your thoughts over the last couple of days guess what we have enough time coming up, im going to know everything about what you are thinking about this trip by this pope. But as we take a look at the helicopters that will take the pope from john f. Kennedy International Airport to Downtown Manhattan. Manhattan heliport. Sort of walk me through the day, we can get to the last couple of days in a second, but i want you to walk me through your thoughts on this day starting with the remarks, the comments, the speech before the joint meeting of congress. Absolutely, tony. This was a
This is Aljazeera America. Good morning. Live from new york city, im randall pinkston. Pope francis will make history once again this morning on his first visit to the u. S. He is becoming the first pontiff to address a joint meeting of congress. Thousands will watch the historic address inside and outside the capital. The popes first day in the u. S. Was a whirlwind. He visited the white house and met privately with president obama, then he thrilled huge crowds during a parade along d. C. Streets before a special mass to canonize the saint. You are taking a live look at the National Mall where some 30,000 people are expected to gather. Del walters is there, too, where he will hear the popes address. Del, tell us whats going to happen outside the capital building. What you are hearing is the National Anthem as a climate day rally is kicking off, co in crieding with the papal address that will take place inside congress at 9 20 this morning. There are expect to go 40,000 people on the m
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