help us, too, and we ve never even seen them before. guys, i have to ask as well, you just got married, oft oftensometimes people get married and want to give gifts. did you have a lot of stuff in your house that was part of building a new life together, maybe some of those wedding gifts? that? stuff gone? a lot of it is gone. we were able to save a few things, a few clothes, most important our pictures but those are just material things, they can be replaced. we re just happy to be here more than anything. and i see, i think i m seeing a picture, you were able to salvage the wedding shoes, angela? is that what i m looking at? those are my wedding shoes. they have made it dirty and all. that is incredible, and one other thing, guys, before i let you go, i was asking you during the commercial break, honeymoons. people get married and it s
taking place this morning, he was beautified about two hours ago, but the mass associated with it continues right now, but they expected this to be maybe the biggest event to take place in and around rome since his death and his funeral service back in 2005 and looks like it did deliver. it gives you a good idea of people shoved in there, elbow to elbow. we ve seen people crying and smiling and enjoying the ceremony which has no doubt been a gorgeous ceremony. here is another shot of it, people, many of them coming from his native poland made the trip down to rome and vatican city to be a part of this. the vatican he s most one step closer to sainthood. we keep this picture up, but i ll bring in nadia bilchik. the vatican waived the five-year waiting process, part of that
catholics around the world, the 1.2 billion around the world, is, you ve got a new friend in heaven. it s not a new friend, but more of an old friend and it s like a reunion for catholics, the pope part of their lives for more than 27 years and once more part of their life here today. even though he s a step closer to becoming a saint and this process has moved fairly quickly, certainly one of the fastest in modern times, it still could be a while before that second miracle is confirmed, or do we believe that the church is going to try to push that up and try to rush that process through as well? reporter: well unfortunately, t t.j., a miracle isn t something you can manufacture. you have to wait until it happens. the odds are it will happen quickly. part of the delay in waiting for a miracle sometimes is somebody has to pray to the saint to
intercede with them with god to get a miracle. if there aren t very many people around the world doing that, it will happen quickly. with john paul ii this is a pope near and dear to the hearts of hundreds, tens of people over the world, 1.2 billion catholics and so i think there will be a vast thrall praying to john paul for his help and therefore the odds of one of the prayers being answered in the affirmative and that happening quickly are good. john allen for us in rome, amazing pictures, the overwhelming response that we re seeing at the vatican and in the surrounding areas. john allen will be with us throughout the morning, we ll talk to you plenty this morning. we appreciate it. thanks so much. as we keep a live look there on pope benedict, the one today who was part and oversaw the beautification ceremony of his predecessor, something you don t see that afternoon. a gorgeous ceremony and
explain to me. reporter: i m inside of forest lake baptist church. the last couple of days we ve been talking about the death and destruction of many people, not just in alabama through throughout the region. now we re going to talk about the rebuilding process and that process starts in places like this church. take a look. we ve got this incredible amount of water that s all over the place, all along this wall, here along the table, all kinds of goods so people who have been displaced, homes no longer exist can come in, pick up a plate, get a couple items, apple or an orange and like this, a bag of funyons. when you have funyons you ve got a complete breakfast. things that may seem trivial but it s part of getting back to normal. people have got to eat and this church has taken steps to help people out. believe it or not these steps started months before. this is a food pantry and in