facedown in her bathtub. well, last night we were treated to what s called a super blood moon. that is when the earth and the sun and the moon all line up which puts the moon in the earth s shadow. the moon s reddish color happens because the sun s light is filtered by particles in the earth s atmosphere. those are some of our top stories on this monday, september 28th. from abc news, this is world news now. all right. we re going to test you on that coming up on what you learned just now. why was it red. exactly. but we re going to begin this half hour with the end to the pope s historic trip to america marked by his advocacy for immigrants, the poor as well as the environment. and after touching the hearts of millions of people, pope francis was clearly moved as well. his parting words his heart was full of gratitude and hope. abc s marci gonzales has more from philadelphia this morning. reporter: hi, guys. good morning. the crowds weren t quite as big as ex
it is monday, september 28th. from abc news, this is world news now. day one around here. good morning, everybody. i m kayna whitworth in for reena ninan. i m kendis gibson. we do thank you for joining us on day one on monday. what a fun weekend it was all throughout the east coast, of course, because you had the pope with hundreds of thousands of people seeing him and enjoying this pope. absolutely. it s been a fantastic time i know. that s our top story here today. pope francis arriving back in the vatican. you mentioned he had just entered european air space. he did. he did. it s been a whirlwind tour of three major american cities. people of all faiths moved by his message. the pope s final wave at the philadelphia airport came on a day he apologized to the church sex abuse victims, delivered a warning to the american bishops, and embraced jail inmates. abc s terry moran leading us off. reporter: he made his way through the streets of philadelphia. the c