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We can see him. we can touch him. i think for catholics that s the electrici electricity. it s a link to christ. so we call him the vicar of christ. he is much more than just a holy man. people sense his holiness. i think the connection to peter means so much. also his devoted life of prayer, his life s work is worship. it s the engine that drives him. in all the biographies you hear this steady dedication to prayer. he is a jesuit trained in ignation prayer. he is something who has allowed scenes to live vividly in his imagination and derives enormous spiritual power. the hours and hours of prayer give him his energy and focus. ....
At some point we have to. that s why god brought the pope here to help us do that. he s not a political leader. he s a moral and spiritual leader and everything he says is fecks politics and politicians but he s not a political leader and i think we need to remember that and that s why we re on retreat this week because he s making us call to mind our own politics but in the beginning, in the end he s the vicar of christ, successor of peter, moral and spiritual leader not just for the catholics but the whole country and that s a gift we need to all think and pray and really take stock of everything and i think he s going to help us do that in different ways. he ll talk about religion use liberty a lot when he gets to philadelphia and gives that speech out there and i think there s going to be a lot of other things, he s here really to go to the family meeting in philadelphia to strengthen families in the christian vision of that, so i think he s going to be really talking about famil ....
Speaks from heart. what did his holiness have to say to you about the dissidents in cuba? i know there were a lot of people in the human rights community that had hoped that the pope would be able to meet with him. i know the cuban government wasn t exactly helping to facilitate that. what did he have to say? reporter: i asked him about the reports that we heard, jake of more than 15 dissidents being arrested outside and he said that he didn t know about this, that he didn t have any understanding or learning of that happening. i asked if he were to meet with dissidents, what he would tell them. i said what would you tell them, holy father, if you had the opportunity to meet with them? and he said that, you know, he actually told me that i picked a nobel prize for hypothetical question and laughed. and then went on to say that you ....
Somebody who is loved not only by the catholic chu but goodwill around the worm this is a moment of history we re watching. and the american government putting on this royal welcome, both the president and vice president, members of the government representatives of the bishops conference and of course cardinl donald wuerl, host of this part of the visit. some of the officials, cardinal wuerl of the washington archdiocese, archbishop joseph k ruchl kurtz, cardinal theodore mccarrick, archbishop emeritus and timothy brolio. all here to welcome the great pastor from rome, their brother, the pope, vicar of christ, the bishop of rome, as he likes to call himself. father, i don t need to tell you, the pope s arriving today in a country where many say they ....
father rosica, the english language media attache for the vatican, tell us what this moment is look for you. you know the pope. you ve been part of the planning for this moment. it s an extraordinary moment. the joy is palpable, not only here, the joy in philadelphia, as we re waiting here, thousands, 17,000 delegates the world meeting of families watching this great event in philadelphia. the people of new york, very very happy that he s coming. what s happening here is, for the whole world. the world is watching this particular visit. for me personally, the holy father is the vicar of christ. he s our leader. he s our shepherd. when you know the shepherd, it makes an even bigger difference. his simplicity, authenticity, revolution of tenderness he spoke about in cuba and this revolution of normalcy that he s ushered in because what he s doing is the work of a pastor. ....