switch to geico. it's what you do. ♪ >> ahh, an as studenting night at the festival of families, aretha franklin, andre bocelli, philadelphia orchestra just some big names appearing on the stage. we will have more and also the the pontiff's message at last night's event.

also crews are working throughout the night to tear downstage set up for today's papal mass. this is time lapse video of the crews working overnight, you can see those little legs, and feet, showing pretty quickly there to get it all done. people camping out to get a good spot the for this afternoon's mass as well, we will have more surrounding the big event. you can feel the energy. it is sunday, september 27th, good morning to all of you. so glad you are with us. i'm nicole brewer back here in the studio. >> i'm erika von tiehl. we are at ben franklin parkway. the the sunnies up. stage is set. it is now an alter. in the last half an hour, a number of people have filed in. they are now starting to take seat, looking around this area right here, thousands of seats, set up to look at that alter, at 4:00 p.m. when pope fran cyst celebrates mass a lot of activity, the stage is set pretty much. the folks taking all those pictures we have been seeing on social media.

everyone so excited for them. this morning pope francis woke up at saint charles seminary, where he is having a break before this busy schedule gets underway at 9:15. the pope francis will meet with seminarians and bishops at saint charles borromeo seminary. at 11:00 a.m. he will visit curran-fromhold correctional facility. at 4:00 p.m., many areas catholics so excited about this. pope francis will celebrate mass right here on the parkway. and then at 8:00 p.m. this whirlwind u.s. tour has just flown by he will take off and head back to rome. just a busy day. hopefully he got a good night's rest, nicole. now back to you good that man has been going non-stop. >> no kidding. >> thanks, erika. we appreciate it. a lot of people hoping we have good weather. there is a lot have of road closures. >> there is still and those are lifting tomorrow. we will have updates in a couple minutes, for sure. >> running for the road, when

they open up again. >> maybe it will stop running and get back in their cars. >> all eyes are on the weather today as we have been asking, and, of course, for some help from everyone, ask for good weather. i think it paid off. we are looking at a few you sprinkles. cloudy and windy, yes, we will be dealing with that but we are not talking about any rain today. current temperature 61 degrees in philadelphia 54 in allentown. sixty-six in wildwood. mount pocono made to it 50-degree mark. good morning, folks. looking live at storm scan three. this is a a close call. you can see the the low pressure system, it is right there and the rain is off to our south and our west, but it looks like we are going to stay relatively dry for the the day and that is terrific as it the is how many people that will be out there for hours on end walking around waiting to see mass today. 9:30 a.m. we have 67 degrees. 72 degrees as he head towards the correctional facility visit and 11:00 a.m. at 4:00 p.m. about 73 degrees. looking across our region today we are expecting a high

of 75 in philadelphia cloud, wind will be with us. the coastal flooding possible. high of 73. 65 degrees here in the poconos. today stay mostly cloudy that wind still kicking down the shore. we can see gusts of 25 miles an hour. we have a coastal flooding concern. i will talk more about that when i come back in a few moments but lets head over to meisha right now and she has a eye on the road. >> i do indeed, good morning, kyla and all of you at home just waking up with us. you just never get old, does it, seeing i-95 southbound at cottman looking like this saturday and sundays are less volume then during the workweek but it doesn't typically look like this. it really is looking slow. everyone is heeding warnings just stay away from the roadway, as much as you can even though 95 clearly is open. lets look at that ben franklin bridge. this is an erie sight seeing it the so empty. you cannot travel from the ben franklin bridge in the east and westbound direction. that of course will lift tomorrow at noon. you can, if you are trying to

get, into new jersey, you can walk across the ben franklin bridge. you can take path the co, river link ferry. you will need those special passes for river link ferry for those wanding about that. pope is a at the seminary. he is meeting with bishops at 9:30 a.m. because of that city avenue is closed between lancaster avenue to belmont avenue until late afternoon today for those wandberg that. erika, back over to you. >> meisha, thank you. eyes are off the road and in the skies last night for this, just a beautiful fire works show lighting up the night sky. that caps off tonight's festival for the festival of families concert, just a beautiful event last night. now that today they will clean it up, they have converted it into an alter for today's mass at 4:00 p.m. over my shoulder. lets bring in our justin finch who has more on the preparation and how they convert that had so quickly, change it from the stage to the alter, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the stage is now set and already people are filing into take their seats.

bear in mind, rather, mass begins at 4:00 this afternoon. it the is only just after 8:00 . in less than 12 hours a much different stage from last night's festival of families. lets take a look pope francis looking amused as he watched famous performers take the mike and he listened carefully to stories of families hailing from around the world, each speaking of how their family's faith, strength, brought them to personal challenges. then we all heard that voice, the the flawless voice of philadelphia 14 year-old bobby hill of the cities andorra section. no surprise he is in the keystone state boys choir or that the pope seemed to like what he heard. the pope was also serenaded by the queen aretha franklin whose rendition of the amazing grace had him clapping and smiling. italian opera star andre bocelli and others wowed crowd of thousands too. master of ceremonies anchor mark wahlberg for famous for

his edgey rolls, wahlberg told the pope and audience he is a believer in family and faith, lets take a listen. >> i feel most bless today being on stage with the holy father and here with all my fellow christians. i truly feel like today i could do anything. i attribute all of my success to my catholic faith. >> reporter: and back to that stage, this morning, it will be focus yet again at 4:00 p.m. for that mass led by pope francis, looking at the stage right now, it appears finishing touches are continuing to fall into place. workers looking at their work. checking for every detail making sure it is perfect for today's mass. you will need a ticket to be as close as we are, there is overflow on the parkway as well. you can watch on jumbo trons, and historic moment seen by many in our city. erika, back over to you. all building up to this. thank you so much. pope francis also did speak last night at festival

of the families. while most of his message was serious there was a brief moment of leavety that had people laughing at the audience. he was talk about families and how important they are and he mentioned the occasional argument. >> families have have difficult advertise. families quarrel. children bring had headaches. >> mother in laws, how about that. holy father spoke about the beauty of families and noticed he can speak about this because he is not married. so a bit of leavety there to get the crowd going. folks have have been

camped out overnight on the ben franklin parkway hoping to catch a glimpse of pope francis. late for day our alexandria hoff joins us on the parkway. i'm hearing some cheers, alex, good morning. >> reporter: you know, good morning. i feel like performance has moved from that way and down this way from the parkway. people keeping themselves entertained and happy. this is second night in the row for many of these families, sleeping out the here on the parkway. this group is from texas. they are just so excited, bringing in more and more people. keep in mind they have been sleeping, in sleeping bags in the cold weather, weather hasn't been the best around sunrise, it gets chilly and for those trying to stay asleep i have no idea how they will try to manage to do that. it is a very special joyous weekend for these folks. today a little will bit more contemplation and more focused on worship with the 4:00 p.m. mass, as justin mentioned that alter is all set.

they have stage their spots. this is where they want to be. this is what they have come all the way for, the the day of worship, with the holy father, and many of them told me that sleeping outside on the ground, you know, it is tough but it is all part of the pilgrimage. so for many, it enhanced, had maybe not this fellow, i don't know how, but a a lot of people are expressing a lot of joy at this hour and a lot of people climbing out of their sleeping bags. everyone has a reason to be out here, here's within priest who told me, everybody finding that reason and they are hoping to have it suited by the holy father when he comes down the the parkway later this afternoon. reporting live, from the ben franklin parkway, alexandria hoff cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> well worth it when you see pope francis drive by. thanks very much. now before last night's party on the parkway independent hall that was the place to be. pope francis spoke in front of the crowd of thousands. not saying away from hot

button topics like globalization, racism and immigration. "eyewitness news" reporter charlotte huffman joins us from independent mall with more on that speech, good morning. >> reporter: good morning,er contact you can see behind me, where the pope spoke from yesterday has new been broken down, jumbo trons they remain. that is where mass will be broadcast from later this afternoon. a few people have been trickling in and out doing sound checks in preparation for this afternoon but otherwise it is pretty quiet. a very different picture then just 12 hours ago as the pope mobile traveled around independent hall where traditional pope francis style we saw him stop to kiss and bless children before finally arriving at historic independent hall. a place that became a symbol of our country hundreds of years ago when the declaration of independent, and the constitution were adopted. and yesterday, marked another chapter in the the history books for independent hall. upon arriving the pontiff was present with a 5-foot cross

from the hispanic community. it was fit ago this pope francis then addressed the ticketed faithful in spanish speaking about immigration and religious freedom using the same lectern that abraham lincoln used for the the gettysburg address. >> do not be discouraged by whatever challenges and hardships that you face. i ask you not to forget, like those who came here before you, you bring many gifts to this nation. >> it was amazing, it was something, word cannot explain how happy i feel. how my hearties filled. >> i got to sit right up front. it was so incredible to see him in person. >> it was an emotional day for so many people and erika, no doubt, it will be eerie motional day for many people

as well. for now we will send it back to you. >> such a charismatic speaker, thanks very much. right now lets head back inside to our nicole brewer but we will stay here on the parkway all morning long, good morning, nicole. >> good morning to you. of course, pope francis kicks off festive weekend here in philadelphia with the the mass at cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul. a sign of the times here, a sea of smart phones greeting the holy father yesterday morning during his homily. the the pope invoke the name of the philadelphia's saint katherine drexel asking what with you. he challenge 1600 people in attendance to strengthen their churches and their communities through faith. and still to come this morning we are hoping that the rain, will hold off, right kyla. >> yes, we have. i've got some good news. we will look at today's forecast before you head outside and plus a look at the the next week, nicole. last night's star studded

performance during the the festival of the families, just a big hit, here's a little bit of a aretha franklin's performance, to end you to break. we will be right back.

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borromeo seminar any wynnewood listening to a beautiful voice as program has started. seminary is home away from home for pope francis. he spent the night there last night. this morning he is meeting with the seminary saint martin's chapel looking live, inside right now. iain bush from our sister station kyw news radio 1060 joins us from wynnewood. we will speak quietly. we do not want to disturb anything. >> reporter: i have my choir loft voice on, as the the seminarians are in place in the logia and they will greet pope francis, as he walks down that long hallway from the main part of the saint charles into saint martin's chapel. here at saint martin's chapel i'm in the loft with the direct few of the alter, and the chair on which the chair pope francis will sit, deliver his message, that we believe it will be about the the church being attentive to the need of families ape those who are struggling with economic or social issues, those in

developing countries. there are american 300 bishops, more than 30 cardinals here to hear him speak and we're waiting for the pope to come down that long hallway. we have ray group of very eager seminarians waiting to shake his hand, some may have smart phones in toe, for that ultimate papal selfie. >> iain bush another beautiful ceremony, one of many here in philadelphia. thank you so much. let's send back inside to the studio with nicole, nicole. >> we do appreciate it. of course, we are looking ahead to this final day of pope francis, here in philadelphia. >> yes. >> hoping that the weather holds out, kyla. >> so far, so good. we are looking good today. we will have wind, cloud to contend with but not that chance of rain. >> a little sprinkle. >> we can deal with that. >> we can deal with that. >> it will mess up your hair but that is about it. >> but let's, not your mood.

>> i don't think anything could mess up anyone's mood today because that has been a beautiful event for the city. how much fun for me having moved here, not too long ago myself, it is pretty darn cool. turf say. we have cool and breezy conditions. i think as we get into the frame frame that we're talking about papal mass at 4c p.m. now lets just keep in mind we will feel cooler then those numbers indicate because of the breeze. the this is a low pressure system. as you can see it is closed. it is off to the south and west. good news is we will stay relatively dry. taking a look at future weather, we go track this forward. you can see plenty of moisture trying to make its way in. you will see a easterly flow at 5:00 p.m. this afternoon and it is trying to come in. a few sprinkles could make it. the a as we get into monday we could see rain. as we get into tuesday we will need an umbrella at 4:00 p.m. tuesday afternoon. currently a at 61 degrees in

philadelphia we are warming up a touch. forty-nine in mount pocono. fifty-six in lancaster. the as we head down the the shore about 69 degrees in wildwood. so they are already getting a little bit warmer. lets take a look at these temperatures down the shore and talk about the fact that we have a breeze getting it going to day. we are in the mid to upper 60's and we are nine, ten, 11 miles an hour wind gusting, a little bit the higher in dover, about 15 miles an hour. that wind will actually help to pile water, up to the shore. that is why we are under a coastal flood advisory that could see minor flooding so just a heads up for those living down the the shore. i know you have dealt with this before but yeah, today is when you want to look out for it. 1:00a in m on monday morning. so today we have a high of 75, breezy, cloudy, we could see sprinkles, nor'easterly breeze will make you feel chilly to get the jacket on. make sure you you are ready. mostly cloudy, cool and low of 60 degrees. seven day forecast gets kind of interesting this week. we will roar up to the 80-degree mark, showers possible on tuesday and then look what happens here as we

go through rest of the week. the it will not only go down to the 70's on wednesday but hello, that looks are fall-like high of 68, 69 degrees by the end of next week. i don't know if i'm ready for that, meisha. >> i'm just so used to the cold weather. my bones are so used to it. i cannot complain, i cannot complain this weekend, my heart and, east and westbound, three other ways to get from, new jersey to philadelphia. a lot of you may necessity this but lets talk bit. walk across ben franklin, use the the patco, river line ferry, special passes, you will need those as well. we have no driving across pen strands can get across. just an erie, cool, beautiful thing all mixed in one bag. broad street, spring garden, closed, so empty, but can see everyone this morning already getting up, walking along the city. there is a a lot going on today. we will have you covered all day long. it will be a beautiful day. nicole, i don't know about you

but something about working this sunday is okay with me. >> it is, just a feeling of joy, i think throughout the the entire city, meisha, thanks. keep it here on "eyewitness news" for complete coverage of the papal visit the here in philadelphia, it has been a exciting trip so far, here on the final day, we will share with you a little bit of the performance from last night from oprah star andre bocelli at the festival of the families. >> ♪

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here cbs philly pope has gotten serious play on line, trending last night, happy to see that. take a look at the pictures we are seeing on line, on twitter, tourist taking in the sites on his bike calls philadelphia his adopted hometown which we love to see. one from barbara lane, i love this, she snapped this picture waiting to see the pope, look at these smiles, so, so sweet, lordes showing off her golden ticket today's mass on the parkway, a hot ticket for sure. months right a lock here, to mike, and he says how my mom decorate todd welcome pope in philadelphia a little vacation for the pope but getting in on the the spirit which i love. lets scroll to the next one, this is papal party for sue and her friend. you can see they have hashtag going, cbs philly cope are pope. a day to remember. and lets see, we have the papal party hats. i love that. this one from sue. they are having a great time as pope's mitter if you have

not noticed already this one the pope and his selfies. it is a thing. and torey is getting in on the fun with that. so definitely a day to remember for a group of of friend and pretty much everybody out there celebrating the papal visit. we want to make sure you share your pictures with us, use the hashtag cbs philly pope and we could share them on the air right here on cbs-3. love to see those. still ahead on "eyewitness news" a live look at saint charles borromeo ceremony where pope francis is taking during his time here in philadelphia, a busy day business to begin for the pontiff. we will have more on his schedule for his final day here in philadelphia a. plus crews have been busy overnight working to set the stage for the public mass along ben franklin parkway, we will have more on the people, all ready camping out to attend today's services, we will right back.

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just by switching to progressive. so you'll be bringing home the bacon in no time. sorry. get a free quote at progressive.com. good morning, i'm erika von tiehl. we are live here from the ben franklin parkway, looking live, right now, inside of the saint charles borromeo seminary where right now beautiful ceremony is underway. we are covering this along with everything leading up to a wonderful mass that will take place later today. pope francis will celebrate mass here on the ben franklin parkway. crews have been setting up throughout the night to make sure everything is ready. pope's schedule will kick off

in about 45 minutes from right now. right now again looking live from inside the ceremonies here at the seminary. if you can, we want to give you a look at curran-fromhold correctional facility from northeast philadelphia pope will be visiting there and visiting with inmates as well. we have a jammed packed coverage, as we have thousands, hundreds of thousands, and a million people will be gathering, for that mass. again, here is a look the at curran-fromhold correctional facility where pope francis will be stopping by later this morning at 11:00 o'clock. we will have live coverage right here on cbs-3 all morning long. entire pontiff's schedule you can catch it right here. lets send things back inside to nicole brewer inside the studio, nicole. >> an exciting day, for sure. we will send it over to kyla for a check of the forecast hoping that the rain holds off, kyla what do you think. >> there have been a lot of prayers and i have to tell you i think they have been answered. it looks like we will do okay as far as the rain is concern.

lets look live at center city right now and it will be a little bit cloudy on you the there and we have temperatures of 61 degrees and the win, 15 miles an hour that wind is a thing to keep an eye on and that will make you feel chilly today. as we look at current wind, dover is a at 15 miles an hour. it is starting to kick up. as we look live at storm scan three the the moisture is very close to us. low pressure system tracks inland. that means we have got those showers off to the south and west and we will see main some sprinkles, but we should stay relatively dry today. if you are heading out to the papal mass this afternoon, expect about a 74-degree temperature, will cool, breezy, so you will feel cooler then that 74 degrees but shouldn't be bad at all. 7:00 p.m. about 66 degrees. very similar to yesterday. we have to be mindful that we could see sprinkles. i know a lot of people are on foot, wondering about different road closures. so for that we will head over to meisha because she's the the expert with all of the information. >> i'm the expert, beyond word, kyla, right.

that is not an overstatement, here's schuylkill eastbound at gulph mills. we have lost that far left lane. the reason her doing that they are trying to get traffic to move over here because once you take this to the blue route you are completely closed. thinks schuylkill eastbound at gulph mills, looking nice and quiet here. these are reminders of the road closures in place until monday. we have vine street expressway, the the schuylkill, all the way down, these have been tweeting, putting up constantly. you know this but i will tweet them again. another area just a reminder, new jersey closures you are used to me talking about these as well. i have been putting them up, talking and competing them. take a peak as a reminder. i will back out of the way a bit. pope is at the seminary meeting with bishops at saint martin's chapel at 9:30. because of that city avenue is closed between lancaster avenue and belmont avenue until late this afternoon today. erika, back over to you. well, back here at the parkway sunnies up, stage is set, everything is ready for

mass later today at 4:00 p.m. pope francis making his way through crowd here on the parkway yesterday evening on his way to the festival of families. it was just an a list kind of a night, all kind of stars turned out to help celebrate this wonderful man. we will get over to our justin finch at the parkway with more on the celebrations last night and just an array of beautiful voices too, good morning good morning. >> reporter: it is down to the details on the papal stage. take a look behind us are alter, appearing to be just about stage ready, finally to a marathon night of fixes and finishing touches falling into place for the papal mass this afternoon. the lets take a closer look in the final hours, we saw workers perfecting their presentations, smoothing out carpet and prepping the alter and doing, of course, much more. in the audience line of chairs. some 10,000 tickets have been hand out for this historic mass. today they will see a different from yesterday's

festival of the families. pope francis looking amused as he watched famous names take the mike. you can see him listening to stories of families hailing from around the world and each sharing how their family's strength and faith brought them to personal challenges. the pope was serenaded by the queen aretha franklin who sanga macing grace. andre bocelli and others wowed the crowd with their voices and talents too. among them two sisters, one who just saw the pope when he stopped in washington and another one here, who stopped to catch a glimpse. lets take a listen. >> i walk in the back door of our chapel out of his car into our chapel. we were all applauding. he just started spontaneously going from sister to sister shaking our hand and to speak with us. >> i saw the pope going down, you know, the roadway right here. >> reporter: what did you think? >> it was worth it. i just looked and i said i wanted to see a man with love

in his eyes. i am will's about to celebrate my 50th anniversary of being a sister. i thought the the last pope i saw was pope john the 23rd when i was only 14 years old. >> reporter: looking now, live at crowds just off the the eakins oval. these are those that don't have tickets to sit here and watch him straight across from the stage. they will be here early watching on jumbo trons and other stops before coming here, to the the stage at 4:00 . this historic mass. as you can see people are showing up, and you can see behind us there are people already sitting down, again, this mass won't start for several hours from now but people will have their seats early to witness history. we are live here on the parkway i'm's justin finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> that early bird gets the the best seat. >> yes. >> i'm hearing beautiful music behind us too. thanks very much, justin. right new lets head back out to our walt hunter at

saint charles seminary where pope francis will meet with seminarians and bishops in the beginning of the the very busy schedule for him today, walt, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the pope is only about a mile down city avenue there in the seminary but that mile is the subject of great speculation right now. the pope behind closed doors at the seminary and will be meeting with the bishops there. after that will he travel along the the street here which comes 6:30 was blocked off by police, national guard troops, and right now traffic has been pretty much sealed, cross traffic is going a across the the 54th street but you you cannot travel on city avenue. if you take a walk with me as we go along the the sidewalk here on city avenue we can see early morning pope watchers out. good morning, everybody. everybody hoping to see the pope out here this morning. >> we are, absolutely. >> reporter: my goodness are you optimistic that you might the see him coming along were you here yesterday. >> we were not this is our first time out. avery got up nice and early so

we are trying to catch the pope this morning. >> reporter: if anybody will see him coming i bet she sees him first. >> we hope so. >> reporter: beautiful day. okay, thank you. we have a whole group of people on city avenue. let's call them pope watchers. we don't know for sure the route are of the pope, for a lows of reasons, including security. the leaving seminary, going to the pits on, and then heading down to the parkway. we are live on city avenue in the st. joes university campus. if he comes by or pays a surprise visit to the jesuit institution we will be here to tell you all bit. live from the st. joes campus i'm walt hunter for cbs-3 "eyewitness news" he is known to go off script, we will see what happens. thanks very much. lets give you another live look inside the seminary where program is about to start at any moment now. pope francis will make his way down there through the the crowd and when that happens we will be sure to bring it to you live right here on "eyewitness news". i'm erika von tiehl, we will b

pope francis will travel to what he calls the the peripheries, and visiting the curran-fromhold correctional facility. pontiff will meet men and women in prison there at that complex on state road in northeast philadelphia. pat ciarrocchi traveled to the women's prison where she met women who will meet the pontiff. >> i have never met a religious person, of such stature. >> one thing would i like to ask the pope is why do they not get married? >> reporter: ruth, a amanda a, letifa will be among 20 women and 80 men who will meet pope francis sunday morning at curran from hole. >> not every day we get people here to actually give us encouragement or hope. >> reporter: for pope francis hope is the point where bashed wire telegraphs the forced isolation. i found woman eager to learn more about pope francis. >> how come he is always in white. >> that is color that the pope

wears all the time. >> reporter: they were also open, in sharing their pain. >> and, i'm in for murder. i might have been off. >> and, amanda a who was in prison for five years is charged with murder. her trial is tentatively set for october. i first met amanda early this summer with the prison ministry troop shining light came to perform at riverside correctional. it brought the women into a circle have of hope. >> i never met anyone didn't seem like they didn't have any kind have of judgment, in the back of their mind about us being here. so, that is ground breaking. >> reporter: ruth counts down too. she is inside one year and 16 days. she had been drug addict. >> you are sober, clean. >> definitely. i love it. coming and asking for his blessings, i don't have much to give him.

>> reporter: accept this humble offering. >> ♪ take me to the king, i don't have much to bring, my hearties torn to pieces, it is my offering ♪ >> that was our pat ciarrocchi, reporting. it is 8:42. we will take a short break but still to come this morning we are continuing to follow the latest on the pope's events, in philadelphia, on his final day, here in the city of brotherly love. we will be right back.

good morning. we are back here live looking inside the seminary and i'm joined by pat ciarrocchi and jim donovan here at ben franklin parkway. >> good morning to you. >> what a great job this morning, sharing with everyone as we get set up for a really

spectacular take, once again, with the holy father here in philadelphia. you are looking live at the saint charles seminary and on either side those young men are not priests as of of yet but they are studying right now, to become priests. they are seminarians and they are very, very exciting about seeing the holy father working his way down the hall way. this hallway is known as a logia and it relates to one of the suspects of the vatican. we see someone coming in with really dolled up and very clerically a tired and that, you might know who this is. i don't know who that is but that is clearly an archbishop. >> yesterday, pat, we watched the pope pulled up to the seminary in his fiat and a 150 seminarians were serenading him exiting the vehicle. very moving moment. >> it was, to see that.

when you look at their faces and see just the great joy that they have with this moment, to be able to see the man in charge of the roman catholic church, church that they really want to serve, and also, the way that he is projecting, how he wants them to serve. they are connecting with that i think. >> just beautiful. this is something i imagine a life long memory for these young men not just having him visit but staying with him overnight to have that be his home away from home while in philadelphia. >> jim has terrific insight yesterday about the mattress that he slept on, tell me about that. >> a special mattress donated by macy's, lennox china, that was donated. some of that is going back to the vatican with him. i do not see him eating his meals on lennox china. >> i do not good he seems like a paper plate kind of a guy. >> environmentally friendly good i didn't even think about that. >> well, what we are looking

at right now is inside saint martin's chapel, this is one of the chapels within the seminary. you can see individuals who are in there, they are just waiting to hear and to see the holy father walk in through, the giant doorways, of this chapel. they call it a chapel but to tell you the truth it is a large space. it has a big dome on top of it. if you have ever been driving along city avenue and looked across at saint charles seminary you would have seen at the edge of the lawn that are also near lancaster avenue, you would have seen what really looks like a giant church. once again, within of the bishops or archbishop is here in philadelphia for the world meeting of families. that is what this particular meeting is all about right at this point. the holy father is meeting with the bishops and archbishops around the world who have come to the world meeting of families.

he has a very strong, powerful message that he is going to be giving to them. >> that of course festival of families wonderful way to wrap up celebrations, beautiful voices, andrea bocelli and aretha franklin i wonder if they are able to see that. >> parkway was packed as we left the broadcast center a and that whole center section watching those people that could not get close enough to see from the back of us here right over the stage could see on the big screens, tv and they kept asking when will he be here because he was at independent mall first and then went back to the seminary for a dinner break, if you will and then came back. the interesting thing as we were walking through the city, everyone was happy. the police were happy, the the people were happy, it was just a certain positive energy here in the city that you know, all too often a lot of us get jaded from living in the big city. everyone was calm. it was a joyous move.

>> other thing that was really great and might not have been able to show that to you but 40 jumbotrons have been set up all along the parkway and even along broad street and along 15th street and what i found as we were walking back towards the the hotel is that there was, huge jumbotrons and there was a group of i don't know ten or 12 people sitting on the curb side, enjoying the performances. at that point jackie evanco who has one of the most stunning voices, was perform. she looked stunning in this giant screen. you can see almost a sense of reverence about the experience of being there and just watching it on the big screen. >> i have to tell you, a mile and a half from the parkway trying to get some sleep, dark and early this morning and you can sianni hear everyone, from miles away, the cheering of the crowds. everyone so excited. but this wonderful start that

we were here last night to help celebrate him. >> so what the gentlemen you just saw walking in with the yellow tie is fred stein, he has been master of ceremonies of all of this, very behind the scenes. he has manager each one of these pieces outside of the parkway. he has been intimately involved in every aspect of the development of the last couple of -- the last two days from atlantic aviation when he arrived, until atlantic aviation when he leaves. so you see frank with the ear piece with his ear, gave that nod, that to me would mean that the holy father could be on his way, to greet these seminarians. as we will all be able to experience that and see i think what is going to be a great joy that they have. you can see, they looked nervous. >> i don't know because they realize they are on television. i saw that seminarian wipe his brow or the the big boss is

here we better make sure we don't screw up. >> sometimes you look like that too, right before you go on the air. >> it must be amazing for them, this is a once in a lifetime event, for in the only the city but for them because they get so close to him and again, this is not a pope that would be staying at a four star, five star hotel. he stays with his flock, if you will. >> he stayed with the young men who he wants to inspire and i must make note that archbishop chaput who had lived in the cardinals residence prior to moving, initially, when he got into the cardinal when he became arch bush of of philadelphia, he moved in the archbishop residence. he felt that was not the appropriate place for him because of the financial problems that the archdiocese has been having. he ended up selling that property to st. joes university and then tea side todd move in the seminary

because he wanted to be able to be close to the seminarians to inspire them too. that was his rational. so he, he has an apartment, that is in the seminary and i think they ended up creating a wonderful space for holy father to stay in as well. holy father is the kind of man who wants to be in community. it is in the like he is interested in being isolated. that is why he is not at apostolic palace living there. he wants to live where it is a more simple quarters but the the more important thing is that he wants to be in community with other people. he likes to have people around him. he feels that gives him energy and that gives him what he need in order to do this job. >> isn't he a shy man in nature, that is what we are he's hearing. he is not like a politician would be but he gets energized by people when he sees people otherwise i understand he is

rather quiet. >> he is, indeed, we will to have make note of this because there is noise going on behind us and that is because there is a team of people who are taking down some of those white chairs that had been in place for the festival of families last night, for the big concert and it looks to me that maybe they are making more space for individuals to be able to stand at the mass tonight. so we will see how that ultimately goes and we will bring that mass to you beginning at 4:00 o'clock today. so here we are saint charles borromeo seminary. it was founded in the late 1890's and it has served the archdiocese of philadelphia but also other archdiocese around the the country were being a place where men have studied to become priest. it is extremely well regarded. it becomes very symbolic that the holy father is here to be able to address the seminarians and also more importantly, then that, the

bishops, the archbishops and the cardinals half traveled from around the world to be here in philadelphia. in fact, bishop david o'connell who was with us yesterday in our broadcast, bishop of trenton, diocese of trenton, he is actual a machining those bishops and archbishops this morning because he wanted to have the the opportunity to hear the holy father himself. that is yes is in the live with us on the air this morning. >> road to the priesthood isn't the same for everyone including the pope. he is a jesuit and actually people don't realize to be a jesuit and not be a priest. >> yes. >> but the length of education, and time involved is much more different depending on what order you are with. >> that is in fact, very true. the the holy father has kind of a route to become a jesuit. at one point in the very beginning, he kept it secret for almost four years, and he was even interested in becoming a priest, he didn't

even know then. what i think is beautiful you can take a page back. i talk to some of these young men. i said how did you know you had calling to become a priest. so, you look back in the early story of pope francis and he was on his way to join friend a at a party. the story goes that he was going past a church and he said he felt called from within to go inside the church and he went to confession, sacrament of penance within the doctrine of the catholic church he was drawn into that from what he said and then he said something happened to him when he was in there and he felt that moment that he was there that he became a priest. so within his heart, he had that conversion and then it was his process of ultimately studying and telling his family and then being with his friend. from what i understand he never did go to that party. >> good thing he didn't.

>> yes. >> at one point, he had female friend, some girlfriend, if you will, including i believe there was one notation where he wrote a note to one of these young ladies that if he didn't become a priest he would marry her. >> exactly. >> the the father wasn't that happy about that. he said no, we're not going down this road. >> it was interesting because at one point he told a friend of his, you know, ever since i have met her there is nothing else that has been able to be in my mind. so i think we have all been in that situation of great infatuation and great love and then that love transitions and that is obviously what has happen with the holy father. his love transitioned in to something greater then himself. we find that is where we are today with him traveling the world, being here in philadelphia, the the third of his three cities in the united states and just a fascinating that this is, home the first

time that he has been in the united states. >> when i was doing background research because he is a well educated man. he spent his years in college and things like that. fairly well traveled. you would think that he would have been part of the tour or on his path, before now but that wasn't the case. >> wasn't the case at all. he spent, you know, lot of time in south america. he traveled to rome because he was called there but he in fact said he only went there because he had to. >> corporate office, yeah. >> exactly. >> here he comes. >> here he is, listen to the applause, let's absorb this for a moment here.

archbishop is behind the holy father. >> yes, on the one side and also, the director of saint charles seminary. we want to thank our erika von tiehl moving on to her next assignment on the other side of the parkway. we will talk to her in a couple minutes. jim and i will take over at

this point. we have an opportunity for the holy father to shake hands with a designated seminarian, what a thrill, i wonder if he is speaking in english or spanish. >> the pope does have a translator that helps him along the way for his entire trip, it is the same person from what i understand. >> there he is, right at his right side. let's listen. >> unaudible

>> from what we understand he was greeting the oldest, and youngest seminarian and that makes perfect sense. i'm not sure exactly who he is speaking to right there but you can hear, the the chorus of the organ playing and the great cheers from the people who are gathered at saint martin's chapel. this is a great moment, and also a moment, jim, that is reflective of what happened in 1979 when saint john paul, ii came into philadelphia, the first visit of a holy father that we had in philadelphia. it is exactly what happened then too. it is the same thing. great cheers. >> do you know the number of