>> earlier in the morning pope francis was met with applause and music as he entered the saint martins chapel at saint charles borromeo seminary in wood -- wynnewood. he revealed how he started his day. he met with five victims of the sexual abuse. >> he said it can no longer be kept a secret and will protect crowning people and those responsible will be held accountable. >> those who survived have become true herdle -- heralds of mercy. humbly we owe each of them our gratitude for their great salvo,

as they have had to suffer terrible abuse. >> now, this is not the pope's first call on the topic of child sex abuse. he approved the creation of a vatican tribunal to prosecute bishops who covered up the crimes of pedophile priests. >> next on the pope's schedule his seconds papal prayed on the parkway at 3:25. he will celebrate the closing mass for the world meeting of families, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. let's go to a live picture on eakens oval. last night it was a festival. this morning the focal point the large golden controls. crews worked all night to transform the stage into a, woulding -- into a working space.

look at that, a sea of people have gathered on the parkway in front of the stage they want to be a part of this. >> this mass will be well attended. they won't be late. we have a team of anchors and reporters to bring you highlights from the this morning and the crowds of people trying to get on the parkway right now. let's begin with annie mccormick live at the security checkpoints. hi, annie. the. >> reporter: hi, matt, that sea of people that tam was talking about, they have to get through here first before they head to the parkway for that mass, of course, the climax for all these events of the some people who came here today said they drove all night to get to today's portion of the events including the mass. a number of things are different today. there are fewer checkpoints that are yesterday. the ones closer to independence hall are close because there are no events over there.

the lay of the land has changed a bit. don't go the way you went yesterday. you will have to rely on law enforcement officers and volunteers torched where the checkpoints are. in talking to people who are coming through, a man came up to me he said he was walking from south philadelphia his concern was and the biggest problem he had he couldn't find a checkpoint. because of that he had a walk a longer way than expected because there are different closures than yesterday. once you get to the checkpoints it's going to take you an hour to 45 minutes to an hour and 15 minutes that you will have to be prepared. the majority of people are prepared. they know what to bring and what not to bring. you can see in the blue shirts, those are tsa and agents who get you through the airport.

you can see a number of people have the clear backpacks that they are selling the world meeting of families that would get you through quicker. if you have your cell phone charged and you have a battery paraded charger, you ever to approve them that electronic devices can be turned off and on. you cannot bring any glass items. there's a list at 6abc.com to make sure that you have the appropriate items. another thing is, if you have a ticket for the mass this afternoon, that might get you through the line a little bit quirk. when i want through an hour an half ago i waited 45 minutes. i had a ticket for the event, so i had to go in a different line. there were people that had to wait a little bit. we talked to a number of people. here's what they had to say. >> it was a little difficult, they are trying to push people

through, you have to have it. >> once we found where to go, the line went smooth, we enjoyed talking with everybody. it was wonderful. >> we're having a good time. >> reporter: that's a lot thing that's different a lot of people in the line are excited to be here, they expected to wait. a lot of people told me this is what they were expecting to wait and be prepared for this. it's different it's a little bit different atmosphere when you're out there for it, there are people singing there was a band that was in line for a while. they were playing guitar and singing along together. people are happy to be here. the biggest concern is finding a check on checkpoint. the don't blindly follow a group of people, stop and ask a law enforcement officers there are so many out here, they are out here to help.

the mood is good, there are so many volunteers you can see them in the bright orange t-shirts everybody gets where they need to be safely. reporting live 19th and wood annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >> thank you for that. the transformation of eakens oval is an incredible thing to behold now they are waiting for more of the throngs of people come out for the mass. when we talk to you before, it was 4:00 a.m. >> reporter: when we arrived it was empty, the energy is electric as everyone awaits the scroard -- extraordinary event. the coverage image for the booklet for the mass has been

handed out. it's beautiful. look at the stage transform, it's beautiful. you can see the crucifix the pontiff's chair front and center and the alter in front of that. the video wall has been removed from the concert last night. now you can you can see the philadelphia museum of art as the backdrop. it's beautiful. take a look at the video we shot from overnight. you can get a sense how this all came together. i was was talking to the extensive producers of the event. this could take 12 hours, the transformation actually look half that time. when we arrived at 4:00 a.m., the stage hands were putting down the white carpet and replacing the lanolium floor. they added the pontiff's chair and the alter. looking back here live, you can see so many people have gathered and filed in and pouring in hours before the papal mass is set to begin at 4:00 p.m. here. we've listening to sound checks

we're listening to a sound check from the boys choir, magnificent. the voice of angels of course. more media are gathering, there are thongs of of people on the parkway. we are expecting 1 million people to be here, 250,000 people to receive communion. the mass will involve four different languages, english, spanish and vietnamese. it is cool and crisp day waiting for the historic event to take place. the papal mass at 4:00 p.m. we are waiting and ready for pope francis answer arrival. >> great to hear that. the pope went off script during his first event of the day, he addressed his church sex abuse scandal during his remarks at

the saint charles borromeo seminary. erin o'hern is live and joys us there. >> reporter: the pope's papacy has been focused on how the cath t -- catholic church can confront issues of the modern world and how does the church move forward. he talked about how the church needs to reconnect with families. but he touched on a dark time for the church. he did not shy away from talking about sexual abuse scandal that rocked the catholic church. he addressed it out of the gate. he started off his speech by condemning sexual abuse, the people who had the responsibility to protect the youth caused them great pain, he wanted the victims to be treated with justice and the guilty to be punished.

>> i commit to a careful oversight to insure that youth are protected and that all responsible will be held accountable. >> reporter: now, right after the speech there was a small ceremony outside the chapel and pope francis took an osprey to go over to the prison where he met with inmates there. just about 20 minutes ago he landed back here at the seminary and will rest a bit and have lunch before he is in the parade and celebrates mass on the parkway. he had a grueling schedule, but he it was relatively short tip to the united states, he dress draested significant issues while he was -- addressed significant issues while he was here. this is a historical trip for a lot of different reasons back to you. >> as erin just mentioned, the

pope addressed inmates at the prison, showing that his ministry seeks to include everyone. trish hartman is at the correctional facility in holmesburg. >> reporter: it was a busy morning outside the correctional facility. it's a quieter scene now that the pope is gone. dozens 67 people lienldz the streets today, now the road is open to traffic. you can see the cars moving through. the police vehicles are gone. there are emergency vehicles coming through on the way out of the prisonment for the most part things are status quo, a few stragglers hanging around, they wanted to see the pope or see shepherd one. cheers from the crowd as they took pictures and video as we saw the chopper fly overhead. many waiting for hours to see

that it was emotional watching the pope interact with the inmates. we spoke with many people out here who were supportive of the pope's prison visit. >> it's excellent because, the men inside need spiritual growth. they need to heal the wounds that have been coming to them for decades. >> reporter: the legal system here has issues you never know. even so, i'm sure there are holy religious people as well that need a prayer. >> we didn't know he was coming in an airplane or helicopter, but we're proud to be here, we want to get blessed. >> reporter: the pope left here 30 minutes ago, traffic is the moving through once again after an inspirational visit from pope francis at the correctional facility. trish hartman. >> so if you're going out to the mass and have not left

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live look here the view from logan square embassy sweets location out over the parkway. look at that, thousands have come out ready to wait hours to be there before the pope does his afternoon mass. >> david murphy i love it when a plan comes together. >> reporter: no kidding. remember what the plan loads about a week ago with rain coming in at some point this weekend. not any more. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows us earlier showers by baltimore are off the map. the stuffer by harrisburg is going to miss us big time. the rain is circulating up to the west by pittsburgh and falling apart there. it will be clouds and sunny breaks. temperatures 68 degrees currently in philadelphia. 65 in allentown. 72 in millville. of course this is the scene of the action, we are expecting

those numbers to jump into the mid 70s. 14-mile an hour winds we've been talking about how it will be breeze and it still is. as we check out the forecast for the papal parade and mass, we have clouds and sunny ex-before a, 73 by 1 -- and sunny breaks, 73 by 1, and 73 by 4:00 p.m. in allentown, 73 cloudy and breezy, 784 down shore there's a coastal flood advisory at the time of high tides. look how lucky we are, great today, tomorrow, warm and muggy. shower on tuesday and wednesday, showers in the afternoon and evening. we missed worst conditions by 24 to 48 hours. >> let's join rick williams and monica malpass and cesily tynan live in the parkway studio good

afternoon to all of you. >> hello to you, as well. we were guess ng crowd size. we have three hours before we see the pope and the papal parade. but still the crowds are pouring in. >> i was tawsking -- talking to people last night. when the pope was talking off the cuff, he was talking about families and difficulties with mother in laws and people finds him more relatable and people are more energized about seeing him. >> i'm looking forward to the second and final papal parade on the parkway. if it is anything like last night it will be just as exciting.

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>> sometimes things just work out, the weather pretty decent for a papal mass which will takes place in about three hours and 40 minutes. you're taking a live there is at the stage as they are rehearsing some of the performances for that mass. >> we heard cecily and rick williams talking about many more

people gathered than this time yesterday. a lot of them coming in from the suburbs on regional rails. let's go over to john rawlins at 30th street station telling us what people are doing getting in by septa. >> we we rode in on septa, we stopped in radnor and came by here, it was an uneventful ride in. it was good in mass transit. it was a full train not a packed train, but precise it was pretty much full. more people traveling today than yesterday. by consensus ten, 15% more people on the rails. out of old low when we last it was -- paoli they had 3500 people embarked they were going to continue to operate until noontime. 30th street station it's busy and we're hearing stories from the amtrak folks they have

rather crowded trains coming in from the western portions of the state as they come in from lancaster and harrisburg and we are told that they are looking at reservations that are 80% more than yesterday which would mean amtrak will probably have 15,000 people in here, septa would probably have 35,000 people due to come in if all the people with rervedz seats cruise the train. that's the expectation, biel see -- that's the expectation, we'll see how it goes, there's an energy in the air, people a bit more excited. back to you all. >> everything will eventually return back to normal. right, karen rogers? >> reporter: eventsly it will, when will that happen. that's the big question. i got off the phone with the officials at septa, what we know we've got 28 different city and suburb and bus routes that are

suspended. they are saying expect the detours tomorrow morning, as well. anybody who had to drive through the city where you have the famous traffic boxes, you cannot drive through, whether does that happen? that's a good question, monday morning they have to clean up, so it's going to be an evolution we have to watch together, we'll be here well before the crack of down to help you. septa is telling me they are running on a saturday schedule all the stations are open. right now they are not open. but they will be running on a saturday schedule for monday morning commute, but all the stations should be open. how about the subways? no night owl service later on tonight. tomorrow morning they will run on a weekday schedule, 5th, 15th city hall reopened. ben franklin bridge doesn't reopen until monday at noon, monday at noon, the ben franklin bridge reopens, we have to wait until then for that. how about the vine expressway

expecting that to open at disappoint monday morning they have to clean up and take down the tents. there's a lot of that have to happen. there's a lot of people on twitter saying can we ask penndot to open the schuylkill expressway eastbound to city avenue. the schuylkill expressway will reopen monday morning, they have to clear everything out. you might remember the shots we showed you earlier. they actually put cement barricades on the areas. so they have to remove that. we have to see how that develops. this is headings towards the closure point on the schuylkill expressway approaching the blue route, shut down eastbound. westbound moving, it will be open tomorrow morning. >> art could have an very important job. speaking of which the "action news" morning team will be on early tomorrow to navigate through the street and bridge closures. >> at this point we don't know when they will reopen, you heard karen talk about that, but

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upon us, they will be celebrating mass on the benjamin franklin parkway in 3 1/2 hours, pope francis getting a little bit of a rest. we'll have a parade anticipate be able to watch the mass with everybody in person on 6abc starting at 4:00 p.m. a lot of people coming out at 4 waiting hours. let's head over to adam joseph live in spring garden. the good morning. good morning, matt and tam, i'm in the spring garden section outside the barriers where the mass will be held across the street. this part of the street anyone can mingle walk or bike by. you can see the security checkpoint, one of them going into eakens oval. yesterday there was no line. today a bigger impact when it

comes to the amount of foot traffic on the street and heading into eakens oval. we have quite a few folks who are stopping by to say hello walking down the street. i saw this beautiful young lady walk by, i said look at this she has a ticket to the papal mass. how did you get that lucky ticket? >> my grandmother got a ticket online. my mom and grandmother are in the mass and my grandmother got this for like $29. >> we didn't know gnaw needed to pay for it. what i was more impressed she knows a couple of ladies who are singing in the choir for the pope. amazing. >> are you from the area. we're tourist for the day coming in. it's awesome, a lifetime experience. it is an energy that's contagious around here. we'll have more "action news" coming up after this break can you wave to the camera? # more kids are suffering from asthma

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lieu live look here, the amor sign mimicking our favorite love sign, amor seems to be the word of the day. spanish is the pope's native language, we heard him speak couple of times. he will know what it means when he sees it. love our our mission the world meeting of family. what a loving feeling on the parkway. >> there's the papal stage and there's alicia vitarelli who is has a great view of it. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon guys there's a loving feeling across the parkway and here at eakens oval it is magnificent. it is electric. you can see a sense of calm. everybody here for a glimpse of the pope. there are ten thousand people

whole seated behind me, the way they sat for the festival last night for the concert they will sit for the mass. these people have an golden ticket. it's an incredible opportunity. i want you to look at the stage behind us. you will hear four languages during mass, you mentioned spanish, the first reading in the mass will be in spanish, the second in vietname we are representing their culture with the second reading in vietnamese and the pope will use latin. this mass will be incredible. there are 15,000 concelebrant

concelebrants -- 1500, i correct that. we are told 100,000 people would be able to receive communion, this afternoon i found out the number is greater than that. it's more than doubled. we have 250,000 communions will be possible to receive, we want catholics who are prepared to receive communion, but we have a plan to have 500 priests come off the arts on both sides and go all the way down to 20th street and also 100 priests in this ticketed section as well as 300 deacons coming out of the. cathedral basilica to handle from 16th street to 20th street. >> there are ten thousand tickets and three of them right here. >> we are blessed. >> how does it feel to have him here? how will it feel sitting so close. >> blessed, prayer for

everyone, we're here off behalf of others, as well. >> people feel rejuvenated. >> our hope is renewed. >> there's a rescriewrve nateed sense -- rejuvenated sense. everybody listening saying what can we do, what can we do to be better, he said family is the most beautiful thing god made. no matter what religion you practice, everybody feels like one big family. right on cue they are practicing consume -- cum bi ya. the nuns we spoke with telling me that the entire city of philadelphia feels like a cathedral one large church with everyone being so respectful and

so kind and so calm and it's such a beautiful feeling right here in philadelphia. this is of course going to be the last visit for pope francis in the philadelphia. it's the last leg of his u.s. tour, i can tell you for sure, i know you agree it's the best one. live at eakens oval alicia vitarelli. >> what a lovely thought from those nuns, thank you. by the time we see the pope on the parkway it would not be the first time we've southeastern we've seen twice this morning. erin o'hern has more from where we saw him first this morning at the seminary, let's go over to erin. >> reporter: it was, tam, i was lucky enough to see him up close. during his trip to the united states and anywhere he goes, it's obviously he has a close connection with children. most of the most memorable moments that he had in philadelphia he got off the plane at the airport and ordered the driver to stop so he can go

over and kiss the young boy in the wheelchair who hoss cerebral palsy. when he spoke to the bishops inside the seminary chapel he compressed his sadness of victims of the sexual abuse scandal. a dark time for the catholic church. he contempted the sexual -- condemned 89 sexual abuse dh which weighed heavily on his mind. >> it continues to be on my mind. the people who had the responsibilities to take care of these tender ones violated that trust and caused them great pain. god weeps.

sexual abuse in children. >> now, after that speech there was a brief ceremony outside the chapel where the youngest seminarian and the oldest priest presented pope francis with a gift. he got on osprey and met with inmates, an hour ago he arrived back at the seminary on the osprey. he was on a golf cart and went inside to get lunch and rest before the parade and mass on the parkway. one quick note pope francis addressed the sexual buys scandal in new york, numbers, but he was criticized by advocates for victims for not using strong enough language. that language is stronger in his speech this morning. he insured children who had been

been -- would be perfected and those responsible for the abuse held accountable. erin o'hern channel 6 "action news." >> let's head to the parkway studios, we look up to the skies and join rick and monica. good afternoon to you both. >> good afternoon, thanks, matt. when you think about the pope's journey unknee -- journey that started in cuba and washington, d.c. and new york city, he celebrated mass many times, this mass will be before the largest crowd yet it. more than a million people and 250,000 people expected to receive communion. we're watching waves and waves of people coming only the parkway throughout this hour, i would not be surprised if the numbers are certainly reached. it's immense numbers we're

talking about as we look live from the sky6 live hd on the parkway right now. >> and we are joined by our colleague cathy gandolfo who we were excited to get out of retirement to rejoin us with the coverage. the transformation we talked about on the stage behind us, all that wonderful entertainment the music and fireworks they had to remove the sound stage the video wall in the backdrop and now we can see through past the cross to the art museum. that was a major transformation, urm -- you remember your travels with a prior pope. >> reporter: 1987, saint pope john paul, 89 cities in ten days. -- 9 cities in ten days. in los angeles, by then we were kind of exhausted, we were

sitting down to have dinner one night we finished our work for the day and it occurred to us that tomorrow the pope was celebrating mass in dodger stadium. the thing was there was a baseball game at dodger stadium that night. that meant this transformation had to takes place overnight and it did it was unbelievable. my dear crew they are still with channel 6, they said cath why don't you get sleep we'll go out and shoot the transformation, you can rereward us in the morning by letting us sleep in. i said this is a deal. they got the picture and it was unbelievable they transformed in 1 hours a baseball stadium into an open air cathedral. >> we're happy to have you, i'm sure the weather was great in los angeles during that. >> reporter: it was good, we were plagued couple of times by

bad weather in miami they had to stop the mass because of lightning. san antonio it was about 100 degrees. but other than that the weather was good. >> i don't think we'll have those weather problems this afternoon, fortunately. let's check the forecast. let's go over to cesily tynan on the 28th floor of embassy suites for a look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> reporter: ideal weather this sunday, when you have this many people gathering you don't want it to be that hot and honestly you don't want that much sunshine a lot of people who get sunburn, we have cloud cover and cool temperatures it's ideal. philadelphia 68 degrees, so definitely jacket weather currently, millville, 72. allentown, 65.

millville, 68 and trenton, 69 degrees. satellite and radar showing we're seeing cloud cover spinning up from the low pressure center to the south. you look at the radar echos, you can see the closest rain is across west virginia. it's moving up to the west and evaporating as it does, because we have high pressure over new england that's keeping us nice and dry, so future tracker showing as we head through the afternoon, we'll see a mixture of clouds and sunshine at 3:00 p.m. showing clouds to the south and east of philadelphia. filtered sunshine as we head into the evening. again more cloud cover, i think we might have more cloud cover seeing the supermoon eclipse tonight, bus stop the good news it will be dry. the papal mass forecast it doesn't get much better than this. we're looking at a mixture of clouds and sunshine at 3:00 p.m., 76 degrees. 35:00 p.m., 72. as the evening is winding down sliding into the 60s it will be

another cool night we're looking at cloudy conditions for the most part, but it will be dry, breezy, not as windy as yesterday. i think this is perfect weather. back to you, matt an tam. >> cecily i think some prayers were answered. thank you. let's go down to nydia han live in eakens oval. we've heard singing sounds like rehearsing is going on, i bet the crowd loves that. >> a woman is belting out a beautiful song, the crowd is being entertained hours before the papal mass is set to begin. the energy organ acrens oval -- on eakens oval is electric. take a look at the stage. this has undergone a stunning transformation, crews work overnight e overnight to turn the stage into a sanctuary. you can see the crucifix, the

pontiff's chair, and the ambo the pulpit. the crowds are gathering there's people filling the ten thousand folding chairs out here. one key element of the mass will be the people's choir 525 member song it's made up of 7 local choirs as well as individuals who auditioned to be a part. our photo journalist dan got a chance to take in a special session at the basilica. >> let's start from there, huh? one two, three. ♪ >> i'm surprised how it sounds, cast a wide net to all the parishes in the archdiocese what are we going to get, they sound

wonderful. my orderly brother sang for the last pope in washington, d.c. when he was here, so now it's my turn i'm excited. >> one, two -- ♪ >> it was all an audition process, each church was allowed to nominate four members of their churn to audition. they had several days of audition which was intense for poem who was here, it's such an honor. how often does the pope come to your backyard? ♪ >> the archdiocese has an archdiocesan choir in place, but we thought what would we do is expand the choir so there would be representation from all the other different parishes, as

well. >> when catholic celebrate the eucharist, the primary way they celebrate is by singing it, so we want to sing this mass as fully and as joyfully as reverently as we can, we're actually singing our faith. >> reporter: looking live on the parkway, while the papal choir has been practicing for sometime, their performance at the mass tonight will be the first time members will sing together in public. i'm sure it will be a glorious spectacular sound we'll remember for a long time. this is one of many unforgettable moments only eakens oval as we anticipate the premier event of the historic papal weekend, the papal mass celebrated by pope francis. live on eakens oval nydia han channel 6 "action news" back to you. >> thank, nydia. the eagles play today,.

>> really? >> yes. >> jamie apody is live at east met stadium east rutherford new jersey. the eagles got bad news. >> reporter: we found out flashing demarco will not play in the game or michael kendricks or alonzo. demarko was out there stretching warming up, the hamstring was too sore to go. sam bradford is 31st in the nfl in passing, not doing too well, either. he is eagles have lost five of their last 6 games. how is his confidence after this 0-2 start. >> i don't think it's done anything to our confidence there's ups and downs in this

league, we would like to start 0-2. we can't back down and lose confidence in what we're doing and what our system is. the. >> i think sam is grounded the one thing about him he is consistent his approach and attitude, he is not a guy that gets really, really high or really, really low that's a lot to that. >> reporter: the pope has a presence here, look at this, that's nancy from rocks roxboro, what a shirt with the pope on it. nancy and her friend had 6 row seats to see the mass on the parkway they gave them up to come here on watch the birds play. they went to practice at monmouth new jersey to get away from the practice pope francis would bring to town. i did research the last time the pope was in town, pope john paul ii back in 1979, the eagles won the game before he got to town

and after he got to town. let's hope divine intervention from francis will reach our 0-2 eagles today. >> if i'm playing trivial pursuit i want to be your partner. >> we'll take a short break and go to nora muchanic live.

>> welcome back let's go over to our nora muchanic live on the parkway, a crowd is starting to gather, but sounds like they are having a great time waiting. >> reporter: hey it's always fun here, it's interesting you meet people from all over the world. it's really interesting. we're around the loop of logan circle right here and people began arriving here at 6:00 a.m. this morning to save a spot along the railing. some of them are sleeping. it's kind of like a big campout.

they have brought food and blankets and everything they brought with them. we've had folks who traveled a long way to get here, you came from mississippi 14 hour drive. >> 14 or more. it was pretty tough drive but it. >> you've been here for a day or two. you saw the pope yesterday? >> we did see the pope but it was a quick flash and more than worth it. >> what does it mean to be here today? >> reporter: it's like a modern day pilgrimage my wife and her friends they really pushed for us to come see it, it was pretty special. >> tell me why, you got a glimpse yesterday but you want to be here for the mass. >> it's a feeling it's a once in a lifetime experience. it's a wonderful experience spiritual. good luck watching the mass you

have prime real estate they are right up against the railing we'll try to hog on to them later. security checkpoints perimeters have been removed, 18 street there's a line that stretches for several blocks, a volunteer told me it's up to a 4 hour wait there, one woman came off line a little while ago said they waited for two hours. another checkpoint was closed at some area, they were not sure why, but they moved people to 18 the -- 18th street that's created a backlog. the pope is expected to ride along the parkway before he says mass. people are excited about this, the pope has down time down, but sunny folks are waiting for -- as you know folks are waiting for him. this is the calm before the storm. once the pope arrives the place

goes nuts as you saw last night. you can hear it you hear the roar before so you know when he is coming. everybody is getting ready and we're excited about it on the parkway. >> the energy and spirit is infectionous. thanks, nora. let's -- infectious. let's go live to the world meeting of families control center. the press conference just finished it featured father lombardi he talked about the meeting between the pope and the five local victims of clergy abuse in recent years or past years. he apologized to them and met with them for a half-hour before going into the session with bishops this morning. he apologized and heard out their stories and promised those responsible will be punished.

let's hear from father right now. >> what is important to know each time the survivors the pope met are not only survivors from abuse, from clergy, but also abuses in the family or abuses by educators. this is a larger prospective of their responsibility of the church toward young people. >> now the pope has set up a commission for juvenile abuse to prevent it in the future and deal with those responsible for it in the past. we heard from a bishop from alaska who is the head of the commission, he talked about how touching and warm and serious the meeting was and 40u touched and afternoon -- and how touched and angered the pope was by the

visit. >> a lot of people wanting to get to the parkway to be part of the mass, had you do they gres and what do -- how do they dress and what do they expect? >> reporter: a jacket because people will be down there for the mass. it might take a little while to get back to the transit stations and get out of there. bring a jacket. looking he the seven day, you'll see how we missed much-worse conditions. today, breezy and sunshine shining through the clouds. 76 is the high. about about an hour before the papal mass starts, 74 for the mass and the parade prior breezy and comfortable. cesily tynan mentioned earlier in this broadcast it's nice that we don't have blazing sun, because people would have to worry about getting sunburn it's not too laid to get that.

tomorrow, warm and muggy 83 with a shower, we're missing that. the next day on some models we have decent rain on tuesday in the afternoon and evening high of 80 there. 74 looks good we're in the 60s after that, you look at the seven day given a chance of the showers later in the week it worked out best. >> we're prayering -- we're talking about the worst case scenario where the orchestra was set up for the papal mass they put this covering over it audio equipment and electronics, in case it was raining, it's in fronts of where people are seating for the papal mass, there's talk they may remove the tarp because as david has been saying there's not much of a threat of rain today it's something we're following on the parkway as the papal mass begins at 4:00 p.m. that's it for us, jim gardner

has a special edition of inside story, we'll take you to a break and have more coverage of the papal weekend.

welcome to our special edition of inside story, this of course, is an historic weekend in philadelphia and an obvious opportunity to pause while the pontiff get smz rest time before the mass on the parkway this afternoon, we can discuss some of the issues so vital to american catholics and how we see pope francis dealing with the issues, first let me introduce some of our insiders today. father william byron is university professor at st. joe's university. there we go. and professor katie ox is assistant of