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amy kellogg has more on the pope's popularity. >> reporter: his warm, hearty embrace of an american boyebral palsy may have been the first sign he seems to have genuine affection for people. doing, and it really ere about does come across that he cares. >> reporter: he recently plucked a boy with down's syndrome from the crowd, took him for a spin on the pope mobile. >> it is rare to see a pope do that, go off, kiss people that aren't able to get up and see him. i think that he is reaching out to a group of people that need him the most. >> reporter: maybe because he spends more time at weekly audience mingling than preaching, crowds on st. peters now reach 100,000, more than three times what they had been before his installation. the catholic church, tarnished by scandal, is bass king in the francis effect. american catholics were going to mass in the lowest numbers in decades. just 24% going once a week. the vatican hopes his popularity will turn it around to woo back some of the faithful. >> saw it straight away. with the new pope, his teachings and philosophy, it brought me back int

amy kellogg is live in london. >> possibly as many as hundred thousand people turned out for this rallyt on by the ncri. it's a very organized group, most organized of the myriad 6 opposition groups that exist but critics say its cult. they talk about freedom and democracy in iran, outside the tehran regime would disagree with, the critics say it's not inclusive of other organizations or points of view. the ncri have been known to expose iran's nuclear work but they are stepping up efforts as legitimate political group. they invite a host of u.s. politicians to their gathering each year. john bolton, rudy guliani and others expressing concerns about the iranian regime. >> the u.s. needs to be strong and forceful and consistent. i think our problem in iran we haven't had a consistent policy that we have kept moving forward. we are too many stop, started negotiations and proliferation question of nuclear matters is very important to us as is the export of terrorism around the world. we have seen that sadly in syria today. >> reporter: some say, however, the real story is in iran where you

amy kellogg live from london. >> reporter: hi, jon.thing at this point is anecdotal, but everyone does seem to be talking about the francis effect. and, jon, it's not just people going back to church, it's things like more people going to confessions for some reason and even reports of lots of little italian babies being named francisco, which is italian for francis. now, from the very beginning the new pope was widely admired for his outreach to the poor and his desire to help the poor. but it really has been his mingling style, his personal touch that has capped his popularity. now, this image really says a lot about the style of pope francis. this was easter sunday when he reached out of his jeep and cradled and hugged an american boy with very ball palsy -- cerebral palsy. he's been known to pluck from the crowds and give them a spin which he did just yesterday. >> it's very rare to see a pope do that and go kiss people who aren't able to see him. so i do think he's reaching tout the group of people that need him the most. >> repor

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amy kellogg watching that from london now. : hi, bill, the prime minister seems to have moderated his tone a bit, he's gone from referring to the protestors, bill as looters to acknowledging that some of them do in fact have environmental concerns. he's also talking about some of them as being terrorists. now as you mention mentioned three people killed including a police officer who fell over and overpass while chasing protestors. 4,000 injured. a week of these protests, and what people are really waiting for now is an apology from the prime minister, it's not enough for them to hear from members of his party or deputies. they want a full on apology for the heavy-handed tactics of the police. in fact when the prime minister spoke slightly moderating his tone from tunis today where he was meeting with a counterpart people were listening and the markets dropped right away in turkey because people wanted more, bill. bill: how did this all start? what started it? >> reporter: started when the prime minister announced plans to comm

amy kellogg has more. >> reporter: his warm embrace of a boy with cerebral palsy is the first sign thats has a genuine affection for people. >> he seems very, very sincere about what he is doing. and it really comes across it. >> reporter: he plucked a boy with down syndrome from the crowd and took him for a spin on the pope me beale. >> to be able to kiss people who aren't able to see him, but i think he is reaching out to the group of people who need him most. >> maybe because he spends more time with his weekly audience than preaching they reach 100,000, more than three times what they had been before his installation. the catholic church, tarnished by scandal is basking in the so-called francis affect. a new poll found american catholics were going to the mass in the lowest number in decades, 20% going once a week. they hope it will turn around and to woo back the faithful. >> with the new pope with his teachings and his philosophy has brought me back. >> from watching the feet on good friday to blessing bikers last sunday there is a feeling that pope francis wants to touch the live