u.n. philomena are hanging out with pope francis. -- you and philomena are hanging out with pope francis.e listened. she has become a lightning rod for other women in her situation. he extended the invitation, knowing what the film is about. they were very gracious about this film because some christian or catholic people in this asntry have seen the film being negative. it criticizes the institution, but philomena dignified as the faith. what was great is they watched the movie and laughed and cried and said -- i pointed out there has been some criticism in the u.s., and they said the church is a broad church, and those people are not who we are. we are comfortable with this film. we think it sends out the right message. they said the fact we invited you here is important. i am not religious. my parents are catholic. i have many values i take from it, but i am not. he said, not that a moment. doing his job. you never stop converting. congratulations on a wonderful film and all the success. i really want to thank you, because i know you have been doing this everywhere, and here we are day

were forced to give up their babies, now, philomena hopes the pope may help those women and those children reunite. this all came today in the wake of a scathing u.nport criticizing the catholic church for its -- for the child abuse scandals and also criticizing the pope for his attitudes on homosexuality. as for us we're headed back up to the vatican where we are told from sources at the very highest level the pope will screen the movie "philomena" this afternoon and we'll be there. >> wow. and we'll see a lot more of it tonight on "nightline" after "jimmy kimmel." thanks very much. >>> ginger zee back inside. more on the weather. >> more because we have to go out west to chicago. such a jaw-dropping winter for so many people. you know, last year they had 6 inches. this year, 50 plus and 5 of them came last night and look what it looks like right now on the roads in chicago. that's i-55. what a wreck it's going to be throughout the city so please take some extra care because you're also going to see the cold air spilling in and that is all the way to the pacific northwest. seattle at 16. a windchill this morning, 10 is what it feels like in portl