Papal Preview: U.S. Prepares for Pope Benedict XVI

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Event Date(s): 04/14/2008 | Event Location(s): Vatican City;Washington, DC;New York City, New York; | Description: Pope Benedict XVI is preparing to come to America tomorrow for the first time as the head of the Catholic Church as part of a historic six-day journey. INT MS: A woman conducts a choir during rehearsal. MS: Members of the choir sing. EXT DAY WASHINGTON, DC MS: A police car honks its horn. MS: Construction workers erect a stage. MS: Roses seen in foreground to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. EXT DAY VATICAN CITY MS: Pope Benedict XVI waves. WS: Large crowd of people gathered in Saint Peter's Square. Tracking shot of Benedict waving to people in the crowd. Tracking shot of Benedict waving to people in the crowd. INT MS: In interview, NBC News Analyst George Weigel (partial VO) says, "I think the pope is very bullish on the Catholic Church in the United States. He knows that this is the most vital and vibrant Catholicism in the developed world. He knows that the church and the people of the church have a significant role in American culture, society and public life." INT MS: A priest hands out wafers during communion (faces unseen). MS: A man. MS: A woman prays. MS: Priests walk down the aisle and kneel. EXT DAY WASHINGTON, DC MS: The White House. INT 2 MS: Benedict XVI with US President George W. Bush. EXT DAY WASHINGTON, DC Zoom out to a wide shot of Nationals Park. MS: The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. EXT DAY NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK AERIAL: The United Nations building. Panning shot of flags outside of the UN. AERIAL: Construction sight at Ground Zero. AERIAL: Yankee Stadium. INT MS: In interview, Weigel (partial VO) says, "What Americans are going to see is a grandfatherly, gentle, kind, brilliant, accessible shepherd, who is coming here not to read the riot act, but to urge both the church and all Americans to a deeper living of the human rights tradition that is so integral to the history of this country." STILLS: Photos Benedict XVI. INT MS: A priest raises a cup during church services. MS: The congregation makes the sign of the cross during services. MS: The congregation standing during services. INT MS: Weigel speaks in interview. STILLS: Photo Benedict XVI; photo of Benedict XVI's predecessor Pope John Paul II; photo Benedict XVI. GFX: Header "Le Moyne Zogby Poll." GFX: Supers "View of the Pope," "Favorable 52%," "Don't Know Enough 20%." INT CU: A woman (faces unseen) prays holding Rosary beads. EXT DAY VATICAN CITY MS: Benedict XVI leads mass flanked by other church officials. INT MS: Out of focus shots of lighted candles. MS: Members of the congregation standing during church services. MS: Someone (faces unseen) carries a cross down the aisle. CU: Someone (faces unseen) lights a prayer candle. INT VATICAN CITY Panning shot of bishops watching Benedict XVI speaking into a microphone. MS: Benedict XVI speaks. INT MS: In interview, Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary's Father Brian Bransfield (partial VO) says, "He never shies away from addressing an issue from the ground up. I think he will speak directly to the importance of faith, of love, of hope. I think he will look at the issues that are facing America today." INT VATICAN CITY MS: Benedict XVI speaks. EXT DAY VATICAN CITY MS: Tracking shot of Benedict XVI waving to the crowd from a car. STILLS: Photos of Benedict XVI. VO: Natalie Morales reports and signs off from Washington, DC.

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