NBC Nightly News Report on 'America' Interview with Pope Francis

Tim ReidySeptember 20, 2013

America's editors were all over television, radio and the Web yesterday to discuss the pope's groundbreaking interview with America and other Jesuit journals. Here is one of the best reports, from Anne Thompson of NBC News. We will have more links to interview related commentary as the day progresses.

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