How The Media Has Covered This Popular Pope

Published September 25, 2015 at 12:52 PM EDT

Pope Francis arrives in the popemobile in Washington D.C. to crowds media and Americans. (Doug Mills/New York Times via AP)

As the pope wraps up his first trip to the U.S., Catholics and non-Catholics alike can finally take a breath from the marathon of pope coverage by the media. Why has the papacy become so popular in the U.S.?

NPR’s media correspondent David Folkenflik discusses media coverage of the papal visit with Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd.

Guest

David Folkenflik, media correspondent for NPR. He tweets @davidfolkenflik.

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