Pope wows Alaska senators — and Rep. Young’s wife

Sen. Lisa Murkowski shows the rosary beads she says prompted a special moment with the pope.
Alaska’s congressional delegation had an audience with this pope this morning. Actually, all of Congress did, along with the president’s cabinet and the Supreme Court. But Sen. Lisa Murkowski did have a close encounter with Pope Francis, a personal moment that left her awestruck.
Murkowski was among a group of senators assigned to greet the pope inside the Capitol. She says lawmakers were ins