Hundreds stood anxiously waiting a couple of hours for a glimpse of Pope Francis as he drove by on the West Side Hwy near Carlisle St on Friday morning. 
Also, there waiting to show their support for the Pope were a handful of Occupy Wall Streeters doing performance art trying to get their message out to the Pope to address the crimes of Wall St. bankers who went unpunished and un prosecuted. 
Many who came to view the Pope took an interest in the perfomance artists and were snapping pictures while the performers wore masks and held a sign reading, “Welcome to Wall Street FRANCIS”. The performers told me they were there in support of the Pope who they feel is coming out into the light with many of the issues that are in need of being addressed. 
Many feel the issues the Occupy Wall Street movement brought to light are blatantly legitimate and have clearly not been addressed. With an increase in the Police state, people being arrested for peacefully protesting their rights yet, not one banker or CEO was held into account for the Trillions missing from the Fed. 
Main Stream media, MSNBC, took shots of the performers. Reporters from the NY Times spoke with them about why they were there and the message they were trying to bring.
Many tourists stopped to ask what they’re message was and why they were there while they snapped away taking pictures on the steps of historic Federal Hall.
