Officials in Philadelphia on Thursday unveiled a rendering of a multistory mural honoring Pope Franc

(28 May 2015) RESTRICTIONS: AP CLIENTS ONLY AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Philadelphia - May 28, 2015 1. Mural artist Cesar (say-ZAR') Viveros and Mural Arts Program executive director Jane Golden show a rendering of the mural to students from Saint Malachy and Saint Veronica Catholic schools. Nat sound: clapping, talking with children. 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jane Golden, Mural Arts Program Executive Director, talking about murals "They help us, as a city, tell our stories. They encourage us to never forget. They remind us of our heroes. The represent our struggles, they lift up our triumphs and aspirations. They give expression to our lives." 3. Children talk with Viveros and Golden about what they like about the mural 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Cesar (say-ZAR') Viveros, mural artist "When Pope Francis comes to Philadelphia, as everybody knows, it will be an historic moment, and I want that moment to be captured in the mural." 5. Catholic school children sit in front of the walls at the future Saint Malachy School where the mural honoring the pope will be created. Nat sound: "So let's pray now together asking the Lord to bless this site …" 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Donna Crilley Farrell, Director, World Meeting of Families executive "This mural not only will be a work of art and a thing of beauty, but as you can see, it is going to be huge. It will be a 4,239-square-foot piece of art, which will span the entire length of this front wall. 7. Students unveil the rendering of the mural. Nat sound: clapping 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Jumarie (joo-MAH'-ree) Diaz, Eighth Grader at Saint Veronica "It's wonderful. I don't know how to describe it, but it's like really exciting. The pope is coming for the World Meeting, it's like really exciting. I really like it (the mural), it's so beautiful, the change." 9. Viveros and Saint Malachy student Frederick Thompson hold before-and-after pictures of the wall where the mural will be. 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Frederick Thompson, Seventh Grader "It looks nice. I'm looking forward to painting it, I'm looking forward to help paint it." 11. Audience members clap as Farrell announces that the first "paint day" for the mural will be for students on June 2 STORYLINE: Philadelphia boasts a large and colorful cast of characters painted on buildings across the city, and now Pope Francis will join the crowd. Officials announced Thursday that hundreds of residents and visitors will help create a mural honoring families and the pontiff, who is scheduled to visit the city for the World Meeting of Families in September. The multigenerational portrait, titled "The Sacred Now: Faith and Family in the 21st Century," will show the pope with his arm around a youngster and surrounded by a diverse group of parents and children. Flowers and grapevines will border the triptych, which will span more than 4,000 square feet over three sections of the future St. Malachy school. "It looks nice," seventh-grader Frederick Thompson said. "I'm looking forward to help paint it and make it shine, make it so everybody can admire it." The city's Mural Arts Program, which began as an anti-graffiti initiative 30 years ago, has created thousands of murals depicting a range of themes and faces, from neighborhood children and grandmothers to "Three Stooges" star Larry Fine and basketball great Julius Erving. The murals have become a popular attraction, with guides leading about 18,000 tourists annually by foot and trolley. Over the coming months, community members and World Meeting participants will paint portions of the image on cloth panels. It runs Sept. 22-25. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...