five and a thousand catholics give parliament a dozen of them on your to appear today have to look over 5000 homes. with others there are other shepherd the sure the work with me. the priest the chief cooperators with the bishop as the vatican council said women religious and nonreligious and teachers and schools and those who work with the catholic charities and the betting in hopes carry out the mission of the church and get along with a lot of help from my friends. and i think to the guy was like to say for another image aside shepherd about the conductor leading an orchestra of those people on the stage only one not making a sound is the conductor what he's doing is bringing together orchestrating some comically the sounds of the

others make and i think that's really important for me to remember that it's the work of other people that are going to advance the life of the church. i cannot tell my mother that i'm part of the noise. and we can talk to just for a second since 2005 and 2006 you were installed here so i've known nuisance than on a limited basis but i haven't had this much time alone with you and i don't think people really do so this is a real treat. had you handle being able to have seven people see it don't again at square one with anyone with share the faith pusher experience and worship and prayer and family life as a catholic for sure having worked for the church so that certain things you can presume it doesn't have to begin

at the very beginning of each person and i think that the foundation on which to build however short along the militias were exchanges that we can past when my keep assistant because of what unites us. a thin 50 years a priest 17 years of bishop and must've been exciting time for you. potassium of the better questions and one for me is the church to happy to help us through the vatican to bump ordained in 1960 to the how was the church in new in the day the church received for the future. i think the church was growing even before the vatican council always been growing and changing with each generation. and i think the vatican council really touched back into older

traditions not so much a whole new way of being catholic but touching into traditions that have perhaps been lost or understated princeton's having the were shipped the language of the people it's an old tradition not just a new idea but there was new to the mid-20s century but it was or renewal rather than bringing in something brand new i think i was true for a lot of things the sacraments and understand how to teach the faith and let the faith of it was a renewing or rather than a brand new product. and will get to the future and today the house that for people of your generation did you see that coming? how was that to adjust? i don't think we sought coming at think remember something somebody said at that time to a number of us saying that the first half of the 20th century and a church in america

was unusual for the 20th century history and the church. everyone was very certain of the understanding of what the faith meant uncertain about their obligations were and there are certain the enemies of their faith for outside themselves and to identify the mother was coming as a more with mit. and then i think the idea of having people have to talk to one another about what it means to the catholic and understand it inonu perhaps apply to new suit situations that was something that developed with the vatican council. the sense that it's an ongoing unprocessed does not just learning something and the first tenor 15 years of your life and then unthinkingly applying for the rest of your life. here really is preen the life of christ to life and the teaching to bear upon new developments in your own life and in the world. archbishop thank you very

much you called a lot of hands to the whole process and sure. will be back after this.

a great picture. of the archbishop and were here today with him on mosaic. it's wonderful to have you here. the shepherd of the roman catholic diocese five dozen catholics you shepherd the mall to the help of your priests and religious and other people that i have to ask you have a wonderful past and wind have a big future but today a big thing is going on in the church. fortnight for freedom in the whole history of the church in this country religious freedom

has been a cornerstone of all of the liberties as well. and in january of this year the department of health and human services announced a mandate with regard to insurance and someone but more important to us with a lasting effect is the principle they pasted on and the principle was that you are the to find a religious organization for the first time your religious and and how to religious freedom when you're in your church teaching if the fates are worshiping and employing a working among the people of your own faith. the tradition of the church in this country has been that we operate schools and hospitals and travel organizations and reach out to everybody we don't health and reach out to just catholics. we have always been able to follow our own religious

convictions in the way that we reach out. and what were concerned about is the with the new definition they can tell us when religious and not in the one living concern for me is that for a long time now there are many national organizations of been very critical of the catholic church especially catholic hospitals for letting our own beliefs affect how we administer health care and they see for example after serving the entire community new look and catholics and non catholics into a hospital he should provide abortion. the catholic hospitals will not be able to do that but there are those who say that if you're serving the community he should provide a full range of reproductive rights which includes in their interpretation apportions. and the same principle came in january about the insurance can

be used as that. in not reading being as religious as you are when you are worshiping at bass so you don't have the freedom to save you cannot perform abortions and that hasn't happened yet but that will come down the road because it's of very much based on the assumption that this issue was. of the fortnight the freedom to raise awareness of that. and inspiration that we have from catholic leaders why not say something around before the july ballot so it goes from june 21st in the midst of it right now and ends in july 4th and its to call is to pray and to learn and to act and interact with representatives on this matter of all its refreshing in renewing a religious freedom. orland as to the fortnight for freedom has a lot to do

with communication you've told me personally and many others that if st. paul or elected day he'd be in your chair. absolutely. pope john paul the second said that that would be the new public square as electronic not just a piece of land of the motown and that's were paul preached and that tour he would be teaching in responding to criticism now. do you think the church is getting better at getting at haircutting better a dialogue and about moving forward in getting our word out of listening to others. a think the more that we learn about what works and what doesn't and how works not to be afraid of it to plunge and the more that the precious and diocesan priests and bishops ever to get more involved the more confident that we get to

the bad judgment we exercise about how to do well. is that kind of thing that i think it's getting in. don't just walk around the " come in and swim. have to take a break but you have a wonderful voice if you wanted to get into voice overs to promote the code. nobody ever said that until i was in my sixties made their voices change town water something. were going to sneak away and will be back.

welcome back. today we are delighted to have with this the archbishop to shepherd the arch bishop of the roman catholic archdiocese of san francisco it's wonderful to have been here. he's been on the program several times before. yet on your way to retirement in your letters in at the vatican. i wanted to ask you about that your 76 you just had your birthday and i thought 75 was a long time does a lot for priests and bishops to give. i think it is in quite frankly here in the archdiocesan sent to cisco retirement ages 70 with no questions asked the can retire and the vatican has sent the age for retirement of bishops in 75 if there's illness they take that into

consideration. but they will require at 75 and week and urged the aces will do that to the priest may retire at 70. and my understanding with people living longer and staying healthy longer and even people in terms of national policy and recommendations about social security. they're considering retirement to be raised a few months later with every year there we go forward. i even hear secondly the other questions about what should determine be. i want to ask you 70 is a long time to give a lot of priests ordained what we call lifers 25 in 50 years generally and their 75 years old sometimes we don't realize how long a time

priest served in the continue to serve. i understand it's a long time but it is a vocation not a job with a lifelong commitment and we have to be careful about animals with the twin this came in my head was its retirement from administration. if someone asks many of our retired priests love supplying in parishes in saying mass on sunday during convention center and a baptism for some in the family its pastor work and that goes on and the can do it anymore. i think we retire from is the responsibility in terms of administration and that's what bishop retires from. i have to ask you.

who is the archbishop at home. do the pair of slippers to relax at home i very much enjoy reading that some much fiction anymore more non-fiction i'm interested in especially things like man morris and back biographees. it is finished and batter for those free fascinating. i have a stamp collection pay less and less attention to. i like films and very much like saying what can be done abroad and other countries as was the u.s. made films. and i love classical music of listening to a and limit plan in the background a think sometimes

when i'm reading it in the background. and going to the opera mozart in a week or so. but then not a golfer i didn't catch that gene from my dad who loved golf but took two lessons and that was enough for me and began to tease my daddy knew when golf spells backwards flog. and also some money called up the game that ruined a perfectly good walk but i read i admire golfers and just don't envy them. i am not a dodgers fan in the more i moved north and so did my affections. i am very happy going to a game this afternoon.

we'll have a great time i'm sure. the going to take a break and i don't want to give it to brief of the time but everyone of us has people who helped us to the person we are today who was that for you? off the teachers in elementary school in the teachers and high-school in the seminary and my companions in the seminary and principal my mother and father that supported their only child going into the priesthood and run always in my corner on that although it did mean they wouldn't have grandchildren and that's for the selfless love and my point of view. i think you for being here today showing that shepherd. her going to take a break and will be back on those sick.

welcome back. we're here today with the archbishop george of the archdiocese of san francisco with had half an hour with you alone and it's been wonderful and we have five minutes left. now how about let's just talk for a second about the wonderful priest since sisters and people you work with here. the backbone of what goes on. i cannot imagine how one could be a bishop without being involved daily hourly basis with the priest said their the ones that bring the life of the church together pope john paul this acoustical the family the

domestic church and the sense that the next level up in the parishes all those families that come together in which together for the sacraments to learn the fate and that's where church happens at the parish level. and that's on the face of happens but it is important for us to have high schools and colleges and catholic charities and organizations but all of that presumes what's happening in the parish. and the priests make that happen. they're very self sacrificing and very generous and i admire them for one thing they don't put up with a lot of nonsense from the bishop. every ob meant obedient and promise respect the they have good questions and suggestions and they want answers and i think direct. best moments in here and the best moments as the priests and bishops.

best moments interestingly from your survey the at the cathedral eastern christmas and the holy week but conformations i love confirmations people are so upbeat the intergenerational coming on to the young adult catholics and that's a very exciting time. i don't get tired of them. hallett said the walk for life here in the midst of a very secular population, first five and then 10 and 15 and 25,000 people come together and they don't even called a march dakota walk and they come in the middle of january with a captain in the weather and at out there to witness their faith not to attack anybody but just to say we're here and we are for life. we are going to miss you i know i am a lot of other people are it's been wonderful having you here and you are an educator

and talk for a number of years. but you always found you had a home in a parish priest said mass scale never let yourself get away from being a parish priest do fill the same way? i do very much it's interesting even the theologians call been a dish the fullness of the priest said. it's the same priest with that the priests exercise the same sacraments the deacons' receive a we all cooperate in different ways in different dimensions to the life of the church. it isn't just being out there alone performing it's been to gather in shepherding in caring for the people. a little time for you to tell us with the future what's retirement going to bring? after the new archbishop is installed i will move into the

what's called the archbishop's house and the ground in menlo park and i liked seminary life in young people keep you young. the idealistic and elected to do part of their community and i don't know whether i was a teacher write but i think comic that plan after i don't have to plan the days when the one here. but also the close 3 of her exhorts us to whenever you like. and link its very important to focus on what we're reading about which is falling of jesus christ. he is lord and savior and he means forgiveness of sins and eternal life for us if we will follow his teaching to recognize him and those who are hungry and thirsty and those who are strangers to need to be taken in that's what we need to do. if but will hang that list for best cast your name will be on

top thanks for joining us today. thanks for joining us on was sick.

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