(timothy) pope benedict and pope francis are, by formation and temperament, very different people.th people. he's brought back, strongly, the phrase "the people of god." hasn't appeared much in the last 20 years. ♪ (mary) he has loosened the awful intellectual clump that was imposed for years under john paul and benedict. people were afraid of being silenced. and i think what francis has done is given us back the church of vatican ii, a big noisy church, where people are going to fall in and out with one another. (timothy) i think what pope francis wants to do is to have a church which is less controlling because he believes that the holy spirit must blow where it will. (narrator) pope francis has begun a process to create new, more transparent, and efficient structures in the roman curia. but he also wants to radically change the mindset in the vatican. (male translator) what he thinks and always thought is that the roman curia should be at the service of those of us in the trenches because they're in an office and you can't see reality from an office. (male reporter) the new pope

>> narrator: in february last year, pope benedict stunned the world by being the first pope to resign in 600 years. >> no person has had more influence on the life of the church, how it works on the inside, than joseph ratzinger. and he gave it up. >> narrator: when the helicopter took him away, benedict was leaving behind a bitterly divided vatican. this is the inside story of the events that undermined his papacy. it's a story of corruption and cover-up. >> if i don't get a response from you, i'll go public. >> narrator: of sexual scandal and abuse. >> if you tell anybody, your parents will burn in hell. >> narrator: of secrets and hypocrisy. >> so there we were, where they had had sex all night long, and he took out all his paraphernalia and started to celebrate mass. >> narrator: and a story of leaked documents exposing a bitter internal power struggle. >> i published documents dealing with corruption, scandals, frauds, nepotism. >> narrator: now a new pope, francis, must battle the forces that overwhelmed his predecessor. >> if he wants to change the church, it's going to mean de

pope francis diving into a wlirlpool of u.s. -- whirlpool of u.s. politics.s we'll show you, some of the most animated moments happened on the streets of the capital. >> i was stunned, and i was amazed, surprised, all of the above. and then i was angry. >> the pontiff making history this week, declaring a new saint for the first time on american soil. and as the holy father made his way around washington, a class of preschoolers led a popemobile parade of their own in front of their school. >>> just an incredible week this has been for the district of columbia. one that we won't soon forget. from addressing a joint session of congress to mingling with the poor in washington, the holiest man in the world made history here in our city over and over again. wednesday we saw pope francis circle the ellipse in the popemobile following an elaborate welcoming ceremony at the white house that all started at 17th street on the west side of the white house grounds before turning down constitution avenue and up 15th. the holy father waived, giving blessings to the crowd,

oh, no, the pope is down! the pope is down! ( applause ) ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) thank you for your service, swiss guard. ( cheers and applause ) thank you for your service, swiss guard. folks, that was-- that was kind of fun. ( laughter ) and i gotta say, i needed it because i'm still in a little bit of a state of shock from the news i heard earlier today. speaker of the house, republican majority leader and hand-tooled leather congressman john boehner is resigning his post. it's a sad day for everyone, including... ( cheers and applause ) listen to how sad everybody is! and it's a sad day for everyone, including speaker boehner. just look how dejected he was entering today's press conference. >> zippity doo da zippity ay my, oh, my what a wonderful day ( laughter ) >> stephen: there he is going through the two stages of grief- - "zip-a-dee" and "doo-dah." though being speaker of the house makes you second in line for the presidency, apparently boehner's resignation was inspired by an even higher power. >> speaker

who pushed this on the pope. the pope is not an idiot. that's clear. >> that's the point. this is someone who -- >> not a figure head. he's very involved in what the church is doing. and seems to be very granularly involved in his own public image. he's obliterated this entire trip. they say they didn't announce this in advance because they didn't want it to distract people from his other messages. his other messages have been completely wiped out and erased by this baffling meetup. >> good discussion. that's all this evening. "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. >> thank you for joining thus hour. busy day today. and a big show tonight because of it. we just got the criteria, finally, for the next republican debate. there has been a lot of worry about who might not make it on to the stage for the next republican debate and questions about whether or not there would be a kids table at the next debate and who would be at that kids table. well, now after 15 million people watched the first two debates, we finally got that information tonight about the next debate. so w

francis bobble heads with pope francis dolls, t-shirt that says pope is dope. this is on the bread. put some pop tarts in there. you've got pope tarts. it's really nice. the point is we sometimes miss the point. and meanwhile scalpers have been offering tickets for the pope's appearance in new york city for as much as $5,000 apiece, which here's the thing. if you are the kind of person who will drop $5,000 on a ticket to see the pope, i don't think anyway, if you're in your room flipping channels right now welcome to america, pope francis. hopefully you won't stumble on to any "real housewives" shows. meanwhile, we are very proud to have a pope of our own on this show tonight. olivia pope, kerry washington is here along with lea michele and music from travis scott, too. this will be a fine welcome for the pope when he gets to new york. did you see the video of the pizza rat? show that video. you can see it's a rat. found the slice of pizza. i don't know if it was a no cheese or he ate the cheese or what. just like that the must have halloween costume of 2015 wa

well, that's not who the pope is.ent out of its way then to show the film of the meeting with mr. grassi, which looks really heartwarming, i think that sent the most powerful message the vatican could send. >> absolutely. >> mr. grassi, knowing the pope as you do, and that's not a phrase i have used on this program before with anyone, but knowing the pope as you do, what is your judgment about that meeting? because the pope was, it seems to me, very careful not to step into the most controversial areas, or the most politically difficult areas. he never mentioned the word abortion, for example, when he was speaking to congress, so it seems to me, he would with an audience through kim davis, step into this incredibly controversial issue in the united states. >> yes, you're right, and i agree completely with what e.j. just said. i think that he basically was set up for this, for this meeting with mrs. davis. i -- i think that he was extremely surprised. i was. i was very surprised. and very suspicious from the very begin

, but that happens with any pope. so the intrigue goes on. >> a former religion editor. that makes you more of a vatican expert than me. >> still ahead it is the question that could completely change the democratic race for president. will joe biden run and when will he make up his mind? a challenge for the speakership just days after kevin mccarthy credited the benghazi committee with taking poll numbers. another republican is launching a last minute campaign to become the new speaker of the house. details ahead. stay with us. ay warm. but by night, beautiful, smoother and ready to impress the other party animals. dr. scholl's dreamwalk express pedi good.how was your commute? yours? good. xerox real time analytics make transit systems run more smoothly... and morning chitchat... less interesting. transportation can work better. with xerox. thank you for calling. we'll be with you shortly. yeah right... xerox predictive analytics help companies provide a better and faster customer experience. hello mr. kent. can i reb

pope francis visited our country for the first time ever today. the pope is here until saturday. he's visiting washington, d.c., new york, and pennsylvania. not even going to bother coming to l.a. he said it's a lost cause, no point. while pope francis is here he will address a joint session of congress, and then i think he's doing snoop dogg's youtube show. this is the plane the pope flew in on. first stop was in cuba. he came straight here from havana and had a little bit of trouble at customs. through his stuff. >> what is this, sir? >> jimmy: you can't bring more than $100 worth of cigars into the country. i don't care if you are the pope. i love this pope but i wonder about this tweet he posted last week where he wrote, i ask you to join me in praying for my trip to cuba and united states. i need your prayers. thanks, we're excited to see you, too. should we be offended by that? maybe i'm being paranoid. the pope got quite a reception. the president and vice president greeted him. after they said hello he got into his own car. what you're about to see is not a joke. >> one o

well, it turns out she may have been in a room with the pope. i've been in a room with barack obama. i don't know if i can tell you that he loves me and agrees with everything that i say. and many of us have had those kinds of situations. so that clarification, i think, was good and helpful because i personally was disappointed when i first heard that news. >> let's talk about something else a little strange that came out -- that we saw the pope down in congress giving a speech, and he leaves the podium and our bob brady dashes up, grabs his glass, takes a sip out of it, gives other people a sip of water. people are sprinkling it on themselves. late-night comedians had a ball with this. should we find it adorable? that's bob brady for you -- a little bit odd. >> got to have a touch of philly in there. >> it was a precursor to the real event that happened in philly. you know, he got everybody geared up to say, "well, if it happened in d.c., who knows what's gonna happen in philly?" that was a great promo. there you go. >> and this is his thing. h

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. >> pope-chella within pope by southwest. >> the world series of poper. what do you give to the pope that has everything. >> there have been a number of new emojis created to commemorate this trip, including one of the pope kissing a baby and another one of him eating a sub. i'm assuming it is a filly cheesesteak. >> trevor: finally pope-mojis for when you want to inject just the right amount of confusion into your late night-sexting. sup, girl, you up because winky face cartoon pope like cheesesteak. good luck figuring that one out. (laughter) but in quieter moments his holliness wanted to talk poll-- holiness wanted to talk politics. >> climate change is a problem. protect the vulnerable. as the son of an immigrant family, i am happy to be a guest in this country, which was largely built by immigrants. >> trevor: hates inequality, climate change, loves immigrant. he's like a young bernie sanders. (cheers and applause) and from the moment he arrived, francis showed that he rolls humble. >> after being greeted by the president, the vice president and an a

i enjoyed the pope's visit.t was nice to see americans get excited about someone who wasn't a kardashian or a rat with a slice of pizza. [ cheers and applause ] the pope made visits to new york, philadelphia, washington, d.c. we want to have some fun with people here in l.a. so we went out on the street, asked people about the pope and all the terrible traffic his visit caused today. as you know, not only is the pope not in l.a. today, he's not even in the country today. but will that stop people from complaining? let's find out in tonight's pope francis edition of "lie witness news." >> we're talking to people about the pope's big trip did los angeles, have you been following that on the news? >> a little bit, yes. >> did you see him at l.a.x. this morning? >> yes, l.a.x. >> what were your impressions when you saw the pope get off the plane? >> i was surprised the pope came to california, know what i mean? he's everywhere. i didn't think he'd come here. >> so there's frenzy in l.a. because of the pope. what of

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pope francis and that controversial county clerk. we've now learned before leaving the u.s., the pope met with kim davis. the clerk sent to jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. she says the pope giving her these rosaries, thanking her for her courage. tonight, the exclusive interview describing that meeting with the pope and here's abc's paula faris. >> reporter: today, so many questions about what happened behind those doors in washington. that secret meeting with controversial kentucky clerk kim davis. >> it was really very humbling to even think that he would want to, you know, meet me or know me. >> reporter: davis, such a divisive figure. an elected official who went to jail after refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, when the supreme court made marriage a right nationwide. >> under whose authority are you not issuing licenses? >> under god's authority. >> reporter: davis herself married four times. i recently asked her if her right to religious freedom trumps another person's legal right to

pope francis spoke of conscientious objection of the human right. since then it has been revealed that while in washington he met with a friend, and that friend's long time sex sex partner. we know that francis had a brush with kentucky clerk, of course, kim davis, who has refused to same sex marriage licenses. she said that pope francis told her to stay strong in doing so but according to the vatican quote, the the the pope did not enter into the details of the situation of mrs. davis, and is meeting with her should not be considered a form of support, of her position in all of its particular and complex aspects. on facebook, rick maclean told thaws sound to me like some backpedaling. on twitter jonathan, says that pope visits prisoners cost not mean he endorses crime. same here. >> most of the people that the pope meets, he doesn't know who they are and usually someone who stand by him who says this is mrs. smith, this is mr. jones. the pope greets them, shakes their hand, they take a picture and they move on. >> reporter: with conscientious objec

in his pope mobile. >> so where is the pope mobile now? that's the question. you're looking into the fate now of the famous fiat and some of the other stuff, too, that was made just for pope francis. >>> there were so many memorable aspects to the pope's visit, so what happened to all of the special items created just for pope francis? >> nbc 10's lauren mayk went to find out where all the things like his chair and the pope mobile are right now. >> reporter: the mass drew hundreds of thousands, all wanting a few moments close to the holy father. but what becomes of the items so close to him? >> what we're hoping to keep here at the basilica will be the chair used by our holy father pope francis. >> father dennis gil is director at the cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul. >> we had everything here because they had to take down the set on the parkway and get ready for monday. >> reporter: were you worried that something might get lost in the shuffle? >> i wasn't really worried, because we had a checklist. >> reporter: it included the

i think the important point here with these pope meetings that the vatican wants to say is that the pope meets with a lot of people. it doesn't necessarily mean he supports all of the things that those people represent. the important thing is not who he meets, because with he kne k of his whole pontefy cat is to reach out to all kinds of people and notice what he says about particular issues. >> i understand that the pope, that they are friends and that he does know that grassi is is gay, that that was not an issue. that this is the pope, simply living his life of inclusion. >> reporter: well, absolutely. first of all, he was a former student, he was a friend of the pope. so really no big surprise that the pope would meet him. we know pope francis is open to meeting any people. there was a transgender man from spain that he met at the vatican in january, who claimed, you know -- so, there are a lot of people that the pope meets, but that doesn't necessarily mean that we can draw any kind of conclusion on what the stance on a particular issue is. for that, we've got to go to what the part

the pope agrees with me. pope francis said seniors are part of a throwaway culture.ks before congress, calling the elderly, quote, a store house of wisdom who could teach the rest of us something valuable. who revolutionized childbirth? your mother didn't die during it? some old person. who created the bridges getting you to and from rehab? an old person. who fought the war so you could sit in footsie pajamas? an old person. who cured polio, stopped measles and created alcohol? you can thank old and likely dead people. here's the point. we discriminate against age, but age doesn't discriminate. black, white, man, woman, gay, straight, christian, muslim, we're all going to show age at some point. so show some respect, you kids! and get off my lawn! you're the normal person here. >> that's great. >> wasn't it refreshing? nobody defends old people anymore. >> everybody that you mentioned probably did all those things when they were in their 30s. >> not all of them. that's probably true. but the thing is, we forget that they did something. fought wars or cured things in

a kid in dorchester to a megastar hosting the pope. wahlberg says he wears the rosaries blessed by the pope, and that moment at the end with the holy father will be one he cherishes. >> he asked me to pray for him. but you know he's a man with a lot of responsibility so he is prayers. before the brothers came here to the opening they actually had a softball gail over at fenway park against casey burgers and team won. we are live in fenway, 7 is in. back to hurricane joaquin, obviously still out there, till powerful but for us, there is some good tonight tonight. i will not sale his thunder and let's get to chief meteorologist pete bouchard. tracked further offshore and in the looking like it will be of consequence to the east coast. right now in the southern bahamas and churning to a stall right now, intense, too. category 4 on the scale, which goes from 1-5, and topped out at 130 and expected to maintain some strength as it passes over the open ocean. time frame is monday to tuesday, till offchore and way back from that, and also from

i had quite a bit of hope in the pope in his words, pope francis being a jesuit, he knows the words of ignatius, the feelings are depressed in deeds not words pop we have not seen action. each time that we heard words of encouragement, and of the pope wanting to reach out to the marginalized and the lgbt community being one of the largest marginalized communities within the catholic church it didn't happen. so we had thousands of lgbt people and their families requesting to meet with pope francis. and there was nothing. and then, for him to meet secretly, and deceitfully, under the radar, with a person who is not only has harmed the lgbt community, who continues to harm the lgbt community. so by his meeting with her to me that is a direct statement that he supports her action he and he does not support the lgbt community. >> all right, boy, tough predicament, if you're a practicing catholic and a member of the lgbt community. nicholas capula thank you for coming. >> thank you for having me. >>> a temporary reprieve for an oklahoma man who is scheduled to die today. richard glosset clai

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today, the vatican saying shefts one of the dozens of people that the pope greeted. davis' lawyer says the audience lasted ten minutes and was just between them. also now saying the pope was with a gay man from argentina and his parter in, as well. >> five are recovering from injuries and severe tush lance today ch the flight was heading from the states to grananda or rather to the states when it hit the bad air, throwing passengers from their seats.

the fervor of pope francis's visit underscores how many are devoted to religion. but that seems at odds with the u.s. constitution which never once mentions god. ists a tension in american life that began with the country's founding and may never be resolved. >> amazing grace ♪ >> american presidents often become america's pastors, legally though, politics and religion are not supposed to plix. >> i believe in an america where the separation of church and state are absolute. >> church and state are and must remain separate. >> but separation of church and state remains controversial. >> this nonsense about separation of church and state has gotten way way beyond the bounds of what the founders of our constitution thought. >> there are plenty of politicians who agree with that. >> i see no separation between my faith and my personal and professional lives. >> and then there's the question of whether all faiths are even welcome in american politics. >> i would not advocate that we put a muslim in charge of this nation. i absolutely would not agree with that. >> so i

mark wahlberg saying the pope blessed a rosary he wears around his neck. donny was on hand joking that coming from a family of nine, his mother always made the children go to church. sometimes they skipped and he joked he hoped mark repented for his family. pray for him. but he's man with a lot of responsibility so he's always in my thoughts and prayers. >> reporter: wahlberg saying he would like to work with the pope in the future. he says he takes up a lot of important issues, including human trafficking. live in boston, nicole oliverio, "7 news today in new england." >> christa: thank you. and we're going to get one last check of the weather with jeremy reiner. >> jeremy: tracking more rain. southeast mass, boston it's been in and out of the rain overnight. that's the case for the day. metro boston north, it will be dry weathered to but also pockets of rain. cool and raw all day. winds gusting out of the northeast 20-30 miles an hour. low to middle 50s. lost. morning. drier in the after. days. hurricane joaquin out to sea this weekend but we'll still wa

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