and what did the archdiocese do? transfer him again. why? i want to know why! >> narrator: the vatican has always claimed the responsibility for these cases rests with the local bishops and dioceses. jeff anderson disagrees. >> in every case that we have worked on for 29 years, the vatican and its role has been prominent because every action taken by every bishop and archbishop and cardinal in connection with sexual abuse is effectively orchestrated and controlled by the vatican. every action taken has demonstrated to us that all roads lead to rome and to the vatican. >> narrator: the vatican secret archives contain the church's records back through the centuries, including evidence relating to sexual abuse cases from the early middle ages to the present day. as a sovereign nation, the holy see cannot be compelled to hand over its original documents or any copies held by their embassies worldwide. the only hope for those representing victims of sexual abuse is to sue individual dioceses. that was how jeff anderson was able to subpoena crucial correspondence bet

the archdiocese says the criticism is misguided. steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >>> and next here tonight, we want to tell you about a seismic change under way in ordinary american life. something that was a staple in american refrigerators, disappearing. soda. the number of americans drinking it has plummeted in the last year, down 3%. may not sound like much, but that's hundreds of millions fewer bottles of soda sold. and it's not just the sugared sodas, either. so, what is happening? abc's senior national correspondent jim avila. >> reporter: an american icon is losing its grip on the nation's consumers. more mothers bypassing the soda aisle. i look in your basket here and i don't see any sodas. >> no, we do not drink soda. >> reporter: the average american drank a 51-gallon bathtub filled with soda in 1998. today, we drink nearly 20% less. only 44 gallons a year. >> i grew up with soda in our house. you know, i would drink like two or three cans of coke a day. >> reporter: but mother of three kendra saad, who we met at her d

the chicago archdiocese is assuring parents at saint alphonsus church in lakeview that their priest won't be left alone with children. father michael o'connell is being investigated again for child sexual abuse, after a man claimed to have seen him molest a boy at a south suburban gym 15 years ago. o'connell just returned to active ministry last week, when another claim of sexual abuse proved unfounded. the man who murdered his wife before committing suicide in northwest indiana, was charged with raping her several months ago. griffith police say remanard castro killed his wife, in front of their two children, before he killed himself on monday. court records show castro was free on bond, after he was charged with raping his wife at gunpoint in november. illinois high school football players will no longer wear pads at practice during the summer. the i-h-s-a passed that rule with a 170 to 87 vote. supporters say this will make practices safer. players will be allowed to practice in full pads after classes start. mayor emanuel has ordered chicago public schools to begin installing air cond

paul the seconds as the pontiff who appointed him bishop and then caramel came on the same day the archdiocese announced card but george had resumed chemotherapy for another bout of cancer in his right kidney. he announced last month the reoccurrence. he was also in a hostile for an infection. the cardinal, although he. strong last night did not speak to reporters. but a university spokesman did. >> he had great affection for john paul the second. i am sure to see that wonderful chemistry be recognized through canonization would have been a powerful moment. but he is not a sentimental guy in terms of himself. he faces reality and it's not the end of the world. >> colonel george said he is disappointed he is not making the trip but he also said he felt it was more important for him to be in chicago for holy week which starts on saturday. >>illinois lawmakers have signed off on a plan to help chicago solve its public pension debt crisis. but the next big step must be taken at city hall, not at the state capitol. republicans refused to put the state on record as forcing chicago to raise its prope

i wanted you to know i'm the minister of the episcopal of the archdiocese supports in resolution i've come to know vicky and watched her performance 8 years ago in the company of a priest. tommy had tears in his eyes. when we left the club he was so received by watching vicky she was so alive and everything that god defined her to be. this is very aspiring they've worked hard and important to the tenderloin community and the lgbt q community we all need to be reminded the tenderloin is an important part of my story as a fifth generation san franciscan. i wanted you to know there's a happen ending thanks to you all this is what the street signblast will look like after june. thank you very much. thank you. i'm a screaming queen a defying have a veteran vet and 27 hiv survivor. i want to thank the committee members (calling names) i forget. there's so many. tenderloin in the is 1960s and 70s everyone came to san francisco because it of little place to be until 1970 now everybody comes to san francisco because of the castro. our transgenders was lost and forgotten for 70 o 40 years and i

given the time it has to set aside for chemotherapy is not fair to the people of the archdiocese and george has asked them to begin the process. something that does not happen in a matter of weeks and months. the cardinal of course talk about his strong personal relationship with john paul the second. given the cardinals delicate medical condition. just finished another round of chemotherapy. the topic of what comes next understandably capture people's attention here in chicago. >> confidential process. for something like this he will ask a lot of people. then he assembles finally looking at all of that. a residenresume of what he thinks are the problems. they have a plan r.e.m. every two weeks for all of the appointments. including this one at some point somewhere down the oneline will have chicago on the list and go through that information. they will get the candidate and then present a list of three names to pull princess who could choose one of the candidates. he can select an individual who is not on the list. incidentally the cardinal says whoever his replacement is he hopes t

. >> reporter: she works for the san francisco archdiocese. >> many people were anticipating this.were hoping and waiting for this time. and it's arrived and so it's not taken us by surprise. >> reporter: though as evidenced by questions at st. mary's cathedral in '87 the pope wasn't seen as perfect to all. when it came to the resistance to allowing women to hold leadership positions. >> in my cultural experiencing questioning is neither rebellion or dissent. >> reporter: but most who came to see him that year like the 70,000 that parked the -- packed the park will always remember the new saint as just that. in san francisco, anne makovec, kpix 5. >> the third longest tenured pope, john paul was also the best traveled crossing 725,000 miles during his papacy. >>> not everyone though is happy to see john paul ii become a saint. one man who sued the catholic church because he was abused beta priest says the church copped up -- covered up sexual abuse by clergy for years. >> i think the church's choice to make this man a saint is a blatant example of how low the catholic church will s

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they were lowe's to do anything there is a lot of great phials the archdiocese kept that show all the letters get these people out of here. so lacking support to know how important you tried to convince very for mexican and fire workers who are scared to speak up because they risked their jobs and their homes and the likelihood. so to have the support was important to. dues the banner and with the march choose sacramento people were not just familiar with california but through its of farmworker towns and everywhere they go the church past two opens the doors tuesday of farmworkers. was brilliant in the ultimately the bishops would support them but it took awhile. >> at the same time there was lot of discussion as stews the nonviolence they used in the boycotts. and to you mentioned there was violence with acts of sabotage men well chavez a relative of caesar perhaps i am reading too much into this but i sense the emotional violence that many volunteers must have felt when they were dismissed from the movement to cause emotional violence. >> this was not a foreign concept. i believe t

and there are a lot of great things that the archdiocese had that show all of the letters that they arewriting to the bishop, saying that these people out of here, what is going on and so on. and so lacking support from the church in knowing how important that is, you're trying to convince very poor mexican farmworkers who are scared us speaking out in favor of the union because they are risking their jobs and their homes. as well as their livelihoods. so they embrace the church and they have the support and he does that. he does this sort of brilliant thing of using this everywhere he goes, and particularly in the march. the march to sacramento, people are not necessarily familiar with california but they walked through all of these little towns. everywhere they go every night there is a rally in the church has to open their doors to these farmworkers and so it was brilliant and ultimately the church comes around in the bishop supports them and so on. it took a lot. >> at the same time this is happening, there was a lot of discussion as to the nonviolence they used in the strikes and t

francis cardinal george was honored last night for his 15 years at the chicago archdiocese. an event at the union league club paid tribute to the cardinal, for his support of the "solidarity bridge" mission -- an outreach of healing and empowerment in latin america. cardinal george will be honored again this afternoon with a doctorate in theology at the catholic theological union academic and conference center. this week, the cardinal announced that his battle with cancer will force him to miss this month's ceremony in rome, canonizing pope john paul the second. stephen colbert has been tapped to replace david letterman when he retires as the host the "late show" on c-b-s. colbert plans to drop the satirical conservative character he's played for nine years on comedy central's "the colbert report". he says he looks forward to being himself, and hopes fans still find him funny. those who knew him from his days in chicago say, that won't be a problem. >> this guy is a talented actor and a talented writer. real artist. he has such a strong moral compass. >> we're very fortunate

archbishop gregory announced he will vacate the residence in early may and moved in to another available archdiocese property excluding the former residence. there were many that did say don't sell the residence. archbishop gregory feels strongly that this is the time to bring a close to this and move on. >>> so now, after living there for three months, the archbishop will sell the home and donate the proceeds to catholic causes. >>> in chicago, officials fired the train operator who crashed into o'hare airport last month. investigators say brittany hayward told them she dozed off shortly before the train jumped the tracks. more than 30 people were hurt. she admitted to also falling asleep back in february and overrunning a station then. >>> another earthquake out west. details on that just ahead plus a report on how some of the plains states might fair as we head into the height of tornado season. >> i am ross at the final 4 in arlington texas where the kentucky wiemd cuts are lookild to go where no other team has gone. we will explain in just a bit. welcome back to al jazeera america. here are the

i failed to consider the impact on the families throughout the archdiocese, he wrote, who strugglingeas to assist with funding our ministries and services. just last week, pope francis removed a german bishop who spent $43 million on a new residence. no word yet if the vatican plans to send any suggestions at all to atlanta. >> they should give it to charity before they build a beautiful house. >> reporter: in new jersey parishioners are still withholding donations after learning john myers spent half a million on his home, adding an indoor pool and fireplaces. steve osunsami, abc news. >> how about some modesty? you don't have to live like a pauper but you don't have to live like a king either. >> bothers me that a pope had to come in and shake them. that is something that you, as the archbishop, should say to yourself, i don't need a 6,000 square foot home with two virts and a -- or two dining rooms and an elevator. >> or an eight-burner stove. >> you shouldn't have to have a pope come in and tell you you don't -- >> walk the walk. practice what you preach. >> exactly. >>> coming u

many catholic bishops, including the head of the archdiocese for the military, have said of that particularulation, this is an unjust law. we cannot, we will not comply with this unjust law. host: let me go back to darlene, who has been patient. do you want to follow up? caller: the senate voted for it as well. i agree with you 100%. i think the entire law should have never passed. i think the entire law is unjust , but i think the republicans were at a point where they were being so blasted by the white house and by the democrats -- the democratic senate as being the obstructionist and so forth i think politically they happened to go along with it -- they had to go along with it. guest: if you're in public office you should defend your principles and do what you think is right. john nader went to the floor the house and talked about this legislation. he voted for it. his house representatives funded it. they are therefore responsible for it. if you vote for a bill that funds abortion or forces someone to pay for an abortion, you are responsible. you can make any kind of excuse and explaine

a spokesperson for the archdiocese says plans for the home in this neighborhood had been in the plansears and the priest only lives in a small portion of this home. $2.2 million, 6400 square feet, and now -- >> i think it's offensive. >> reporter: -- a lot of backlash. some of the faithful at atlanta's cathedral christ of king are furious at the new home built from the estate of the nephew of margaret mitchell. author of "gone with the wind." archbishop gregory left his older, more modest home two months ago to make room for the six priests living there. not all parishioners are against the move. >> given that all decisions are made, you know, thoughtfully and prayerfully. >> reporter: others say it contradicts the teachings of poach francis who drives humbly and simply. just days ago he removed a german clergyman nicknamed the bishop of bling for a $43 million home. >> when you're in religion and politics you're held to a different level of accountability. >> in "the georgia bulletin" he apologized. faithfully respond year after year to my pleas to assist with funding our ministries

also, says pope francis, to all those with such generosity have prepared these memorable days, the archdiocese of rome with cardinal bellini, the armed forces of italy, various organizations and the numerous volunteer associations. thank you, all. also to the pilgrims in st. peter's square and around the city of rome. he also agrees that all of you who join us by radio and television. pope francis thanks the media professionals who through their work have allowed so many people to participate in this celebration. i send a special greeting to the sick and to the aged, those to whom the new saints were especially close. [ speaking foreign language ] >> now we'll turn our attention in pray tore the virgin mary whom st. john paul ii and john xxiii loved. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ speaking foreign language ] >> amen. [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] >> amen. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> pope francis just embraced his predecessor there. another embrace, another warm embrace. i can only imagine what they said to each other. >> we'd love to know. >> we both gave you these saints a