they were unable to enter the military, there were no catholic schools, catholic churches. you could, you could worship privately, but publicly catholics didn't exist. and so this meant that they were, they formed a very close society on their own to which, obviously, the sisters had access. but what was interesting was that there was no discrimination against the sisters personally as catholics. and i think partly this was because the people they met were tolerant this a private sense. they might not allow a catholic like, indeed, barron stafford, to go to a university or to become prime minister, but they were quite happy to allow their daughter to dance with him. so there was that difference, if you like. where the faith affected them was when they married into protestant families. and louisa who was the first to do this in england encountered a huge amount of hostility from felton harvey's family. who were appalled. they were rather reluctant to acknowledge louisa. she was an american, after all. but most important, she was a catholic. and the idea of having catholic gr

and, a catholic bishop in tripoli, libya's capital, said that at least 40 civilians have been killedby air strikes. some aid groups said the violence prevented them from reaching those in need. meanwhile, italy could be facing a humanitarian crisis, as thousands flee the unrest in north africa. more than 6000 migrants have arrived at the small italian island of lampedusa, near sicily. some have been relocated to italy's mainland; others may be sent back to the countries they left. religious leaders also voiced concern for the ivory coast, as fighting intensified there this week. the conflict began last november after the president refused to leave office after losing the election. since then, more than 1 million people have fled the violence and more than 400 people have been killed. this week, pope benedict called for an immediate end to the conflict. he also announced that he would be sending an envoy to the country to help facilitate peace. in japan, relief efforts continue for victims of the earthquake and tsunami. the united nations says the country still needs more temporary sh

. >> the odds of being abused as a little catholic boy or a little catholic girl in that diocese was higher than any other place in the united states. >> correspondent mark trahant examines a little known chapter in the catholic church sex abuse story. >> he told us that, if we told anybody, they wouldn't believe us because he works for god. and he was right; nobody would believe us. >> if jesus were to come to the village, i have no doubt in my mind that he would be crying. >> in our second story tonight... >> so, these were parts that are illegal. >> that would be the easy way to say it, an "illegal part." >> miles o'brien and american university's investigative reporting workshop uncover disturbing new trends in the airline industry. >> it's going to be at the expense of a smoking hole at the end of the runway. >> these two stories and more on this special edition of frontline. >> frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major funding is provided by the john d. and catherine t.

more than 100 orthodox christian, catholic and protestant leaders attended. the president spoke of holy week as a time of humility, salvation and grace. >> this magnificent grace, this expansive grace, this "amazing grace" calls me to reflect. and it calls me to pray. it calls me to ask god for forgiveness for the times that i've not shown grace to others. >> the president also hosted a passover seder on monday night for jewish staff and friends. >>> vigils were held across the gulf coast on wednesday to mark the one-year anniversary of the bp oil spill. many religious groups have been among those providing support to people affected by the disaster. catholic charities in new orleans says it's still offering job counseling, financial assistance, and mental health services. the group reports that 79% of its clients have yet to receive payments on their claims. >>> the united states announced that it would begin using armed drones in libya, as leader moammar gadhafi's forces intensified attacks on the rebel-held ci of misrat human rights groups say the city is

she's not catholic, she's a big-time catholic, a prominent catholic family. her mother would later be ambassador to the vatican. >> she was. >> rose: so this is... >> that's connected bill clinton to the pope. >> rose: was it... when you were marrying this lady way back when was that a challenge? was it difficult? >> yeah, still a challenge! >> rose: i don't mean... (laughter) i mean was it... how did you approach this notion of jewish, catholic. >> i grew up in a town that was heavily jewish and heavily catholic. i lusted after an italian woman my whole high school. but... >> she never knew. (laughs) >> totally unrequited. totally unrequited. but it took a lot of time. it took a lot of tears and years to figure this out. my family was very nervous about it because as the minority they saw my marrying a christian as a threat to judaism and the traditions. now they were not observant jews but they were strong cultural jews. in fact one of the odd dis here is that while they objected to my marrying a catholic, the first seder, the first passover my mother ever

and having gone to catholic schools, including a very good catholic high school, then archbishop stepanak and having diocese and priests, some of whom were brought up on charges or however you want to put it, knowing some of my schoolmates who had bad experiences, some of whom actually sued, that the narrative that was carried in the "times" was much different than from my own personal experience. donahue puts it rather bluntly when he says the catholic church doesn't have a pedophilia problem, it has a homosexual problem. i think the use of the term "pedophilia" to describe that scandal was inaccurate because most of the victims up to 90% were post-pu-bessent are categorized as -- [inaudible] >> thank you, henry. you're always good for the zingers so the think of the use for the term "pedophilia" and i had an argument with bill o'reilly on the factor on this and, of course, he was blunt but essentially it made these priests who were abusing their authority and power and influence over these kids to be baby molesters as opposed to people who are abusing their power and influence over thes

catholic church are not observing church teaching on issues like consequent septiotr. there's a lot of cafeteria thinking. >> i think picking and choosing a good way to put it. i think there is a satisfy tiara mentality. that can apply to even religious beliefs. you think that religion is in the climb in the united states. >> no, i don't. i've vested a intt i teach at religion at boston college. it's not a commercial anything. religion is powerful. there's people i don't think it's true that we're in the middle of another great awa awakening. >> let me grijalva you some statistics. look atmarriage. in 19 snrirtss. the number of unwed couples shot up 1 50%. >> marriage ins decline. i think that's true. i think that's true. maybe paul and i agree on there is a battle going on here between these two ways of thinking about the world. one more can you have n nent. >> the church authorities cannot keep marriage which is a centerpiece as ovenant. >> the church authorities cannot keep marriage which is a centerpiece as we that this force is irresistible sooner or later we're g

catholic church are not observing church teaching on issues like consequent septiotr. there's a lot of cafeteria thinking. >> i think picking andhoosing a good way to put it. i think there is a satisfy tiara mentality. that can apply to even religious beliefs. you think that religion is in the climb in the united states. >> no, i don't. i've vested a intt i teach at religion at boston college. it's not a commercial anything. religion is powerful. there's people i don't think it's true that we're in the middle of another great awa awakening. >> let me grijalva you some statistics. look at marriage. in 19 snrirtss. the number of unwed couples shot up 1 50%. >> marriage ins decline. i think that's true. i think that's true. maybe paul and i agree on there is a battle going on here between these two ways of thinking about the world. one more can you have n nent. >> the church authorities cannot keep marriage which is a centerpiece as ovenant. >> the church authorities cannot keep marriage which is a centerpiece as we that this force is irresistible sooner or later we're go

where catholics commemorated the crucifixion of jesus christ. on this good friday pope benedict xvi does something no other pontiff has ever done before and that is to go on television and answer questions reaching out to the world's 1.2 billion catholics. catholics, some with rosaries in hand listened to pope benedict answer seven questions selected out of thousands submitted. a young japanese girl asked the pope to explain why so many children were killed by the tsunami. >> we do not have the answers, but we do know that jesus has suffered just like you. he was innocent as well. the real god, jesus, was on your side. i am on your side as well. >> reporter: the topics ranged from war to persecution of christians but no questions about priests abusing children. the vatican has been accused of being too secretive about the sex abuse scandal and some catholics say they believe the pope is now trying to make the catholic church more transparent. >> the pope is trying to get everybody together no matter what religion you are. he's trying to get all

. >> lutherans are similar to catholic and episcopalian they do a formal worship liturgy and pay attention to the seasons of the year. >> i know some lutheran pastors they sing the liturgy. >> absolutely i love to sing. voice is one of my instruments i play piano, i don't do that sunday morning we have people to do that. doesn't make sense going up and down between the pulpit and piano. >> oh, you know why i am not lutheran i would have trouble being a baptist and pentecost tall too. >> i bet you are a good methodist. >> i will settle for that. >>> palm sunday and passion sunday i like to put the two together some times, both are very significant. >> we do the same thing. >> okay tell us how you see that event. >> well, in terms of palm and passion sunday, the passion takes place during the week, monday thursday, good friday, easter vigil the night before easter then cover those events in the garden of the last supper, crucifix. >> are you doing that too. >>> we are but some people don't come in the middle we want them to experience that, not just the triumphant entry into jerusalem but wh

catholic bishops announced that last year the number of catholic clergy accused of sex abuse increased from 286 the year before to 345 last year. only seven of the claims concerned abuse that took place in 2010. most of the alleged abuses were decades old. since 2002, when the scandals broke, some $3 billion in settlements have been paid out. the number of religious schools in the country's inner cities has been going down for years, but there's a school in chicago that seems to have developed a model for survival. it's called holy family ministries, and it's a merger of episcopal and lutheran schools in a ministry that also includes secular social services. that has given holy family access to a much larger donor base, and the administrators say they can keep the religious instruction and its funding separate from the secular program. judy valente reports. >> i don't know about you. >> i don't know about you! >> but i'm ready for chapel. >> i'm ready for chapel! >> reporter: it may look like a pep rally, but at holy family ministries they call this chapel, the wednesday afternoon wors

where catholics commemorated the crucifixion of jesus christ. on this good friday pope benedict xvi does something no other pontiff has ever done before and that is to go on television and answer questions reaching out to the world's 1.2 billion catholics. catholics, some with rosaries in hand listened to pope benedict answer seven questions selected out of thousands submitted. a young japanese girl asked the pope to explain why so many children were killed by the tsunami. >> we do not have the answers, but we do know that jesus has suffered just like you. he was innocent as well. the real god, jesus, was on your side. i am on your side as well. >> reporter: the topics ranged from war to persecution of christians but no questions about priests abusing children. the vatican has been accused of being too secretive about the sex abuse scandal and some catholics say they believe the pope is now trying to make the catholic church more transparent. >> the pope is trying to get everybody together no matter what religion you are. he's trying to get all

"that's why, and i've been raised in the catholic church. "i happen to have been born in a suburb here "where we're catholic, and my grandparents were before me." "why do you listen to creed?" "i don't know. that's what's on my radio station." "why do you wear-- "why do you wear thong underwear and low pants even though it's dreadfully uncomfortable?" "i don't know. britney does. so that's what i see; that's what i do." "older people, why do you vote republican? "or democrat? when there's clearly really no difference between the parties?" there really is no difference between the parties, you know? they pay lip service to some differences here and there, but when you vote vehemently democrat or republican, you are broadcasting-- to me, anyway-- that you're not doing your homework. do you know what i mean? like, you--when--like last night, when i did stand-up, and as soon as i mentioned george w. bush, some arms got folded. some heads lean-backed with the old, "okay, don't say-- this is bush country." what does that mean? what does that mean?

. >> you know, i'm the jew on the panel with four catholics, i think, but doesn't the list proclaim the mysteries of faith? celebrate the mysteries. these are mysteries. and as john kennedy said here on earth, god's work is truly our own. we create our own heavens and our own hells. chris: let me try the commercial idea. could this be commercialism, like you deserve it, everything has to be good news. >> meaning heaven, you deserve it. chris: yes. >> i think hell has always been something, and certainly growing up as a catholic, it's something that keeps you on the straight and narrow. reading about daunte's seven rings in hell. don't act this way or you'll end up in hell. it's keeping a check on your behaviors. and the idea of heaven is the positive way to look at that. the way we behave and love and teach others, there is a great after-life, where you can be with others who behaved and acted morally in love. chris: is that why everybody buys gold, as a hedge? [laughter] >> but the idea of heaven and hell, this is something that new testament preaches, not the old testament. it's been

i happen to be a catholic priest and there is another but we have other chaplains of different faith groups. >> brother george cherry. >> he is one of our administrators. and i think the opening line for a chaplain to any patient in the hospital is we are here to support your faith, belief and values. so that kind of covers all the basis whether you are a catholic, or a protestant or whatever faith group or no faith group you know the role of the chaplain is we are here to listen to you, to be supportive of you and i think that is very important for a patient diagnosed with cancer. some times they will kind of with draw into themselves for a period of time as they are trying to make sense of all this and some times the god question comes up you know why is god doing this to me i have been a good person and the role of the chaplain is to be the listener not necessarily do wedgie answers, -- do we give answers. to those of the catholic tradition there is the opportunity, offer this sacrament of the anointing of the sick. in many cases when that happens the person gets a sense of peace.

it's very catholic very catholic very bad just even very from the the city that lives according to code it ruins gets stuck in this kind of like appearance and mentality that's completely antithetical to everything that's happening people come and have conventions here because they know there's the french quarter they know there's strip clubs prostitution. this is bourbon street it's. for about two hundred bucks you can buy yourself sex more specifically straight up intercourse. with a new orleans street walker anything else oral sex anal sex can be negotiated but anything else is also. against the law. according to a law called crime against nature it basically prohibits anything other they are in ordinary intercourse and there's no police out there going into a neighborhood saying you can't have sex with your husband you can't have oral sex with your wife right no one's actually enforcing that but it isn't forced and enforced heavily on the prostitutes of new orleans these are people who can least afford to be charged with something like this right now you have to do is have an underc

i'm abby and i work with catholic health care west at st. francis memorial hospital, and we are here tonight to urge you to pass the e.i.r. and the related legislation. we have been impressed in the planning of the treasure island community that's taken so many considerations and factors that impact health and are really looking forward to working with the various community agencies and our partner, mercy housing, to ensure that the health delivery system is there to serve the very healthy population. we won't have much to do. so thank you very much. >> good evening, commissioners and directors. my name is john, and i'm the general manager of rubecon landscape. our mission is to prepare low-income people to achieve national independence. we support the development and urge your support of all the issues being considered tonight because our presence at treasure island has helped us provide numerous opportunities for very disadvantaged people. we've been on treasure island since 1992 when we did landscape work for the u.s. navy. and we've been

many of the catholics in this country had set a standard for charity in the early days.w the muslim community looks at that, as well. what sort of examples do you think your community is trying to get for themselves in this regard? >> well, my son goes to catholic school and this being easter week we're talking a lot about jesus. and muslims have a different theological view of jesus than christians do but what we share with christians is the idea of jesus as a messenger of mercy, as an exemplar of mercy and the good samaritan story is a perfect example. the good neighbor, the one that achieves eternal life is the one that is a mercy upon the traveler stranded by the side of the road. that's the conversation i'm having with my son right now. >> and jesus is also a truth teller and some economic systems work better than others. india and china have alleviated far more poverty since they abandoned communism and adopted capitalism than they ever did or would have under socialism or communism. >> i don't know anybody here who is against capitalism. >> you have diminishing re

i went to catholic price school in dorchester, a section of boston. -- i went to catholic high schooln dorchester, a section of boston. because of my parents, my brothers and i were all blessed to go to harvard university. that is where i went to school. it was intense. i stayed there for law school and have a master's in public policy from there. those are subjects i decided to study because i was interested in public service and public policy issues and government. >> you grew up in the boston area. what made you want to make the transition and moved to san francisco? what motivated you to get involved in politics question marks before i ran for office, and worked in san francisco as a criminal prosecutor and civil rights attorney. i got to understand how much of a be in san francisco is to the rest of the world for social justice. i spent a number of years helping to grow a small business. i got to understand the innovative spirit in san francisco. at night, i volunteered as a neighborhood leader and as feature of an affordable housing organization. i learned so much about the chal

but the girls here they all went to catholic school, they are all young victims than the victims you have out there. but that doesn't necessarily mean it can be the same person. >>catherine: was have to consider in the possibility of copycat killings as well, have they discussed back? >>caller: again it wasn't till you're news broke, that they actually discussed it. it's something that will be looked at. even if he wasn't responsible for the killings here, if you perhaps became familiar with the double initial killings here for his travels. live it was highly publicized in the early '70s. >>catherine: carmen: was the first of the three, those 11 were abducted, strangled and bodies dumped. in looking at the names of the california victims in the rochester victims. thank you gary i know we will follow this, please are obviously taking this seriously and asking for help from the public. any kind of information. >>pam: of course we encourage you to stay with kron 4 for our continuing coverage of these cold case murders. at 5:30 p.m. we will look at their bay area cold cases. we will be r

he answered catholics and non- catholics alike. >>> san francisco muni drivers voted to approach a potentialtrike. they are negotiating a new contract. the talks have been described as contentious. it does not mean that drivers will strike. it provides union leaders with the authority to call a walkout if negotiations stall. >>> muni is responding to another ongoing safety issues. the agency is investigating why a bus driver was back behind the wheel of a bus yesterday after being accused of texting while driving. the unidentified driver was fired this morning after she showed up for her shift. >>> video revealing a troubling problem involving light rail train. this video shows an l train speeding through a tunnel yesterday morning with a wide open door. the man who shot it says that the passengers were shocked when the train pulled away from the station at 10:00 a.m. the operator is still on the job. a similar incident on another l train april 5th led to an operator suspension. >>> an abalone diver has died on the sonoma coast. a 44-year-old man drowned this morning. this video here shot ye

and non-catholics around the world. most questions dealt with how people struggle with suffering. pope benedict told a 7-year-old japanese girl who wrote about the march 11 earthquake and tsunami her suffering was not in vain and assured her that many people were thinking of her. >>> how do people react when a 17-year-old teenager gets pregnant? what do they say? a high school senior in washington state went to great lengths to find out and as abc reports she shocked the community not once, but twice. >> reporter: it's no surprise that teenagers carry around a lot of secrets but 17-year-old gabbg rodriguez managed to pull one over on her entire school. even relatives. it was a secret so big, so surprising, friends cried when they found out the truth. >> everybody was just shocked. like speechless. >> for six months, gabby pretended to be pregnant. elaborate hoax that began with baggy clothes and eventually a fake belly. she wanted to see what it would be like, how she would be treated. the straight-a student in tiny top

john's catholic church is located on russell ave in felton. new details and another incident for southwest airlines. this morning a flight from oakland international headed to denver had to return shortly after takeoff. one wing warning light went off. a pilot decided it was safer to return of the plane back to oakland. the plane was a different model than the model that had a fuselage tear sparking emergency inspections nationwide. the incident was not classified as an emergency landing but rather and lesser yellow warning. once the planes are fixed consumer trust is an issue with southwest that it will have to rebuild. today kron 4 has passengers that they will still fly the airline. they were split 50-50. we will likely see a commercial from southwest that and said its recent problems. >> will be important, it will deal with inspections, maintenance and timely repair to ensure people feel safe. as long as southwest does that, it should take care of itself. over the long haul this is one of the safest airline she confide. >>pam: in addition

." >> one of the holiest days for catholics around the world.cessions like this one in jerusalem are taking place across the globe. israeli security forces are on high alert with the catholic holy days coinciding with passover. >> easter is nearly here and the virgin mary may be history. the king james bible is being revised. the new version replaces virgin with young woman. the protestant bible is trying to stick to an original using a hebrew description of mary. the revision has to be approved. it may take a while. >> happy easter. happy "good friday" and earth day. >> lots of celebrations going on today. >> that's it for the cbs 5 news at noon. have a great weekend. hopefully some good weather. >> a little cloudy. >> we'll take it. >> because we can. >> caption colorado,llc comments@captioncolorado.com. ,,

the boys attended catholic schools through sixth grade.they excelled in glasses inclasses and have been at the top of their class. i've volunteered at the school when they need someone to pitch in. i am always the first one to call. jay was a member of the school board at the catholic school. i am a eucharist the minister at the good shepherd church where jay and i sing in the choir. our family is fortunate because we have never fell discriminated against in our community. our friends, mostly heterosexual couples cost a model family. they even call us and their role models. we try to mirror the best family values in spite of the fact that our children are so well adjusted to the love that we parents have been able to provide their classmates to know that they have two moms and it has never been an issue. i can say without any doubt, our lives were almost perfect until the morning of january 8, 2009. that morning at 6:30 a.m. ice agents showed up at my door. they were looking for a mexican girl. jay did not think twice about letting them in

and non-catholics around the world. questions dealt with how people struggle with suffering. pope benedict told a 7-year-old japanese girl who wrote about the march 11 earthquake and tsunami her suffering was not in vain and assured her that many people were thinking of her. >>> how do people react when a 17-year-old teenager gets pregnant? what do they say? a high school senior in washington state went to great lengths to find out and as abc reports she shocked the community not once, but twice. >> reporter: it's no surprise that teenagers carry around a lot of secrets but 17-year-old gabbg rodriguez managed to pull one over on her entire school. even relatives. it was a secret so big, so surprising, friends cried when they found out the truth. >> everybody was just shocked. like speechless. >> for six months, gabby pretended to be pregnant. elaborate hoax that began with baggy clothes and eventually a fake belly. she wanted to see what it would be like, how she would be treated. the straight-a student in tiny topinish

a young catholic policeman was killed when a bomb exploded under his car. police blame ira dissidents. that have been targeting police officers. omar was the site of a horrific attack in 1998, an ira splitter group detonated a car bomb that killed 29 people and injured hundreds of others. international outrage over that attack spurred on the ira peace process. >>> back here at home, president obama had a busy saturday placing calls to house speaker john boehner and senate majority leader harry reid pressing them to agree on a $73 billion series of cuts from this year's budget. the government faces a shutdown on friday without a budget settlement or another extension of the deadline. meanwhile, the president's political advisers say he could file with the federal election commission as early as monday and begin raising money for his reelection campaign. but those same advisers say that could be delayed until the budget impasse is resolved. david gregory will have much more on this tomorrow morning on "meet the press." assistant majority leader senator dick d

catholic healthcare west by st. francis and st. mary's, california pacific medical centers, the old presbyterian hospital's, kaiser hospital. i know this is really breathtakingly exciting. i'm sorry it is so slow. ucsf picked up mount zion. and, of course, san francisco general hospital and chinese hospital. showing up here in a minute. what does it cost? you will have other people talk to you about this. you already cited this i think pretty well known fact that both the most consolidated and most expensive of the counties in our state. again, just to emphasize the point, hospitals are paid $7,349 per patient per day on average compared with los angeles county, not necessarily an inexpensive place to live or work, where the figure is $4,389 per day on average. supervisor chiu: i'm sorry, before you move on on that, that is a pretty stunning figure. could you talk about the various explanations for that? >> tried to explain that? a lot of other people will be talking about that. supervisor chiu: great. thank you. i would say certai