anti-catholic, particularly anti-irish catholic emigration, and anti-slavery. both of these issues came together in a new political party called the republican party. the republican party initially anti-party.as an one of the important things i would like to tell my students, don't confuse anti-slavery with pro-black. the republican party advertised itself as the white man's party. they wanted to ban slavery from the territories primarily because they did not want black slaves competing with white labor. if that were the case, then of course free labor, slave labor, would push out the working man. you have to pay wages to the working man but not the slave. the republican party advertised itself as the white working man's party. it was popular in the midwest in the cities of the northeast as well. the second strain in the republican party was anti-catholic movement. in the early 1850's, a new political party appeared cold -- called the no-nothing party. this was in response to the irish immigration. the irish immigrated before the american revolution, but accele

the new catholic missionaries, and we're going tok talking about especially young, new catholic missionaries, and i've got, as my guest today, mr. gabriel m ilano. thanks for being here. >> thank you for having me, chris. i really appreciate it. >> this is going to be a short show because there's a lot to talk about, but i want -- we're going to talk about the fact you grew up in a bay area. you're part of one of these new waives of missionaries into the catholic church for the catholic church, but tle's a quote. i think this pretty much sums up the objective of all missionaries. often, the only thing standing between young people and a life of faith is that they haven't heard the invitation of jesus christ in a convincing way. we're here in august, just about august, about one year after pope francis gathered, oh, i think, what is it, 2 pinpoint weather 7 million people in rio di janeiro. a huge, huge event. obviously there's something going on. somebody getting fired up. 2.7 million, whatever the stats are, that is huge amount of people. that is new thing that the pope is -- has been going

there's a catholic president. an embattled one. the catholic church is growing it is still a minority, 10%. gaining more and more weight. this reflects pope francis' worldview. he knows that the center, the pivotal point is no longer europe. it is not north america, either. he knows south america and he knows a lot things are going to take place in asia. this is where the balance is going to tip one way or the other. it is worth going there and seeing what he can do and trying to assess the situation. >> you mentioned there will be a number of marches in south korea. what else is on the agenda? >> visits with a lot people. a meeting with the korean church. he goes there to preach and also to listen. he gets reports from everywhere. nothing like meeting with the people and listening to them. what it is like, the problems and the hopes people have. >> we will have to leave it there, thank you for speaking to us in the france 24 studios. special advisor to the archbishop in paris. a quick reminder of our top stories here on france 24

chinese catholics are cheering his visit. he sent a telegram of greetings to the chinese president and the chinese people. catholicism was first introduced to china in the late 1200's it has spread. if you go into rural china, you can find catholic churches easily. after the communist party and mao took over, they began repressing religion and outlawed freedom of religion. they establish their own catholic ordination -- organization. they reject vatican authority. the communist party does. they insist on creating catholic bishops in china. this is not ok with the vatican. the relationship is fraught. the other thing that is added to the tensions is there is one chinese catholic bishop who has rejected vatican authority and withdrawn from the communist party catholic association. he was placed under house arrest, where he remains. there's is real tension between two great powers. the communist party potentially fears the vatican would sway political power amongst the people. >> thank you for that. thousands of people have held

, less catholic than today. it's kind of a very exponential growth. the growth is very quick. the catholic church is feeling it, a good 10% of those 50 million south koreans, but the minority is growing, the christians as a whole are quite important to have 20% of protestants. all together, the christian religion is the first religion in this country, only 22%. >> of course, seeing the pope with the president with world leaders and the pope is using his influence to the full. >> yes, in a way. south korea is always caught in-between two giants, japan and china and it's a country which is always trying to make its way. >> let's hope that helps for dialogue between north and south. i need to stop you there. you're needed on our french channel. thank you, sir for joining us. >> thank you very much. >> thank you sir very much indeed. obama says a seize has been broken. the u.s. president says he no longer expects to have to carry out evacuation of the land there. aid has been dropped to those stranded will not have

the pedro pan archives were moved from miami's catholic archdiocese to barry university. operation pedro pan group committed itself to trying to make contact with all of the more than 14,000 unaccompanied children who had come to the u.s. through operation pedro pan. as part of this new interest in the 1990's amongst pedro panists who are now parents and in some cases grandparents in preserving their memories of the exodus, the cuban-american playwright began interviewing prominent exiles and leaders and participants in operation pedro pan, including monsignor walsh and jim baker. these, together with oral histories, are archived in the cuban living history collection housed here in the special collection. growing interest for operation pedro pan in miami also produced a ripple effect. interest grew on the island as well. in 1996, the revolutionary film producer, whose brother frank had left cuba as a pedro panist in 1963 when he was 10 years old, produced a documentary which consisted of a series of interviews with cuban-american women who had been pedro pan children. th

althoughal mass was much about the catholic church. 18th century catholics killed for their beliefs. the pope tied their story to a modern day story in a region where the church is growing. >> translator: their example has much to say to us living alongside men's wealth dire poverty is growing. where the cry of the poor is seldom heeded and christ continues to call out to us asking us to love and serve him by tends to go our brother brotd sisters in need. >> reporter: the pope's message is very presents resonating with 170,000 catholics invited here from churches a is who the country. >> translator: even though i saw him far away i was so overwhelmed and my heart was pounding so hard. i am so grateful and inning describably happy. >> translator: our country has been going through numerous hardships and there are many people suffering in poverty. just by the fact that the pope is here in a divided country, we are so blessed. >> reporter: pope francis will return his folk you go to the youth of the region on sunday when he delivers the c

a chance for catholics young and old to see their holy father up close. he reserved a special honor for families of those killed in april's ferry disaster walking up to the village where they have been demanding an independent investigation bestowing his blessings. as the pope makes his way through the crowds, there is no mistaking the scale of then. nothing has been seen like it for more than a decade moment. it's significant not just for south korea but for the catholic church in asia. although this mass was about if the catholic church, the 18th and 19th center tree killed for their religious beliefs, pope francis was keen to tie their story to the church's present day relevance in a region where catholicism is growing. >>. >> the cry of the poor is seldom heeded and where christ continues to call out to us asking us to love and serve him by tend to go our brothers and sisters in need. the pope's message resonating with 170,000 catholics invited here from churches across the country. >> even to though i saw him far away, i was so overwhelmed. i am so g

these catholics. five of the first 13 states had in the state constitution a stipulation that only a process to be elected. and, indeed, catholics to start coming in. and i'm talking before the failure in ireland right off the bat catholics started coming in because of turmoil in france. catholics from arliss are coming in. conflicts with england and three-bedroom to more national successes can. verses in 1803 the louisiana purchase. in 1825 and can now which connects the original body of land to all this new land. in this is what we found. a lot of these newcomers are moving along with others. and there is this fear that we may lose all of this. all this the we have gained we may lose. we come to 1834. indeed an influential voice in planning these fears. not the only influential voice to be doing it. but a very prominent minister, highly respected, father of varied beecher stowe and he gave a sermon. the first one was that the catholic system is averse to liberty. cases of greek influence of the prie

intellectuals in south korea, they are run by the roman catholic church. it is impressive. they experience it as being an agent of liberation and that is one of the reasons the church is grown in the last 10 years by 70%. >> pope francis 90 in south korea but it might be a chance he has found time to check in on the football scores. >> that is south america's top competition. thousands of fans to the streets in the capital and pope francis became an honorary member of the. luis suarez is free to kick the ball again. >> he was banned for four months and nine international fixtures. they barred him from any football related activity. finally, the italian national football team has a new head coach. >> the resigned after a disappointing performance at this year's world cup. the 45-year-old reportedly signed a contract. >> extra watching. yowy >>> this week on wealthtrack, two outstanding personal finance journalists, jonathan clements and jason zweig tackle the biggest final challenges facing americans and how to overcome them. retirement income, market volatility and good f

. >> now his trip is an outreach to a growing catholic community. and we are expecting to hear a speech from him in english shortly. let's go ahead and cross to our paula hancocks with more details on this. actually we'll re-connect with paula in a moment. but pope francis, you will see footage there from when the pope landed and is being greeted by officials. we'll see where he goes to the blue house shortly and make his speech. let me go ahead and bring in our paula hancocks who has now connected with us from seoul. what do you think about the visit and delivering it in english? how significant is that? what is he likely to say? >> reporter: well, errol, he is currently at the blue house which is currently the version of the white house. it is the presidential compound meeting also with the president park gun-he, he was there to meet with her when she arrived earlier today. he will be giving the speech in english, not something he often does, so we're not exactly sure what the pope is going to say but we know there are a number of themes he will t

for the catholic church, this is a huge success story.of these people joined the church during the long fight for democracy. in 1984 when pope john paul ii came to seoul, he was met by the military strong man. standing at the pope's shoulder is cardinal kim, a man revered in south korea for opposing the the rule of the generals. >> the catholic church and also priests and sisters, whole catholic church was known to be opposed to dictatorship. the whole basic witness of the catholic church was that there should be democracy, human rights. and that a the catholic church was on the side of people who were imprisonened because of their political opinions and dictatorship. >> the result is a catholic church growing faster here than anywhere else except africa. >> when they celebrate mass saturday morning, there may be a million catholics here to welcome pope francis. there's two places they won't be coming from. north korea and china. i've been told that thousands of chinese catholics are trying to get tickets to come here and the chinese gove

suzanne kennedy with reactions from local catholics. >> the pope telling reporters covering his trip to korea that he plans to visit philadelphia in september of 2015 with possible stops in washington d.c. and new york. >> father has met both prior popes. he says a visit by pope francis would likely touch people of many faiths. >> he's fantastic, especially because pope francis has such a carcinomharisma and command and outreach to the poor and needy. you can see his love in his face and eyes. >> the last time a pope was in washington d.c. was april of 2008, pope benedict visited catholic university and held map at nationals park. >> it was palpable. there's something special about it. you can argue different sides of your faith, but the holy spirit just felt like he was there. >> for the pope to come, it would wake up a lot of catholics here and show a lot of people in d.c. that there are more people of faith than they might think. >> sort of a breath of fresh air in a lot of ways. we hope we could have a great visit. >> suzanne kennedy, abc seven news. >> summer is over for thousan

catholics in the korean population have been growing. the people and the media have never been so enthusiastic over any other religious leader. all of those combined, i think he's great. the pope took the train instead of a helicopter. his efforts to speak english for the first time in public and communicate with the people. that this dialogue -- the pope has touched the hearts of even non-catholics. the pope will continue his visit another few days, also holding a mass for reconciliation of the korean peninsula. >> the first visit of a pope and in many years coming a lot of people excited to see that. jacqui jeras is here with the weather. >> you have to get outside and enjoy it. these days in august not happen very often. we have been experience in a couple of weeks. when you crunch the numbers, take a look at this. between august 1 and august 15, it is thealf month, third coolest on average at dulles airport and bwi. that is the high and low temperatures, average them together 15 days, it was way below the normal. and bwi.les reagan n

catholics killed for their beliefs.e was chairing their story to those of the present day. >> their example has much to say to us who live in societies where dire poverty is silently growing, where the cry of the poor is seldom heeded and where christ continues to cry out to us, asking us to love and serve him by tending to our brothers and sisters in need. >> reporter: the pope's message resonating with 170,000 catholics invited from churches across the country. >> even though i live so far away i was so overwhelmed an and i'm so grateful and indescribable happy. >> our country has been going through numerous hardships, and there are many people suffering in poverty. just by the fact that the pope is here, we're so blessed. >> reporter: later in a part of his visit that has attracted some controversy, pope francis went to a care home south of seoul, which has been accused of old fashioned practices and financial irregularities. but the pope continued his visit one of its main themes in an increasingly unequal world. >>

through the 16th century catholics or protestants preached you're not to be curious about god's creation the adultery of the soul to ask of the earth so how do they break through this? my hunch is columbus not his discovery but when he brought back. all of these flamboyant birds bluebeard animals and stories of exotic people and stunning typography of the americas and it was so fascinating people had to break through prohibition against curiosity. from that time on day become curious about the national world then what is the relation of these weird things to the old things? and never looked at those natural objects around them but now they have questions they begin to. how did it free itself from the structure of the church? but when i finished i really had shown how the new world discoveries have led to the scientific imagination which change european society for rigid cultural system to one that is expansive and curious so it is the history of the origins of natural science. >> host: we will start with the conclusions in your book prospective the most active a consequence of the age of

it's a significant moment not only for south korea but the catholic church in asia. although this mass was very much about the history of the corps ian catholic church, beatfying 1248r space 18th and 19th century contact liingz killed for their beliefs, pope francis was keen to tie their story to the church's present day relevance in a region where catholicism is growing. their example has much to say to us who live in societies where alongside immense wealth, dire poverty is silently growing, where the cry of the poor is seldom heeded and where christ continues to call out to us asking us to love and serve him by tending to our brothers and sisters in need. >> the pope's messages, his very presence resonating with 170,000 catholics invited here from churches across the country. >> even though i saw him far away, i was so overwhelmed and my heart was pounding so hard. i am so grateful and indescribably happy. >> our country has been going through numerous hardships and there are many people suffering in poverty. just by the fact that the pope is here in a divided cou

in the first of these, the logical rivals were few, who was a catholic, albeit a southern catholic, and marshal ki, who was at least a nominal buddhist. marshall ki, who you may remember, was rather colorful character who was known to the population as mr. mustache. the embassy, rather obviously, favored thu, and the result was there was an election in which there was a ticket and ki accepted the vice-presidency. so it wasn't much of an election. it was a forgone conclusion. the second vietnamese election, the same thing took place. there was a possible candidacy of general mein. otherwise nope as big mean -- otherwise known as big mean, and the embassy discouraged it, and ultimately there was an eflex which the army candidate, thu, opposed some rather underfinance vietnamese civilians with the result that might be expected. after this first part of his tenure in vietnam, which lasted for four years, negroponte was then assigned to work at the paris peace conference, and he did not like this assignment much. because his view and that of anthony lake and various other people on the ameri

where he will speak to the catholic youth there in south korea.e will bring you his remarks to you a bit later. >>> now, summer means carnival down in cuba. >> it is a celebration dating back nearly 500 years on the island. we take in the dancing and music on the streets of havana. ♪ >> reporter: it's not just the summer heat that causes temperatures to rise during carnival in cuba. ♪ >> reporter: this is a time for cubans to cut loose. this grandmother is 62, but still has moves. i love the music, she tells me, because it's cuban music. celebrated for over 400 years in cuba, carnival has seen better days. following the cuban revolution, officials moved the festivities to summer to boost productivity during the spring. their harvest, the island's battered finances. this celebration takes place as cubans battle gang rape and cholera. they still pack the seaside venue to see the show. >> it's in sad shape and no one will know what happens as island's aging leaders need power. on this night there's no concerns about the future to dampen the spirit of

to this catholic home for unwed mothers and their children. as young children, the women were humiliated and locked away here. mary was given up for adoption by the sacred heart nuns over 40 years ago. she grew up in the u.s., but many other children died and are allegedly buried somewhere in the grounds. >> i think about how that could have been my fate. had it just been a few years sooner, i might not have been born in a hospital, and an stillborn at a vesper oh and died, did not survive birth and could be buried there. it's always sad to me when i walk through there. i just feel the presence, you know, of the babies and the mothers. as beautiful of the place -- as beautiful as the place is, the sadness is just overwhelming. >> it was the largest of 10 mother and baby homes in ireland. mary spent the first two years of her life here before she was adopted. when she finally tracked down her biological mother, she told her about the terrible conditions in the home. she showed her documents that prove certain drugs were tested on her when she w

. >>> the catholic pope francis has arrived in south korea. first trip to asia and the first time a pope has visited the continent since 1999. flying over china the pontiff sent a message of goodwill to the country. the first of its kind. beijing does not recognize the vatican's authority. harry few set ha faucet has morm seoul. >> reporter: as far as the vatican is concerns i a visit to asia as a region. asia is seen as a real prospect of growth for the tag rick church. 3% of people across the region are catholic. the vast majority of those in the philippines but here in south korea there has also been control growth in the numbers. in 1985 about four and a half percent of people here identified as catholic. by 2005, in the last si census t had risen to 11% nearly of the population. so i think south korea has seen something of a model and as well as that it's also very close to china, a country which does not have diplomatic relations with the vatican, where there is an underground catholic church which bears allegiance to the pope and vatica

catholic affiliation. they not only will not provide abortion services, they will not provide a whole host of reproductive healthcare. and so there has to be in this country a public healthcare system that will ensure that women can get access to the care that they need regardless of religion. and that is becoming increasingly a problem. and not only, it's a problem in texas, it's a problem across the country. >> let me ask you this, this hobby lobby decision gives the owner of a business on religious grounds, the power to deny coverage of birth control to -- >> right. >> -- his employees. saying in effect, that the religious beliefs of the owner triumph over the preventive health needs for women workers. capital has religious rights, labor doesn't. where's this going to take us? >> i don't know. i mean, look, this is, this decision, which i know some people have described has narrow, is very troublesome. i mean, i think certainly justice ginsberg dissent is correct. this is full of minefields. i was actua

from augustine through the 16th century, catholics and protestants preached to you or not to be curious about god's creation. there was an adult to re-to ask about tides or shapes of the earth. so this is a question to me. how did they break through this? my hunch was that it was columbus. not the discoveries, but what they brought back. all of the flamboyant birds, weird animals, stories of exotic people. of course they brought some back. this is so fascinating people had to break through the prohibition against curiosity and from that time on they become curious about the natural world and the relation of these weird new things to the old things. so they have never looked at the natural objects around them before, but now they had this question of comparison. so that was my question was how to curiosity free itself from the church? when i finished the story, i really had done with the subtitle said. i'd really shown how the new discoveries have led to the scientific imagination, which changed european society from the isolated rigid cultural system to the one we know as expansive and

that was one of the great fears of letting catholics into this country. the question about sharia law and the muslim population growing, you can imagine the terror it struck in the hearts of america to think that catholics were coming in great numbers. and the next thing that was coming over was the pope. well, they thought that. in fact, there is a wonderful book written on virtue in the 1850's about how the pope was going to move into the mississippi river valley and rome was going to be replaced by cincinnati. somehow i don't think that would cut it. but he might have wanted southern california. that's a very good parallel, i think. and there was. and there were grounds for fearing this because of the way in which the church made certain statements about the way that government should be organized. and that catholocism should be the dominant religion. that didn't really get erased until vatican ii, the separation state and religious freedom. yell, go ahead. >> i look around this room and i see much of my same generation, but i'm worried that a younger

but what you need an catholic charities. i'm very familiar with catholic charities. it's a great job you do all over, not just in fort worth. those cuts are vital for us to understand. and medicaid, culture of poverty , the snap program. do all of you know what it is? the social services block grant which provides states with funding for meals on wheels programs anddental child care for low income workers. it includes $125 billion in pell grants giving them the ability to break the cycle of poverty. fulcher of poverty. we will always have poor people. be our incentive to try to do something about the mess that exists out there. with children, the infirm, those people who are mentally rner,enged, ms. gaines-tu let me ask you a question. your children receive health coverage through thechip program? >> it is a medical assistant program. it's the department of public welfare. what happened if we cut the program and you would not be able to happen? >> i have three children with seizure disorders. they have to take medication twice per day. all three have asthma and take

the catholic population around asia is growing, as well. so this was a good opportunity for pope francis to encourage that growth. it's still a relatively small church in this country, just over 10% of the population is catholic. but it is the fastest growing religion within south korea. also, as you say, he will be beat fiing 124 martyrs. of course, this plays into current themes. we expect the pope to say something on the christians in northern iraq that are being persecuted. he has been very vocal on that in the past. the elephant in the room, he's in south korea. clearly he has to mention north korea, well known for its persecution of other religions. and he flew over china, which has been persecuting religions in the past. there is an underground catholic church there. rosemary? >> of course, he issued a message, as he does, when he flies over any country. lit be interesting to see, are we likely to heal tr the contenf that message to china? >> reporter: we do have the contempts of that message, rosemary. it was very generic. there wer

this was a roman catholic priest, cosby, by the way, was a baptist. that is chaplain named joseph p. o'connell. and i have a world war ii museum in my home, it's about 700 square feet of temperature and humidity controlled museum and among the chaplains' things i have, by the grace of god, a wonderful collection of chaplains' things from world war ii and i have the uniform and the papers of father joseph p. o'connell. he was with the headquarters battery, 451st anti-aircraft artillery battalion. and in august, 1944, farther down around the south and the west on the coast of france, around from where the normandy invasion had taken place, he's farther down with patton's guys coming in at that point, let me read to you what he received. he received what's called the award of soldiers medal. the soldiers medal was for somebody that was not a combatant but had done heroic things in combat. there aren't in of these that were given. and, by the way, let me add parenthetically -- and this might -- when i first encountered this data i didn't believe it. but f

the chance for catholics young and old to see their holy father up close. up to the tented village where they have been demanding an independent investigation of the ferry disaster and he we towed his blessings, as the pope makes his way through the crowds, there is no escaping esg it's a sith moment not just for south korea but the catholic church in era. so this mass was very much about the history of the catholic church, bee at at this identification cath rices killed for their religious beliefs pope francis cass keen to tie their story to a region request catholicism is growing. >> translator: their example has much to say to us who live in societies where alongside immense well dire poverty is silently growing, where the cry of the poor seldom is heeded and christ continues to call out to us asking us to love and serb hill by tends to go our brothers and sisters in need. >> reporter: the pope's message restless mading with 175,000 catholic invited here from churches a is who the country. >> translator: even though i saw him far way, i was so overwhelme

this week, he met with some 50,000 young german catholics in st. peter's square.any of them were altar servers. francis urged them not to waste too much time on the internet and smart phones, saying those things can distract people from what's really important. presumably, he didn't mean to include his twitter account, which currently has more than 4 million followers. >>> that's our program for now. i'm kim lawton. you can follow us on twitter and facebook, where i have a fan page as well. watch us anytime on the pbs app for iphones and ipads. and visit our website, where there is always much more, including more of my interview with j. peter pham. you can also listen to or watch each program. join us at pbs.org. as we leave you, scenes from a solemn ceremony in belgium marking the 100th anniversary of world war i. >> the son and the holy spirit be amongst you and remain with you always. amen. >> announcer: marijua >> announcer: major funding is provided by the lilian undowment. community develop and education. additional funding also provided by mutual of americ

families in asia's most catholic country that have had little or no access to contraception or family planning advice-- families that often get larger by the year. vilma lopez has ten children, ages one to 20. she had her first child at 19. >> we didn't plan it, it just happened every year. it's just easy for me to get pregnant. >> reporter: manila is now one of the most densely populated urban area on earth-- so congested, some are forced to seek refuge in local cemeteries, where they eat and sleep on tombs and mausoleums. >> in the philippines, there is family planning, but it is available only to the rich, to those who are able to afford to go see doctors, to buy pills. >> reporter: esperanza cabral, a former health secretary of the philippines, has been sounding the alarm on the population crisis here, a population growing fastest among the poorest filipinos, those whose need for birth control is the greatest. >> for the poor among us, it is often an aspiration, something they want to do but are not able to do. >> reporter: dr. silvia de la paz says teen pregnancies are at an all-

most of them are catholic and they'll join the catholic church. host: do you want to take on this topic from the point of your article? guest: well, that's a great example of how a conspiracy theory starts. you'll notice one of the things that was missing there, it said here's a fact, now let me explain the vast conspiracy. you don't start off saying, well, wait, there was a meeting between obama and the catholic church and here's the evidence of what was discussed. it is simply taking a fact that there are a lot of refugees comes in from latin america, you know, not a surprising event. it happens all over the world. there's a reason why it's happening now. you know, refugees when there are situations that are bad. nobody is being let in and automatically granted citizenship and put on welfare. you had about 12 conspiracy theorys in there and no basis for any of them. you know, the idea that somehow or other, you know, the american government has, you know, gone off and secretly arranged to, you know, lure children or bring children, i'm not exact

there is this very catholic austere man who needs a first lady. he needs someone to host the parties and go to the orphanages and post the flower shows so his younger brother's wife becomes this woman and she's perfect for her. she looks great for the cameras. she likes to be out there and plus this finally gives her a voice. all of her life to think madame nhu have been looking for this purpose. she was the second child. she had been overlooked as a child. i think she always had a bit of a chip on her shoulders so for her to be handed this, here you go, be the official hostess, she took it and really ran with it. >> yes, and she basically occupied this roll up until 1963 when the government was up-ended by a coup. her husband and her brother-in-law see him were both executed. >> that's right in madame nhu was overlooked -- overwhelmingly elected by an unrealistic 99.9% of the population to hold seats in congress in their legislature. by doing so she was still the first lady hosting parties but she could also pass laws so madame nhu madame nhu pas

pyongyang fired missiles off the coast as the leader of the catholic church arrived in seoul for his first visit to south asia. harry forcette reports. >> personal welcome at the plane's steps from the president. then into his specially requested modest means of transport. for a poem who emphasizes frugality and humility. >> foreign dignitaries, the pope has always been different from them, for me, i like that. >> reporter: after a private mass and rest, came the official welcome in the residence at a day when north korea decided to fire fiefl missile five miles oe coast the pope delivered a message first time in english. >> commission that peace can be won through quiet listening and dialogue. rather than by mutual recriminations. fruitless criticism and displays of force. >> south korea's president said the papal visit would be an opportunity for a period of reunification but only if north korea changed its current course. >> translator: to reunify the korean peninsula and the prosperity of humanity, you must first halt north korea's nuclear development that can take away a enormou

today there are five-and-a-half million, and many of the new catholics are young and speak english. these are the people he wants to speak to. even before he arrived there was another first, the papal airplane was allowed to fly over china. feverish speculation ensued on the diplomatic breakthrough with china's communist rulers. followed soon by disappointment as confirmation came that beijing is blocking chinese seoulics from coming to to meet the pope. coping with china is expected to be his most cherished ambition. his next visit will not be to beijing. >> back to the second of our special report on refugees coming to america. u.s. allows some 7000 people, the biggest numbers in the wld. we introduce you to a family that is looking to leave the refugee camp in northern rwanda. the bbc's alan to sutra caught up with them. >> just months into a new life. getting to grips with their fresh routine. choice the overwhelming -- is one i already appreciate. >> there are 2 clear differences in america. there is so much choice and money to buy things. i can buy things i don't recognize. >>

so it won't impact the local foster care system. >> reporter: while catholic charities lines up homes, some bay area school districts are preparing for unaccompanied immigrant children to arrive in the classroom. san francisco unified is hiring additional teachers to handle a surge in its newcomers path program. oakland unified says 350 immigrant children are enrolled in school. more than 100 are here without a parent. it's using private and grant funds to hire an unaccompanied minor specialist. >> we don't have all the resource internally currently to meet this surge in demand. >> reporter: catholic charity says resources are lining up. >> we have a lot of people calling, saying we want to help. >> reporter: jean elle, nbc bay area news. >> well, next at 11, a bay area mother relives a nightmare. the tragic ordeal her son went through at a california fraternity, and her new strategy to keep other college students safe. >>> also ahead, a late agreement in sacramento tonight that could spell some relief for california's drought. >>> and the san francisco startup hoping to take over you

. >> on saturday he'll hold an open air mass, images seen around the world and crucially for the catholic church across asia. >> as he flew over the china the pope sent a message of goodwill to the president and people of the country in which an underground catholic church continues to defy the government. and important element of this visit will be a catholic-asian youth festival but already chinese attendees have apparently been banned from traveling. >> translator: some youth who had planned to attend did not come due to a complicated situation inside china. >> harry fo forsett, al jazeera, seoul. >> if you head over the to our website, aljazeera.com, you can see the lead story, the situation in iraq. >> hi, i'm lisa fletcher and you're in the stream. with former new orleans punter chris hunter dropped, because of his gay rights stance? why the nfl gives out painkillers to players like candy. just to save the game? and then the nba just appointed its first full

everybody is catholic in the zero western world. and one goes out as the farmer and becomes the first priest from the new world and is concerned the way the spanish are treating the native population and is a vigorous presence and goes back to spain and several times so in that sense i do know how the spanish church reacted he was named protector and becomes the bishop but the capacity to make a fortune in the new world and the distance there is very little of the church could do to ameliorate the situation but could not stop the system to use the population for labor. >> host: the natural world and spiritual world has that conflict always existed and will it continue? >> guest: that is like asking if good and evil will continue to exist. to the extent driven by self-interest at the same time they wish to be could -- could. there was a great line in the wealthy are not content they also want to to be right so the struggle between using our power for good will always be there. >> host: who is copernicus? >> guest: a physicist in the

who were martyred during the early days of the catholic church in korea. he is making his first visit to the country also a first by a pope in 25 years. live to paula hancocks with the pope's visit. certainly an important trip for the pope when it comes to reaching out to young people, yes? >> reporter: that's right, george. he certainly wanted to connect with the young people. the main reason he came here is to attend the asian youth day. the number of catholics in south korea still fairly small, about 10%, just over of the population but it's growing very fast and it is a young church and across asia you're seeing a lot of young people coming to jump, as well, which is very important for the catholic faith. they realize there is an area of growth in this continent. we saw hundreds of thousands of people coming to downtown seoul a little earlier this saturday to hear a mass by pope francis. he drove up the main street here to great cheers and applause and at one point he did also stop in front of one of the families, the father of one child who was killed

only 10%, just over, are actually catholics.ut it's a very fast-growing church. >> reporter: dubbed the jacques star pope due to his popularity, the catholic youth of asia couldn't ko not agree more. breaking away from his prepared speech on friday, he delighted the young crowd. >> are you ready to say yes? are you ready? >> reporter: this is why pope francis came to south korea. only about 10% of the population is catholic, but the church is growing fast. and across asia, the congregation is young. surrounding himself with asian youth there was of course the inevitable selfie which the pontiff did not seem to mind. his transport from the airport, a kia hatchback. it had to be korean. and another kia the next day, the wind proved a tricky combination. >> mate lord welcome today into peace. >> reporter: he offered words of sympathy and hope for the parents of school children killed in south korea's recent ferry sinking and for those who survived. pope francis is making speeches in english on this trip for the first time. official