, white catholics leaning right and latino catholics leaning left. i am wondering, i am a young white catholic, i have lots of young white catholic friends and they do not tend to lean right. i am wondering if you could stratify that with age? if there is a stratification to be made. and on talking about low turnout rates for hispanics, i am curious if there is lingual disenfranchisement and to what extent language is a prohibitive barrier to participation in the democratic process? john: either one. >> you guys go first. great questions. let me point out a couple things. while it is true that white catholics have been trending in a republican direction over the last decade or so, and the republicans now hold an advantage among that group, you have to keep in mind that there is diversity within every single religious tradition. -- tradition in the united states. most white catholics today identify with or lean toward the republican party, but there is a significant minority who continue to favor the democrats. i am not at all surprised that you have

these are catholics. they are catholic republicans whose political opinions, whose attitudes you could argue run contrary to the social teachings of the church. we see the exact same thing on the other side when it comes to abortion. democrats0 catholic say they think that abortion should be legal in most or all cases. they do not agree with the church's teachings on that issue. you see this on issue after issue when we are talking about the environment, about immigration and we see it not just for catholics, we see it within every religious community we are able to examine. we see among evangelicals, mainline protestants. religious communities are themselves deeply polarized. mentioned, i can't suggest a strategy for pursuing a particular policy goal, but i think religious communities are to discuss these issues in a productive way, just realizing that they are coming from different points of view, even for people who share the same ought to be the starting point for a conversation. john: it seems the ca

, white catholics leaning right and latino catholics lange left. i'm wondering -- i am a' young white catholic and have lots of young catholic friends and they do not tend to lean white, and i'm wondering if that is to age? turning to low turnout rates for hispanics. i'm wondering if there's a -- to what point language is a part of the democratic process. >> and can democrats find the courage of their convictions and-- >> can i take-- >> either one. great questions let me point out a couple of things. number one, while it is true that white catholics have been trending in a republican direction over the last decade or so and the republicans now hold an advantage among that group, we have to keep in mind that there's diversity within every single religious tradition in the united states. most white catholics today identify with or lean toward the republican party, but there's a significant minority who continue to favor the democratic party so i'm not at all surprised that you've got friends and colleagues who are catholic and-- >> and one of those

and people want to be catholic. they want to be part of the church. , i canr words to them probably pull, but i will let you do it. >> back in 2002, the spotlight years for those of you have seen the movie and know when that catholic church faced this i said tobegin with, you use your voice, but there is another part of that, and i want to get a -- give a shout out to the media, to the "boston globe" for doing their investigative media and the secular the catholic me. many of you may not read much in -- but there is a lot of information there. and bishops do read that and listen. i'm not going to say 100% because i wouldn't say that, but many of them pay attention to the ideas brought forth from the lay professionals. one thing i've seen is the fact that many of the bishops i worked with at least have come to the high expertise people bring forth, whether they are attorneys, but more important in the social science areas, psychology, sociology. they listen to what people are thinking and saying. but there have to be

child abuse by catholic priests and reforms the catholic church could undertake from the sitting club of chicago, this is about an hour. >>. >> thank you jay. thank everyone today for being here, good afternoon. i'd like to thank the city club members as well for inviting us to discuss the current crisis in thecatholic church . when i last had the opportunity to speak to the city club audience regarding this topic, it was march 3, 2004, 14 years ago. the crux of my talk at that time regarding the release of the national review boards report, i said as a rational thinking person and a legal professional, i have had to recognize the difference between the church and the hierarchy. i hope we all do. while some of our leaders they have failed us, others among them have fought to set things right. i believe they have begun to accomplish this in convening the unprecedented lay board on which i have been serving. it is the expression of the real willingness to respond to this abuse crisis in the most effective and systemic way possible. >> that was 14 years ago. now i realize i was mistaken.

but the protestants still greatly mistrust the catholic crepes. thomas here with the leading thinkers in the final phase of developing the peace of westphalia thompson was a committed lutheran and so clearly influenced by protestantism and capes was rather heavily influenced by catholicism however that really only played a minor role in the talks reaching a peace agreement was imperative nothing else really counted at that point has been nothing for come for still no friend of the protestants but i can no longer accept the fanatical gestures to some catholics we can only achieve involved goals together. and the catholics need peace as much as we do you mean we have to find a third way. i thought in the end the catholic and protestant imperialist states actually unite to form the third party does it to the to pattaya this third party is extremely interesting because not only was it non-denominational it also achieved such a powerful position in the final phase of the peace negotiations that it's really surprising that the third party still hasn't b

catholic -- catholic charities, although we have been serving the population in the bay area for 100 years, this is one of the third programs, one of three programs in the mission. we have 35 programs. this is just one of three. we have been very, very blessed. we have funding now to open this site. the mission access point is really what it is. it involves immigration services , as well as homelessness prevention. if it were not for the city of san francisco who gave us the money to start this program, we would not be here. i am very grateful to the city of san francisco. our sustainable plan is to see more funding so this program can grow, providing homelessness prevention services to the greater community has been such a big need to. as you know, we are seeing the numbers of homelessness increase our brothers and sisters are suffering every day on the streets. there are many who are not even counted. there are families living in their home, up to 20 people in a small space and they are often not counted. i would suggest to you that we have to work together, along with the city, an

is nonsense the catholics invented it. down to your hand oxen's tianna is sweden's main envoy his father the swedish chancellor and guardian of the young queen christina of sweden has sent him to us in prague. many think oxon siana jr isn't up to the task seeing him as arrogant impetuous and more devoted to wind than diplomacy what do you think of top man stoff if he wears a hideous wig yes ghastly anything else. you you know. he's a capable diplomat and as i see it he's merely seeking peace showing a queen christina wants peace at any price you know one uglier cell of use the second to massacre is here to negotiate a peace on the queen's behalf against his will if necessary because the queen is still too young the chancellor takes all the political decisions count munster. hasn't made any concessions to use a phone call. i suppose he just wants to find out if he can play a soft against each other. and canny we will stand by our agreements. peace will only be achieved if the emperor agrees with france and sweden. and that'

of non-catholics as well to promote our common priorities in every region of the world. this would not have been possible without the extraordinary vision and leadership of president reagan and saint john paul the second. that's back saint john paul the second. their example is ever present. today, the united states and the holy sea share a commitment to combating the global evil of human trafficking. president trump has pledged to bring the full force and the weight of the u.s. government to this fight. pope francis is equally passionate about ending this. the united states and the holy sea are also committed to protecting and promoting religious freedom in every part of the world. we understand that when this fundamental human right is denied, instability and human rights abuses and violent extremism flurries. the u.s. embassy to the holy sea works closely with the vatican to protect and defend all those who are persecuted for professing their faith. the vatican can count on that united states to be a key ally in this endeavor. the holy sea scrap -- vast global influen

catholic church was silent. i, as president, vetoed the bill and then i met the confederation of czech bishops and they thanked me. you are so brave for doing that, you know. i said excuse me, i expected that you would be loud enough to protest against it. not waiting for my vetoing the bill. it is always more complicated. mr. edwards: i agree, the problem is the bishops and the bishops were the problem. and the bishops where the problem you were working with. and the bishops are the problem now. the worst they act and the people will rise up and you may see a different kind of church in the years ahead. mr. klaus: i would never try to blame the bishops. [laughter] o'sullivan: i think i'm going to try to sum up the particular vision by saying there are times when the hand of providence is clearer than other times. the reagan, thatcher, and john paul ii time was much clearer than it is today. ms. anders: one remark the president said was that john paul ii was able to inspire everybody. there was an exhibition yes

going to catholic schools. so i guess they want me to be a holy speaker, to carry that faith into the position that -- into the office of the speaker. which i certainly hope that i do. brian: again, i found this quote. many of my friends were drawn follow ticks by the calling of their -- politics by the calling of their faith and the words of the bible. ms. pelosi: this is true. many of the people that i know who are involved in politics were motivated by their faith. whatever that faith may be. bible, koran, whatever it may be. and i think that that is so. the principles of love thy neighbor, do unto others, these are all principles that if we all lived by them, i think the world would be a better place. the bible mentions the word poverty over 2,000 times. and our responsibilities there. the gospel of matthew, in terms of when i was hungry, you gave me to eat. tending, ministering to, as the bible says, the least of our brethren. and value that we play on god's creation. so the environment, whether -- respect

she was catholic.from a very prestigious family and she would be a good wife in the white house. >> when you watch the footage from their wedding, it looks like you're watching a film. it doesn't seem real. you have jfk. he's so good-looking. he moves with ease. he's trim. even in black and white, he seems like he's made of gold. and then you have jackie, and she just looks like a star of stage and screen. everything seems perfect. everyone seems at ease. and yet, we learn later that jackie was pretty unhappy with the wedding. >> joe wants the wedding to be a place to invite people who will be able to benefit his son as he eventually runs for president of the united states. jackie has this naive idea that a wedding is a place where you invite your friends and family and celebrate because you're in love. joe wins. >> she's thrust into the limelight. she's almost crushed by photographers. she has thousands of people literally at her reception she doesn't know because they've been invited by her father-in

catholic church was silent., as president, vetoed the bill and i met the confederation of bishops and they thanked me. thank you very much, you are so brave for doing that. i said, excuse me, i expected that you would be loud enough to protest against it not waiting for my be doing the bill. so it is always more complicated. one more comment. -- >> one more comment. i agree the problem is the bishops. the bishops are the problem. unless they act, i think they better, the people will rise up, you may see a different kind of church in the years ahead. >> i was never they are to blame the bishops. >> i think i will try to sum this up by saying there are times -- when the hand of providence is clearer than other times. ronald reagan, margaret thatcher, mohammed bin salman, it was much clearer than than it is today. >> one more remark, the president said john paul ii was able to inspire everybody. there was an exacerbation yesterday in the shrine at saint -- of john paul ii which i looked around -- i don't know what

i think that is where the future -- one of the futures for the catholic church but for christianity. i think there is a rising, an explosion, in awakening, throughout all of africa in a belief in god in both protestants, evangelical, and also in terms of roman catholic. i think the image which is remaining in my mind is not what you referred to as the pessimism but the pope reaching out to that little child in that hospital in zaire and walking it in his arms and loving it, it seems to me that is more likely image. yes, we are in a crisis, there are problems here in america and

case was pushed by catholic group the prosecution of cults the iona institute and the place. because there wasn't sufficient grounds but the fact of it is there means it could be used on it can be used against people who are religious minority religions now arlen's current t. shirt prime minister. who incidentally comes from the same constituency you do seems to be very fond of the word revolution he's used it after every mark both and i know that you disagree with him on many issues i wonder though what term would you use to describe this avalanche of social changes taking place in your country. the word squiers revolution described. but i think. people have been campaigning on all these issues for many many years and we were. on abortion rights me now groups have been fighting for forty years for marriage equality so what i would characterize it but certainly yes there was islands of revolutionary change below the surface because this involved. of people campaigning on the ground knocking on doors every nice to persuade people and it was truly an inspiring thing to be invol

catholic church does a lot of good.ter marlene represents the high water mark of the good of the catholic church in my experience. she's been a huge positive impact on me, a great developer of whatever foundation exists that has allowed me to live a successful life. >> martha: a lot of people have similar stories about special nuns and priests in their lives. before i let you go, what is the one thing that you would tell the vatican or the hierarchy in this country that they need to to now? >> admit that these were crimes against children, crimes in the cover- cover-up. get a clean slate and move forward. i'd be an advocate for making women as priests and part of the leadership of the church that would go a long way. >> david, join us again. thanks very much. good to have you with us. >> thank you. >> martha: coming up next, an incredible show of patriotism from thousands of total strangers that all gathered to honor one of our nation's veterans who had no family. today... back pain can't win. now introducing aleve back

quite a backward country and it seems that the new independent routers to close connection with the catholic church for social control. the church control of health education and specks of life include including advising the government on passing. legislation. restricting the freedom of women working class people poor people and the it despite all of the control things seem to be moving very very fast in two thousand and fifteen our then became a different country in the world to legalize same sex marriage by a popular load of both and from what i understand it was done by a fairly big margin and i think this is still a very contentious a very divisive issue in the most liberal constituencies and i find. this accession of things very interesting the fact that people would endure same sex marriage before they actually let's say did blasphemy provision or. abortion what is it about arlen it kind of takes things. in very different ration well. twenty fifty a referendum is put to the people but the country has been changing for about twenty years the catholic church has been in decline less and

catholics believed that the holy spirit will be there and is guiding. it may very well be the outcome is not going to be one that we will like. we believe that there will be one that will in the end bring about a more christian and a more believing world. that has been the case. mr. klaus: that is true but i definitely have to blame the catholic church as well. i, as5 years ago, president of the country vetoed the new pill about the so-called registered partnership. silent.olic church was president, vetoed the bill and then i met the confederation of czech bishops and they thanked me. i said excuse me, i expected that you would be loud enough to protest against it. not waiting for my veto in the bill. it is always more complicated. i agree, the problem is the bishops and the bishops were the problem. the ships are the problem now. worst they act and the people will rise up and you may see a different kind of church in the years ahead. i think i'man: going to try to sum up the particular vision by saying there are times when the hand of providence is cle

he wasn't roman catholic. >> there is a complex of feelings.s had arrived. however, what's so interesting is that rose didn't share the same sense of success. for her, kick's romance threatened her sense of identity and her sense of the family's identity. >> kick becomes the first of the kennedy children to marry, but the union is not blessed by her parents. >> her older brother, joe, was by her side on her wedding day, and no one else. they could have been married at chatsworth with a thousand guests but instead they were married in a registry office in what she described as a squalid affair. >> in the summer of 1944, the kennedy family gathers at hyannisport on the coast of massachusetts, but joe jr. sends disappointing news. >> his father and mother expected him home any day now. then in july they get this strange letter. and he says, i'm part of a special mission, but don't worry. it's not dangerous. see you in september. >> joe kennedy's already flown his 25 missions. he could go home. but he volunteers for extra duty. he's going to fly in

fifty a referendum is put to the people but the country has been changing for about twenty years the catholic church has been in decline less and less people go to church and of course young people are much more progressive from advanced and so referendum. a huge majority primarily by young people persuading older people and people showed solidarity with people to to affirm tolerance and then young people then said well the next is abortion now let me ask you specifically about the blasphemy law i saw people characterize it as medieval but from what i understand it's still a fairly fresh legislation i mean it was passed less than a decade ago the did more detail definition of blasphemy what happened to your country between two thousand and nine and now to produce such a dramatic turnaround because you mentioned that the country has been changing for two decades but it seem to have changed in just the last couple of years. the political establishment have been very slow to change the ordinary people on the ground have been way ahead on all issues in terms of blasphemy blasphemy has never actua

conference of catholic bishops today dealing with a crisis involving the sexual abuse of minors until a global meeting in february in august a report found u.s. bishops had helped to systematically cover up the sex abuse of over one thousand children over a seventy year period as castro reports the victims of the crimes are continuing their calls for justice. within the walls of each of the one hundred forty five diocese that form the us catholic church are the secret archives containing the clergy most confidential and sensitive records could they contain more evidence of priests sexually abusing children and the actions to cover it up that's what the us department of justice wants to know we've been trying to get this investigation going survivors and victims for years we asked year after year for this evidence is after mode of evidence the department of justice is request addressed to the president of the u.s. conference of catholic bishops asks church personnel to not destroy discard dispose of delete or alter any documents related to sexual abuse investigations that includes docu

half the building will be filled with existing catholic charities uni units. it is two dozen market rate units for pre-d.d.a. households to transition. and so good luck in your application and hopefully we will be able to start the construction of this project in 2021. >> thank you. appreciate the support. >> president tsen: okay. next item, please. no, i'm sorry. so we'll take any questions or comments from the public before we take a vote. hearing none, the vote is before us. there's been a motion and seconded. all those in favor, say aye. opposed? this is for resolution 8. and so for resolution 9, may i have a motion and a second. >> so moved. >> second. >> president tsen: all those in favor, say aye. opposed? ayes have it. >> clerk: item 10, timma update on transit service, toll policies and affordability program. >> i would like to welcome eric cordo cordova. they've been doing work to plan for the start of toling on the island and conducted a couple of outreach sessions and eric is here to give an update. >> happy to be here this evening. a follow-up fro

today we talk about sacred music in the catholic tradition. were not talking about the music of the past, our guest today is a composer who is writing a new mass for the archdiocese of san francisco that will premiere here in december. after this brief break, please come back as we talk about the path of beauty and music as a path to god. saic. frank is my guess -- guest today. >> i know you are from new jersey. >> yes. >> i moved here in 1974 when i came out to do my undergraduate work. >> you went to yale and berkeley. you are a teacher of music composition at cal state, east bay? >> right. >> you retired from that? >> yes. i started there in 1981. >> you are a well known composer. many prizes. what we want to get to today is the work you are doing for the archdiocese of san francisco. i understand you are setting a mass. you also write sacred music. why the interest in sacred music? >> the interest came to me relatively late in the total span of my career as a composer. i have been writing music broadly understood as a classical style since

the woman killed inside a catholic supply store. >>> the mother who plunged overboard on a cruise ship. tonight, her children now speaking out. what they say she told them right before the trip. >>> two major fires tonight. the investigation after a family is killed inside their home right before thanksgiving. and the other fire in new york city, the aerials coming in now. >>> the major consumer warning tonight just before thanksgiving about something that could be on the holiday table. they say, do not eat it. >>> and black friday almost here. the tool that will tell you if there's actually a lower price some place else. >>> good evening. and it's great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. we have a lot to get to, but we're going to begin with the mass exodus. millions heading home for thanksgiving. the storm system, and now the arctic blast, moving in right behind it. a tractor trailer rolling over on snowy i-90 near albany, new york. fog limiting visibility on the roads in erie, pennsylvania. and icy conditions forcing this car right off the road in the region, too. and as i