the catholic church has seen a dramatic decline in the number of priests, but a new book "living the what's becoming a new normal in the church. lay people, not just men of the collar rolling up their sleeves and getting involved in ministry. the co-author of the book, joins us right now and bill, i read your book and it's actually a wonderful read. how you talk about nine lives and actually see for-- and you actually show them or show us how people can do the call of price in everything that they do. >> and kelly, it's just unbelievable, what's happening in the catholic church. it means so many times you hear the negative side of it and actually there are wonderful developments in the catholic church over the the last 30 or 40 years and one of those wonderful developments is the emergence, is the explosion of lay involvement. and that's what we wrote our book about, living the call. it's all about lay people. like you and me, stepping up and getting involved and boy, oh, boy, aren't there a lot of students. >> a lot of students and i'm going to get the excerpt of quickly, from what y

>> wow, the genius of satan, the catholic church. ck perry ended up distancing himself from jeffress' comments on mormonism, but will perry now have to cut ties with jeffress over the catholic comments? perry now have to cut ties with jeffress over the catholic comments? bill donohue with the center of the catholic league. and he's calling for perry to make a break with the pastor. you're thoughts about these two. it seems like the word cult comes to mind quickly with this guy to his lips. >> well, the word cult obviously bespeaks a certain ignorance on the part of jeffress, which may be corrected through education. but when he basically says the catholic church is infected by satan, that's not something you're going to affect by education. that's a deep-seated visceral bigotry, and it has to be renounced by rick perry. i'm making it very clear. i don't hold perry accountable for these remarks. in fact, i was told on a good trusted source today, my friend tony perkins, who's an eminently decent evangelical, that perry had no knowledge

mexico considers a new marriage ordnance the catholic church calls appalling. >> leigh: i'm leigh glaser. you can see the clouds off the coast. this shot here from the high definition camera with the fog drifting in. rain report up along the north coast. rain for the bay area tomorrow. we take a look at the seven-day >> alan: dem mop stations continued today against corporate greed, and organize ares say day have no intention of stopping. new york police released this video after arresting 700 protesters yesterday during a march on the brooklyn bridge. some say police lured them on the roadway but officers say no one was tricked into getting arrested. most arrested were given citations for disorderly conduct and were released. the demonstration started out with less than a dozen college students but has grown into thousands with protests across the nation. the new york city protest is entering its third week. >> attention job-seekers, 400 positions will be available tomorrow. the free job fair cosponsored by abc-7 will include jobs in accounting, technology, insurance, management, sales

for the past three years, one of the most brilliant, vibrant and controversial priests in the catholic church has been almost unable to speak. he is father andrew greeley of chicago, a highly respected sociologist, a writer of steamy novels and an outspoken critic of many church policies. judy valente has the story of what happened to father greeley and how his relatives and friends helped him to do again the one thing he most wanted to be ae too. >>eporr: his one of the best known priests in america, a respected sociologist, researcher, and commentator, and author of dozens of best-selling novels. father john cusick has known father greeley for 40 years. >> when the history of the american catholic church is written in america, i don't know if you're going to find a more significant name or a more impacting name on church than andrew greeley. >> reporter: he was one of the first priests to criticize the church's position on birth control. he called for better preaching from the pulpit, a greater outreach to young people, and greater humility among the clergy. he promoted a more active role f

>> wow, the genius of satan, the catholic church. ended up distancing himself from jeffress' comments on mormonism, but will perry now have to cut ties with jeffress over the catholic comments? bill >> the word "cult" shows soming in accordance on his part, but may be credibilitied by education. but that's not something you're -- that's a deep-seeded visceral bigotry, and has to be renounced by rick perry. i'm making it very clear. i don't hold perry accountable for these remarks. in fact i was told on a good trusted source, my friend tony perkins, an imminently decent evangelic evangelical, that perry had no knowledge of this, and would not countenance this. and i think he should say i want nothing to do with this guy again. >>> the pugh research center has found the following. 76% of evangelical protestant leaders view them in a favorable light, that's a pretty healthy, 76%, so in terms of the attitudes of even the most fundamentalist preachers out there, they don't have a negative attitude toward the catholic church. so whether th

the other figure that was worth mentioning here is that two out of three catholics said that helping the poor and the church's teaching on the poor is important to me as a catholic. so, they see it as core to the catholic identity but it doesn't necessarily mean they're actually going go out and do something about it. and it's sort of broadly reflective of this trend that the survey picked up that i'm a catholic and i'll go to mass because i want the eucharist, i want the liturgy, i think that the core teachings are important but i am not going to do it because some bishop somewhere tells me that i have to. weekly mass attendance is down to like 30% and the number of people who go to church once a month is actually higher than people who go to weekly. so people are doing it on their own terms. >> and, also, in that survey, it did find that a big majority, 88% of catholics, said that helping the poor, it was meaningful for them that their church had concern for the poor. it's just, again, what the church says and does and how it translates into individuals' lives. as one author of the survey said, american cat

is the catholic church in compliance with the laws of the state if we don't do certain things against our conscious? good question. >> as the definition of the modern family continues to change, will church doctrine also have to change? for religion and ethics news weekly, this is bob fall in chicago. >>> i recently visited a small town in western india to attend an unusual baby shower. there were gifts and a hindu priest put blessings on expectant mothers. a room full. more unusual, none were carrying their own biological children. to the growing list of industris outsourcing to industry, add surrogate mothering. minutes after delivering a slightly premature infant by c-section, the doctor was back in her office and on the phone to the parents. >> congratulations. it's a baby girl. are you in mumbai right now? >> they were en route from england and didn't reach the town in india in time to watch a surrogate mother give birth to their child. >> we have taken a picture. >> the doctor delivered 400 surrogate babies since 2004. her clinic implants embryos in surrogates she recruits and p

felt the same respect and awe that he experienced when entering the fragrant solitude of the catholic church, fleeing went the irish seeking refuge from the advancing harlems, the dark skin of the people making unrecognizable the prejudices they had endured when they arrived in america. the defect of memory driving them forward to separate themselves from the shadows that follow all immigrants. fleeing went the puerto ricans, escaping the same blackness, but impeled by the fear of blood, both physical and hereditary, fearing with greater horror the prospect of losing themselves in the anonymity that america forces on all of its people, both groups fought the country's wish for that homogenaity. they both retained both

felt the same respect and awe that he experienced when entering the fragrant solitude of the catholic church, fleeing went the irish seeking refuge from the advancing harlems, the dark skin of the people making unrecognizable the prejudices they had endured when they arrived in america. the defect of memory driving them forward to separate themselves from the shadows that follow all immigrants. fleeing went the puerto ricans, escaping the same blackness, but impeled by the fear of blood, both physical and hereditary, fearing with greater horror the prospect of losing themselves in the anonymity that america forces on all of its people, both groups fought the country's wish for that homogenaity. they both retained both their irishness and puerto ricaness. both sides spoke of the ancestral home as if it was the land of milk and honey. this stance was staunchly held to, even though the deprivations endured by many had forced them to leave their island homes, yet inflexiblely they remained branded in their hearts, each year marching in pageants of ethnic excess. that's the first part. and the se

couples and even young italian catholics have for some time now made a distinction between their religious conscience and what might be considered as a dictate from the church. therefore, they don't feel bound within their conscience to take notice of the rules which they probably don't agree with, but this doesn't mean that they feel any less catholic. [speaking italian] [translator] i believe, and i'm a catholic, et cetera, but life has to be practical. you have to try and act according to your various needs, according to your personal problems, the type of family, and the type of work you do. don mario picchi lives in rome and has been a catholic priest for the last 36 years. [picchi speaking italian] [translator] undoubtedly, religious faith has weakened. i think it is probably partly due to the fact that it has been a very superficial faith. we probably have less worshippers today, but i would say that the ones who remain are a little more convinced. years ago, faith was often something you wore like a sunday outfit, your sunday best, you often wore more to please others than because of your conviction. so what would happen at the very moment that as a

the catholic church being creative in the hopes of recruiting new priests. >> the catholic church depromote vocations in the priesthood. the number of recruits has plummeted in recent years. they're hoping technology will end the trend. it's called the vocations app, designed by a catholic priest in ireland along with a dublin-based software firm. it includes twitter, facebook, news feed and a series of texts. it's available form free. christine, you're right, there is an app for everything. >> kristie lu stout, thanks so much. >>> for weeks it looked like the republican presidential race would come down to mitt romney and rick perry. that was the outlook for several weeks. now herman cain and his 9-9-9 plan grabbed most of the attention. what will it take for romney and perry to turn things around? ladies rejoice and gentleman get out the razors, today is national no beard day. if you don't like the clean-shave en look, you can always grow another. orange chi. over p.f. chang's home menu orange chicken women men and uh pandas... elbows mmm [ male announcer ] wanchai ferry, try it yo

new developments now in the catholic church priest abuse scandal.erican bishop has been indicted for failing to tell police about suspected child abuse. this case centers around robert finn. jim spelman is in kansas city digging into this investigation. what more can you tell us, jim? >> reporter: hi, fredericka. yeah, this case started last december. it's really troubling when you read the details. here at st. patrick, a church in kansas city here, was having trouble with his computer and the i.t. guy from the church came across inappropriate images of a little girl, reported that to the church. but instead of calling police immediately, the church moved him to another facility on the outskirts of the town. and for five months, he continued to do this, continued to take inappropriate photos of young children, continued to do this -- taking inappropriate photos of a girl on easter sunday. it wasn't until may of this year, five months later they finally reported to police. that's at the center of the allegations. the delay by the bishop is significan

about the relative importance of the catholic doctrine that only males can be ordained as priests and the lutheran doctrine that a lutheran should not sue the church in civil courts? i don't see any distinction between -- i can't reconcile your position on those two issues without coming to the conclusion that you think that the catholic doctrine is older, stronger, and entitled to more respect than the lutheran doctrine. ms. kruger: no, we're not -- we're not drawing distinctions between the importance of a particular religious tenet in a system of religious belief. but the difference is that the government has a, indeed, foundational interest in ensuring, as a matter of preserving the integrity of the rule of law, that individuals are not punished for coming -- justice breyer: you're saying that going to church -- sorry -- that going to court is a more fundamental interest than a woman obtaining the job that she wants, which happens in this case to be a catholic priest. but that's the distinction you're making. ms. kruger: i am drawing a distinction between -- justice breyer: well, i don't know why that doesn't -- i mean, you may be right, but i

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catholic church to indicted in the sex abuse scandal. victims groups alleged that many others have committed similar acts. greek orthodox leaders say they are jubilant about an agreement with the port authority to rebuilt st. nicholas church. the only house of worship destroyed on 9/11. they sued the port authority earlier after negotiations for rebuilding near ground zero broke down. the church will be rebuilt at a new location close to its original site. we have a story now on a new and already controversial multifaith university in california created to train future christian minster, jewish rabbis and muslim imams not only in their traditions, but those of each other. saul gonzalez reports on the theological schools that is claremont lincoln university. . >> the korean-american drummers leading a line of professors. a new expertiment in education began this fall. this was the opening of southern california's claremont lincoln university which describes itself as america's first interreligious school of theology that put the pastors,

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the catholic church sued him to terminate his parental rights. that's after he proved he was the father with a dna test. >> i brought them the information and they said that wasn't good enough, that i had to be the legal father. >> but now the birth mother has courtland again and we're not quite sure why and how. we met with her wednesday. she did not want to be on camera. the mother insists hunter showed no interest in caring for the baby. she says, quote, he never told me that to this day. he has never gave me a plan for this child, never communicated to me ever. when asked why she won't give the child to the father who now says he wants to raise him, she says, absolutely not, because i'm still his mother. i'll care for my child. but hunter says just this past weekend, the birth mother somehow got the child from catholic charities and gave him to another houston family for adoption. however, the birth mother tells fox 26 it was only a temporary move and wouldn't say why she removed him from the catholic church in the beginning. >> she gave the

. >>> other news we're following, some are calling them radical ideas by the catholic church to fix thecrisis. our own lisa sylvester reports. >> reporter: occupy wall street protesters carried a golden calf named greed to make think point. the growing gap between the rich and the poor. >> my biggest beef is the growing economic disparity. i have a problem with it. i feel we have a capitalist system that is based around hoarding wealth instead of dispersing it and helping the free market grow. >> the division between the haves and have knots is central to the catholic church. now the vatican is picking up on the momentum and speaking out against what it calls the adoll triof the market. for the first time the vatican outlined as a moral fix for the problem of poverty. a proposal to create a new financial authority including a global central bank and a new tax on global financial transactions. >> globalization has made us all in the same boat. and we're going to either sink together or we're going to prosper together. we're only going to do that if we work together as a world community t

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obrian, the editor of the times of cuba and in the cuban roman catholic church, father moynihan, no relationship to my grandmother, loved for his kindness and great sense of humor. born in the 20's in havana were of irish descent. they were fran emilio. he was entirely blind by the age of 13 but learned gerschwin's rhapsody in blue by using braille scores. he was also one of the major instrumentalists of the feeling -- many of you recollected remember -- the thrilling sound of the 50's that blended the latin bolero with the latin sound. the second was chico, we like always to put these little names to people. my name is carlotta but my real name was charlotte and they called me carlotica, little charlotte. he moved to new york city in 1948, where benny goodman hire him and he became very famous in new york at the time and he died in new york in 2001. one of the pieces of my ticket to ride is how many cubans of irish ancestry are there. because this connected to my family, that's why i wanted to read it to you. in the 40's, my father moved to new york in search of his destiny. he learned to make

. >> this is a very significant case and it involves the most senior catholic church officials to daten the u.s. being charged with -- facing charges related to sexual abuse of children. prosecutors say that he covered up certain activities relating to one of this clergymen last year. his clergymen, -- clergyman faced some kind of allegation that his behavior around children was not acceptable. a few months later, there was a lot of disturbing photos of young children, some of them newcomers found on his laptop computer. when robert finn was told the bulbous, prosecutors say he did nothing at all until a month -- was told about this, prosecutors say he did nothing about this. he investigated john lee himself, but handed the laptop back to the clergymean's brothe. >> at least 280 people have died and more rain is forecast. the authorities are concerned that bangkok's commercial center could also be flooded. we say it is thailand's worst floods in decades. how bad is that? >> it depends on where you are in the country. in the central region of thailand, it is very bad indeed. there are m

. >>> now to kansas city and another scandal facing the catholic church.y have charged a bishop with failing to report abuse. there was a computer with inappropriate images of kids but he never reported it as required by law. he has pleaded not guilty. he now becomes the highest ranking official in a child sex abuse case. >>> another chilly night has fallen down among the protestors in dc who are pledging to occupy the nation's capitol until they get the changes they want. they want more taxes on the rich and better health care and that just names a few of the things they want. our ken molestina live tonight at freedom plaza with a look at how the protest is going. it's been two weeks, ken. >> yes, it is. they have been granted four more months to stay here at freedom plaza which means they're now having to find ways to sustain themselves down here in what has become a head city in downtown washington. ♪ music playing >> reporter: the singing and hope to change things across the country continues. now as this occupation is well into its second week, the pr

i mentioned in a speech about a year and a half ago that it's very well documented the catholic church murdered -- you think it sounds crazy but it's true. it's actually true. a lot of things that we don't know are true and well substantiated. but you know, the thing is this. whoever is in charge and whatever evil or good that they do, there's coming a day of judgment. now a lot of christians think it's going to be friday, as a matter of fact. and if it is, abraham lincoln john wilkes booth and all the dead are going to be raised up and if they weren't saved before they died it's going to be judgment, wrath, the wrath of god. i think about the story about how these jews came to jesus and told him that some jews had been murdered by pontius pilot. he knew that they all died lost. he must have. because he's the son of god. and so he said do you think they were any worse than you are. he said unless you believe in me, you will perish. jesus is the roughest preacher there ever was. he said look, there's 18 people on whom the tower fell. you think they were more evil because they died like

>>> some are calling them radical ideas by the catholic church.med greed to make their point. the growing gap between rich and poor. >> my biggest beef is the growing economic despairty. i feel we have a capitalist system based around hoarding wealth. >> the division is a message long central to the catholic church. now the vatican is puicking up n the momentum and speaking out against what it calls the eye doll tri of the market. a proposal to create a new financial authority including a global central bank and new tax on global transactions. >> globalization has made us all in the same boat and we're going o either sink or prosper. >> the international monetary fund has lost the ability to stabilize the world financial system and points to the current debt crisis in europe. but added regulation and centralizing global authority. >> marc: and put more powers in the hands of a wealthy few. >> the attitude you are sort of insulating this further actually increases the leverage of the larnlest financial institutions have in this game because they wi