and said the catholic church is committed to protecting children from abuse. va lair row is from catholic voices. he joins us live from london. what is your response to the un report, jack? >> hello, i think it's a terrible report, full of so many mistakes it's hard to know where to start. i would summarize the problems in three areas. first, it takes absolutely no account of the history of abuse reform that has been going on in the catholic church in this the last 12 years. the guidelines and procedures that have been developed to tackle this problem which were very real -- >> and still ongoing. >> well, this is what is not true. because the procedures and guidelines that have been developed in the catholic church are the best in the world. this has been said by goes in the west. the catholic church has been the catalyst to change in the uk it has lead the change in many institutions, in schools, local authorities, other institutions -- >> if that is the case how come nobody has been brought to court for instance? how come there is nobody there -- >> lots of

releases a scathing report on child abuse in the catholic church, demanding the vatican removes all clergy who are known or suspected child abusers. the ukrainian president is kia afterwn in battling -- kia after battling two months of protests. the winter olympics kick off in sochi on friday, the most expensive ever, but some locals say they are not seeing any benefit. also coming up this hour, the olympic torch will be touching down in sochi ahead of the winter games and a series of demonstration against russia's anti-gay stance is heating up around the world. if you are feeling heat by the winter blues, the answer might be in eastern germany. a giant anger has been transformed into -- a giant hanger has been transformed into a winter getaway. committeeuman rights released an unprecedented paper where it slammed the catholic church where it calls it a systematic cover-up of sexual abuse. it is demanding the vatican turn all abusers over to the police. >> the catholic church has authoritynder the [indiscernible] it has led to abuse. [indiscernible] for more now, let's ring in our correspo

this ongoing crisis continues to playing the credibility of the catholic church and its new pope. ancis has set up a new commission to deal with it. the committee says he must call on outside help, and everything must be made public. >> the credibility of the church will always be at stake, unless there's a possibility of having total zero tolerance, protecting childr children. >> reporter: the tough stance will be welcomed by victims of abuse worldwide. >> for so long we have been disbelieved, for so long we have been criticized because they -- the church said that that were only after money or we -- we are anti-catholic. >> reporter: this is a real clash of cultures between the un determined to uphold the rights of the child, and the vatican. it is also a challenge to pope francis, can he turn the new language and atmosphere of his papacy into a change of the secretive culture of the catholic church? >>> syrian missing today's deadline to hand over its toxic chemicals. the assad government has until june 1st to get rid of all of its chemical weapons. the u.s. and un say damascus

but the pope's attempt to modernize the church is an uphill battle. >> catholics who divorce and remarry even gay couples adopting children are becoming the norm in the western world. so the church can't just ignore them. >> the 19 new cardinals will be among those to take life changing decisions for the millions of catholics around the world asking pope francis to break with tradition and keep up with modern times. >> we're joined live from rome, claudio, good to see you. this is a new pope, claudio, trying to bring the church back in line with modernity and family values and homosexuality. just how far do you think this is likely to go? >> well, it really is an uphill battle for him because obviously the up for giving stance on issues like abortion, like birth control and homosexuality is strongly ingrained in the catholic church's position. it will be unlike tlikely to coe those ingrained with those stances and teachings. but one of the first things that are believe to change soon probably as early as october when the big congress of bishops on the issues of families will take place i

conference later in the year on family issues, but the pope's attempt to modernize the church is an uphill battle. >> catholicsho divorce and remarry, even gay couples adopting children are becoming the norm in the western world. so the church can't just ignore them. >> the 19 new cardinals will be among those who will make life-changing decisions for the millions of catholics around the world asking pope francis to break with tradition and move into modern times. >> that is al jazeera' al jazeeg from vatican city. >>> and joining me now, joshua from the catholic reporter. thank you for joining us. why are some calling this as the most critical week of pope francis papacy? >> reporter: glad to be here, morgan. this has certainly been a packed week for the pope. he started it off by meeting with the council of cardinals. the cardinals that he appointed from around the world to help him restructure the governance of the vatican here. he moved into the week with a meeting of 150 cardinals from around the world and discussed how the church can help the family today. this is a theme the pope has talked about a lot,

one woman's journey to find her son, taken from her by the catholic church and given for adoption.ynthia mcfadden talks to the real life philomena. tonight, we meet the pope. can. >> extreme parenting. would you encourage your 8-year-old to do this? ? or this? pressuring kids to win at any cost. the parents and coaches pushing pea wees to dangerous limits. >> i don't care if you don't get up. let's go. and olympic outrage. just one day away from opening ceremonies, shaun white dropped out of an hotel event due to a dangerous course. and hotels that are anything but accommodating. is russia ready for its closeup? >> good evening. and thanks for joining us. imagine 60,000 babies taken from their mothers by the kath lidge church and given up for adoption, often to the united states and for a shocking price. this story didn't originate on the silver screen, but one woman's struggle to find her child is now the subject of an oscar-nominated film "philomena." cynthia mcfadden traveled with the real life philomena to the heart of the catholic church, the vatican, looking for answers. >> i

should be treated as jews not catholic and could not legally marry a catholic kim the pope was irate because it went against church doctrine if you were baptize you should be considered catholic and able to berry and other catholic but one of the major provisions had given the church's right to decide for church weddings what is a legitimate wedding registered with the state so it went directly against the agreement made with fanfare 1929. the complaints we go behind the scenes were entirely about this one issue never any vatican opposition to throw all the led jewish children out the schools or firing the teachers until the papal states were defeated in the '70s. >> pius xii is a very controversial figure and enigmatic almost but it sounds as if your research has shed new light or what baggage he brought. can you give us a sense of how you view during world war ii in light of what you know, with your research? >> many if you are aware there is pressure on the vatican to open the archives ever since they played the deputy became a controversy with his failure to protest even though he knew what was happening was a

this crisis is continuing to plague the credibility of the catholic church and the new hope. there is a new commission to deal with it and the committee is saying it must call on outside help and everything needs to be made public. >> the credibility of the church is always at stake unless there is a possibility of -- protecting the children. >> the tough stance is welcomed. >> for so long we have been disbelieved and so long criticized because the church said that we are only after the money. >> this is a real class of cultures between the u.n. determined to uphold the rights of the child and the vatican, they are used to keeping their business secret and a challenge to the pope, can he turn the new language and the atmosphere into a change in the secret culture of the catholic church. >> for their part, the vatican is saying that the report is distorted. >> after 40,000 miles in 123 days the olympic torch arrives to sochi. it is the longest journey. today's celebration comes two days before the games are set to begin. but the celebration was smared a bit. the attack in dece

this ongoing crisis continues to plage the catholic church and its new pope. has set a commission to deal with it. the committee says it must call on outside help and everything must be made public. >> the credibility of the church will always be at stake unless there is possibility of having total, zero come fence toward predator priests. protecting children. all the protection that they need and they deserve. >> reporter: the report's tough stance will be welcomed by victims of abuse worldwide. the committee numbers them in the 10s of thousands. >> for so long we have been disbelieved. for so long we have been criticized because the church said that we were only after money or we were anti-ca those i can. >> reporter: this is a real of cultures between the u.n. and the vatican. a hierarchy i think tuesda insto keeping its business secret. can the new pope change in the secretive culture of the church. >> while the vatican has responded to the report. it called it distorted and unfair but added that it would stud at this thoroughly and it says that the catholi

one woman's journey to find her son, taken from her by the catholic church and given for adoption. it's an ongoing saga. "nightline's" cynthia mcfadden talks to the real life philomena. tonight, we meet the pope. can. >> extreme parenting. would you encourage your 8-year-old to do this? ? or this? pressuring kids to win at any cost. the parents and coaches pushing pea wees to dangerous limits. >> i don't care if you don't get up. let's go. and olympic outrage. just one day away from opening ceremonies, shaun white dropped out of an hotel event due to a dangerous course. and hotels that are anything but accommodating. is russia ready for its closeup? big deals of the week. or how to get great deals the easy way. l you do enough flying around. that's why we give you real big club card deals. right now, our largest jug of arm & hammer detergent is just $5.00. fill your water supply. arrowhead water is only $3.29 a case. and chobani greek yogurt is just a buck. real big deals this week and every week. only at safeway. ingredients for life. >> good evening. and thanks for joining us. im

the population was very much identified with the catholic church. mussolini needed the support of the pope for a couple reasons. not just the population catholic, but one of the largest opposition parties he had to face with the catholic party which had been endorsed by the previous pope, the popular party. ahead of the popular party was the priest. to come to power, he basically had to end the influence of the party and the best way he could do this would get the pope to withdraw the church support for that party in embracing. the other thing mussolini was concerned about was winning international legitimacy for what would be his dictatorship in the pope would play a very important role. now though, although the pope had made a steal in 1922 with mussolini, he had second thoughts, in recent years and now back to the scene on his last days on her, the last two years, seem to be thinking he was becoming a god himself. the other thing that really bothered the pope was the increasing embrace of hitler, a man pope pius the 11th despise. in the mid-30s gr

church, recruiting young men in great numbers from countries across the world. the order was founded in 1941 by marcial maciel, a young man with powerful family connections to mexico's conservative catholic elite. >> maciel was the greatest fundraiser of the modern church. the man had a gilded touch. >> narrator: journalist jason berry spent years investigating maciel and the legionaries of christ. >> he could get millionaires and the wives and widows of multimillionaires to support his movement of renascent orthodoxy. and he was bringing in a great many young men to this religious order that saw itself on a crusade to save the church from the decay of the modern world. >> the maciel case is one of the darkest chapters in the history of the contemporary church, without a doubt. without a doubt. >> narrator: in 1947, 10-year-old juan vaca was personally chosen by maciel to enter one of his seminaries. like all the other boys, he had to swear before god that he would never speak ill of maciel. >> i was enrolled with that mentality maciel gave us that we were a very selected group, an elite, chosen by god to conquer the world, but at the same time he started to control our minds, to control

these are issues engrained with the catholic church tradition. can pope francis and the card analyse change that. >> first of all, he changed the approach. on some topics, there will not be major changes. i think about divorce couples which can remarry. at least there is a debate in the church, and francis wants to approach this prop in a different way. this is a major novelty. we must not undervalued it. >> in the basilica benedict xvi is in there making one of the few appearances. some things his presence makes it more diff for pope francis to make changes at all. is this what you thing? >> who knows. nor sure it's a correction. the real risk is there's conservatives using against his risk, pope benedict, pope emeritus as an adversary of reforms of pope francis. this is a question mark for the papacy. >> thank you for joining us mass imo. this meeting was a run-up of an important meeting of college of bishops that will take place. issues will be discussed again, and important changes on the topics, such as homosexualitily or divorce or birth co

about the which the catholic church dealt with child abuse committed by the church's proosts. it says that clerics abused tens of thousands of children over the years, and the vatican's practices led to a continuation of that abuse. we'll speak to gerald okogel, a van can analyst. he joins me from live. we expected in to be a critical report. the report says the reputation of the church is more important than the welfare of children. >> i think this is really a misinterpretation of reality. everyone expected the report to be hard. it is. but, to say that the church today is putting its own institution above the welfare of children is not true. it's not true, that pope is making clear that this is not the case. the last pope, benedict the 16th made it clear. there is no doubt nobody denies - not here in the vatican or the church around the world, that abuses have taken place, but i think it should be said that the vast majority of them are historical abuses. the vast majority go back to the "50, '60s, '70s, and '80s. there's a number of cases but there should be none coming in

this raises questions about the doctrine of the catholic church. sheila macvicar with mr z in his first television interview. >> mark and david are a couple who are very much in love, they were legally married last july in washington state. same-sex marriage was legalized there a year ago. it was their marriage that job. >> i don't feel like i have done anything wrong. i married the love of my life. it is legal in the state of washington and it's important. i want to be married and have my faith and believe in god. i'm catholic and pray to got every day. >> he worked here at east side catholic school in a suburb east of seattle. he was a really-respected vice president and popular swim coach. in his first national tv interview he told us school administrators and colleagues knew he was gay and that he lived with his partner. it was a clath lick -- catholic tell. >> they asked me not to bring my partner to school even or bring up issues or questions. he was not invited to anything. private. >> they kept their wedding private. unknown until a fellow

this ongoing us crisis continues to playing the credibility of the catholic church and its new pope. ancis has set up a commission to deal with it. the committee says he must call on outside help and everything must be made public. >> the credibility of the church will always be at stake unless there's a possibility of having total zero tolerance, protecting children to the health and protection that they need and deserve. >> reporter: the report's tough stance will be welcomed by victims of abuse worldwide. >> for so long we have been disbelieved. for so belong we have been criticized because they -- the church said that we were only after money or we -- we are anti-catholic. >> reporter: this is a real clash of cultures between the un and the vatican. it's also a challenge to pope francis, can he turn the new language and atmosphere of his papacy into a change in the secretive culture of the catholic church? >>> after 40,000 miles and 123 days, the olympic torch finally arriving in sochi. it was the longest journey in the history of the torch. the celebration coming just two days be

was her life and a lot of it played out here at the blessed sacrament catholic church and its school. ruthanne lodato and her husband were planning a 60th birthday party together. they were friends in high school and married some time after that. her church family is mourning the loss of their friend and their teacher. >> lord, we have come together as a community to pray for your beloved parishioners and others. >> reporter: the boys and girls at blessed sacrament school pray for ruthanne lodato and her family at their catholic parish this afternoon. >> lord, we also offer you our prayers as a sign of our hope. >> reporter: some of these middle and grade schoolers know ruthanne as their piano teacher. >> our hearts are broken. ruth ann was the gentlest, kindest, most peaceful person you would ever want to meet and to think that she had such violence, it's very hard. she was a wonderful, wonderful woman full of music, full of life. >> reporter: ruthanne lodato is a long time member of blessed sacrament catholic church that's only a few blocks from her home. she played organ during su

paul's catholic church on sunday. >> he tells me how the men got into the church. he was sitting at the back in the corner and crawled out when the violence started. they circled the church, came in and foyered. people were running. women and children. they kept firing. some of us went into the bushes, and they followed us and killed us like dogs. they didn't say anything. they did not tell us who they were or why. they opened fire, and some dressed like law enforcement agents. >> no one claimed responsibility, but it looks like the work of boko haram, a group that wants a strict form of islamic law imposed across the country. they have been behind hundreds of similar attacks. after attacking the church, the militants raided the village and began to burn and lute and destroy homes. villages fled from their homes into the bush. some fled. those that did escape without injuries fled to the nearby village. they are homeless and living on handouts. >> like this woman, she was in the church during the attack. her husband and son were killed. >> i had to run and leave so

it was exactly one year ago today that pope benedict retired as the head of the catholic church. n the shock announcement from february 11, 2013, he said poor health meant he could no longer lead the world's one billion catholics. a year on, a look at the discreet lifestyle the former pope has chosen. i renounce the ministry of the ship of rome. -- of bishop of rome, successor of st. peter, entrusted to me by the cardinals on the 19th of april, 2005. >> speaking in latin, pope benedict sent shockwaves through the catholic church when he announced his resignation. he became the first pope to step down in 600 years. 85 at the time, he chose to stay hishe vatican, swapping papal apartment for this residence in the garden. monastery in the middle of the vatican garden. he is living like a monk. he never goes out of his very simple and modest surroundings. he is living the life he always wanted before becoming pope. ratzingerl joseph spends his days studying and receiving visitors and playing the piano. his personal secretary, seen here dressed in black, says he has no regrets about tu

catholic churches in california recited a weekly prayer for rain. it came from the conference of bishops who said "our reliance of water reveals how much we are part of creation and creation is part of us." others are doing the same thing. praying for rain was an age-old tradition, coming up in the face of perilous drought. >> the picture is bleak. reservoirs running near empty. snow packs at record lows, parching farm land. faced with a drought of historic proportions, californian water officials are taking historic measures. >> this is the first time in the 54 year history that projected water supplies have been reduced to zero. >> that's right, zero. the state has cut off water shipments to local agencies that served 25 million californians. farmers in water district will be forced to find water elsewhere. some are prepared to do that. >> the metropolitan water district serving los angeles and california has been preparing for this kind of emergency, with water storage and conservation. they have no plans to impose mandatory water restrictions it

report on the axecy build a school within the catholic church is unfair. claiming that the vatican turned a blind eye to the abuse of thousands of children. >> the policy of the church is zero tolerance for abuse anywhere in the world. if it is not being implemented then we need to know about it, we need to enforce it and do it. but these sweeping allegations they're not helpful. the policy is zero tolerance of abuse. >> can it do more? should it do more? >> well, if the church knows that the person has been--the priest has been involved in abuse it can fire them, but it has to know that they're involved in abuse, and the local bishop has to implement the rules and regulations and policies that have been established by the pope. >> there should also be more transparency by the church. today has been set as a global day of action in the anti-gay sochi winter olympics protest. the russian government has been under pressure because of its negative view on gay people. we have reports from sochi. >> reporter: the transformation takes an hour and a half. the 26-

the second is described as stating the ninety patients report in which the catholic church is accused of turning a blind eye to decades of child abuse by priests has distorted and humphrey. in a written statement to check reiterated its commitment to defending and protecting the rights of the child describe the un report to side in the chicken some states. the vatican's ambassador to the un is still fundamentally a toll on c add it to the holy see has had its effect can see t had already changed seats and sending the measures to specifically designed to prevent top six apiece the un committee which led to the pool had first hand witness statements from the piece fifteen second printing of the backend delegation in geneva last month. what is a typical concluded to chat to put its reputation before the protection of children who did not dictate to me to eat and a fanatical suspected offenders to civil justice the crown says hussein being in office within moments the scope the sixth with abuse of children to stay with the chance to set up a special commission of such acts. the river new

i turned on the tv and every channel i flipped it on showed the catholic church on fire. >> fingerprintsa bottle of church wine eventually led police to abbott, and they arrested him three weeks later. but despite his claims of innocence, abbott says he took a plea deal to avoid testifying against his friends and being labeled a snitch. >> going to prison having a snitch name is like having a child molestation name. you just don't have it. they don't last long here. i wouldn't want to have the name snitch. it's -- can't do it. >> abbott's not alone in his claim that he is serving time only because he didn't want to snitch on someone else. demetrius burks admitted to being in the car the night his victim was murdered in a drive-by shooting. but burks says he wasn't the trigger man. >> there's not like no award you get for not snitching. you know what i mean. but at the same time the guy who did it, he's got to live with it every day. i'm not just innocent of everything. i've done plenty of things in my life that would eventually lead me here or dead, you know what i mean. i believe god is

the vatican called that criticism an attempt to interfere with catholic church teaching and the exercise of religious freedom. but holding priests accountable for the abuse of children, the vatican was told today, is not an issue of belief, but a criminality. mike taibbi, nbc news, london. >>> we'll take a break, and still ahead tonight, drug raid. overnight arrests and fast-moving developments into the investigation of the death of philip seymour hoffman. >>> and later, the monuments men. one of the real life heroes behind a daring rescue mission. >>> we're back with new developments tonight into the investigation into the death of actor philip seymour hoffman. four people have been arrested in an apartment building in new york city where hundreds of bags of heroin were found. we get more tonight from nbc's katy tur who's outside the criminal court building. katy, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, ann. four were arrested, three will likely be arraigned and charged tonight. all of this because a tipster walked into a precinct and told cops there was a connection between the allege

this document commands the catholic church to change its laws on issues like abortion and actually callsch in the same breath to make greater protections for children against violence and then tells the church to stand off on abortion, which is totally crazy because the church holds its view on abortion in many respects because it views abortion as one of the most widespread forms of violence against children. it seems like a confused document that sort of starts off with the sex abuse crisis but really ends attacking basically everything that the church believes. it's really unprecedented in my understanding for the united nations to tell a religious institution what it should and should not believe. >> what about pope francis? obviously, he's gotten so much attention for shaking things up. what is his reaction likely to be to this? >> pope francis started to commission to make sure that the reforms that pope benedict began continue to take place. he's a man who truly believes in transparency. he's hired all sorts of outside consulting firms to clean up the issues the church is facing.

roses has promised to take action on child abuse is in the catholic church. me weeks ago it was revealed that new ti ful hundred priests had been dismissed in the last two years because of suspected molestation of children. the church policy is to investigate the allegations in tennessee the un committee says that's not good enough. i'm not an activist a code of silence that was imposed by the attacks on children youth and the fact that according to national enforcement authorities has never been made compulsory. the un report estimates the number of victims in the tens of thousands. it says the church has failed to children the main finding of the committee was that the holy see has adopted policies and practices which have led to the continuation of the abuse by and the impunity of the pet hates is. the horn as he has consistently placed the presentation of the reputation of the text and the protection of the predicate is above children's best interests the committee also criticized the church's position on human sexuality contraception and abortion it's ca

this ongoing crisis continues to playing the credibility of the catholic church and its new pope. fran situation has set up a new commission to deal with it. the schmidt says he must call on outside help and everything must be made public. >> the credibility. church will always be at stake unless there is possibility of having total zero tolerance for its pred attors protecting children to the hilt, all of the protection that they need and deserve. the report's tough stanchion will be welcome by victims of abuse worldwide. the committee numbers them in the tens of thousands. >> for so long, we have been disbelieved. for so lodge we have been criticized because the church said that we were only after money or we are uncatholic. >> this is a clash of cultures between the sglufrn determined to uphold the rights of the child and the vatican, a higher arkansascal institution used to keeping its business secret. it's a challenge to pope francis. can he turn the new language and atmosphere of his papacy into a change in the secretive culture of the catholic church. >>> in some situations,

can pope francis change the atmosphere in to i change in the secretive culture of the catholic churchmcgregor wood, al jazerra, geneva father reese is back with us. boy in, that report there, it was noted that the moving of abusing priests from perish to perish continues. that has to stop, doesn't it? it has to top. >> my response to that is name names. tell us, where and we'll take care of it. we'll remove them. the policy of the holy see. the policy of the church is zero tolerance for abuse anywhere in the world. if it's not being implemented, then we need to know about it, we need to enforce it, we need to do it. but these sweeping allegations, i just -- they are not helpful. the policy is zero tolerance of abuse by priests anywhere in the world. >> -- that's the policy of the church. >> and it can stand by that position because the church and it stated it publicly, the church doesn't believe that it can control the abusive priests. the practices of these priests. the question is, first of all, should it do more? can it do more? >> if the church knows that the person has been -- th

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the committee on the rights of the child condemned what it called the roman catholic church's code of silence. it demanded disclosure of all files on pedophile clergy and bishops who concealed their crimes. >> the holy see has adopted policies and practices which have led to the continuation of the abuse by and the impunity of the perpetrators. the holy see has consistently placed the preservation of the reputation of the church and the protection of the perpetrators above children's best interests. >> ifill: the committee also criticized church teachings against homosexuality, contraception and abortion. the vatican shot back that the report is distorted, and it accused the u.n. panel of interfering with religious freedom. we'll take a closer look at the report, and the response, later in the program. google agreed today to display competitors' links more prominently in europe, to settle a major anti-trust action. the search giant entered a deal with the european union, ending a three-year investigation, and avoiding a fine of up to five billion dollars. google has a 90% market share

everybody if a woman is declared brain dead obviously this would not apply and you know even the catholic church would say. she's dead and that there's no more moral obligation and that's their doctrine i mean that is what the catholic church centers and i think you know there's two very clear things i think we want to cleave apart here and one is that was this a catholic hospital you know because i don't think it whirls i don't think so yeah . there's two to separate things here one is the pro-life side which you know. i wish that that baby could have been saved i wish that if the section could have performed there have been cases where women have been in comas and a c section has been performer around the same time i did manage to save the feet as it was very unlikely i know i'm just missing first trimester problems and there's also the end of first harasser well by the time the by the time she died i've supported i think it's twenty two twenty three weeks and yeah but then the other separate issue is really the hospital in the payment and that is the hospital only did this for one reason they

>> now, we're going to mandate the catholic church. me help you out -- >> in large catholic institutions o-- >> the teaching of the church which has gone on for century, wait a minute, if you believe in freedom of religion they do not believe of artificial contraception, that is their deeply held belief but the government is forcing them to provide it. >> it doesn't require a church to provide it, it requires large institutions -- i don't understand, i think contraception is a good thing, you guys don't like it. >> i believe in freedom of religion, the constitution. >> they don't have to -- only the large institutions, by the way, they said they don't have to pay for it. the insurer is said we'll provide it for free. >> lanny, you're the attorney, help your liberal friend out here, excuse me, a catholic church, hospital, charities ought not go against their deeply held religious beliefs and be mandated by the government to provide it. >> can i make a comment here? i much prefer having this very vigorous debate on a very serious topic, i

it's been one of the most important weeks for pope francis and for the catholic church as a whole. ed with opposition, pope francis has been leading a debate on whether the church's teachings on abortion, contraception, divorce, homosexuality needs some rethinking. last year a worldwide poll was held on what world thinks on the church's stand on family and morals. it shows that most reject them as outdated and unrealistic. >> the pope is paving the way for change little by little because it can't happen automatically. with the vatican you have to poll a certain process. >> homosexuality, civil unions, i'm strongly christian but i do believe this pope can open doors that in the past were always kept shut. >> this week's meeting came before another important meeting on family issues but the pope's attempt to modernize the church is an uphill battle. >> catholics who divorce and remarry even gay couples adopting children are becoming the norm in the western world. so the church can't just ignore them. >> the 19 new cardinals will be among those called to make life-changing decisions fo

he doesn't have to agree with the catholic church's position on issues involving gays and lesbians. at least respect them. he doesn't have to agree with the agenda of the gay and lesbian community on everything either. but he is going to march in that parade. >> that is the question, because i really don't know what the technicalities are, if you're not gay, can you be a part of the gay and lesbian parade? but if you can't, should he not be a part of the gay and lesbian parade because that is why he is not going to take part in the st. patrick's day parade because he says they're exclusionary. but i don't think they will let you march in the gay and lesbian parade if you're straight, right? >> what are you going to do, boycott the puerto rico parade -- >> this is intolerance, this is him being prejudiced towards people's deeply held fundamental religious belief. >> well, it is disrespectful. it is saying i know better than you. you are ignorant, i won't participate, i don't see how it is a mayor that is including. i would rather see him say, make a statement and attend all of the pa

catholic churches rooted in the middle east, in europe, that ordain married priests.ik has been married for ten years. he has an eight-year-old daughter. >> whoa, that's interesting. >> yeah. >> all right, thank you, maria. >> you're welcome. >> a rare, unprecedented look inside of a supreme court. a protest group secretly recorded court arguments and posted the footage online. roxana, this is not supposed to happen. >> reporter: this is not supposed to happen. obviously cameras are banned from the court. but two activists were able to get one in earlier this week and they posted this never before seen footage online. you can barely hear the judges. but then one of the activists stands up and speaks out and criticized the justices on their ruling. >> on behalf of the vast majority of the american people who believe that money does not speak and corporations are not people and it should not be give to the highest bidder. >> then you see security hustling newkirk out. he pleaded not guilty and could face 60 more days behind bars, but he told me it was worth it. >> that

. >>> investigating sex assaults in the catholic church involving children. what a u.n.eport is accusing the vatican of doing. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. there's a lot to tell you about this half hoir. we're looking at the more severe fallout of the california drought,. >>> plus expansion work on the panama canal, suspended for a billion dollar disagreement. and soccer star david beck hawmm has a new business. richelle carey. has the story. >> explosive in toothpaste tubes, the warning is flights who have direct flights into russia, including some from the u.s. the department of homeland security wouldn't confirm any specifics but intelligence being monitored ahead of the winter games in sochi. >>> the nation's second biggest pharmacy chaifn says it's ready to quick cigarettes. cvs announced today that it will end the sale of tobacco products by october 1st. the ceo said it wants to help its customers to better health. >>> and the storm that's dumped snow from the midwest to new england, 750,000 power outages in are pennsylv

one of the few people who survived when armed men raided the catholic church on sunday. he tells me how the man got into the church and killed at least 40 people as they moved around. he has been sitting right at the back in the corner and crawled out when the violence started. >> they encircled the church and firing. they kept firing. some of us followed us with vehicles and kept killing us like dogs. they didn't say anything. they did not tell us who they were or why. they just opened fire on us, and some of them were dressed like law enforcement acts. >> no one has claimed responsibility for the attack but it looks like the work of a group that wants a strict form of islamic law i amposed across the country. they have been behind hundreds of similar attacks in the region. >> after stacking the compel, the militants raided the nearby village and began to burn, to loot and destroy homes. you can see people's pots and pans and some of the remnants of those homes. villagers fled and some died along the way. some of them survived and they are now being treated in hospital.

5am to 9 eastern. >> with al jazeera america. >>> other nations with power struggles within the catholic church pope francis has his hands. now pbs front line, the secrets of the vatican who looks at the scandals within the church that francis has had to try and manage since he took the job. expectations could not be higher. francis is studied in rome. he is an outsider. >> the man that seems to be able to touch people or to draw them out or give them a sense of hope. >> back to the legacy. >> we can remember. i am joined by anthony thomas, director of the upcoming "secrets of the vatican." anthony, great to have you with us. some alarming things that you raise in this documentary. as i said, high hopes. when benedict became pope, his predecessor, weren't there expectations he would clean up the church. just as much now as we are seeing with francis. >> absolutely. the pope died. a promise to clean. i have no doubt in my mind that other people think he was thinking specifically. r that was the promise he made but unfortunately, he couldn't -- he couldn't do the things he wanted to do. >> rafael

i preceded to come back to san francisco and go through all the catholic churches and i was in st. bonding if his i noticed a little girl sitting in the front by herself and i asked her where her mother was they are a couple of doors down i come into her everyday because it's about how far and safe. that's why st. bonding if his and the windows need to be saved >> thank you. any public comment on this item? > >> nevertheless to say i know this is a great church whatever they want give them it. i personally was married there my background was italian and my husband was german they also worked at st. bonding if his and we teaspoon this tradition the same family line did the plastically here for the city hall. so we're all connected and have to work together no matter what. >> thank you. any further public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner moore >> move to approve. >> sorry. commissioner sugaya >> yeah. i think as one who comes from historic preservation background the tdr program is one to assist the nonprofit. there are some tax credit programs but they're

vatican expert says the pope's'a attempt to modernize the church is an uphill battle. >> translator: catholics divorce and remarry, even gay couples adopting children are becoming the norm in the western world. so the church can't just ignore them. >> reporter: the 19 new cardinal will be among those called to make life-changing decisions for the millions of catholics around the world asks pope francis to break with tradition. and keep up with modern times. >> that was our claudio reporting from vatican city. >>> the fence that divides the u.s. and mexico may keep people from crossing the border, but health officials are finding it less effective at stopping the transmission of diseases. jennifer london has more from tijuana mexico. >> translator: i don't want to live likely, i would rather die. >> reporter: it started as a cough that lasted for months. then she began losing weight. >> i was really thin. and so sick i couldn't sleep at night. >> reporter: she lives in identity juan, a mexico, didn't have a stubborn cold or a nasty case of the flu. she had contracted a potentially deadly form o

but instead, breaking one of the cardinal rules in the catholic church, he 'tis obeyed the beloved popereporter, he felt burning the documents would be a crime, and that he didn't have the courage to do so. >> so suddenly now, to have a group of works that has not been published before is significant. >> reporter: translateded writings from the polish language book are circulating. he wrote, "and does the act of salvation amaze me more than any other everyday act? may it absorb me more and more." ♪ in april, pope john paul ii will be canonized a saint. he says publishing the notes is a precious insight into the pope's soul. >> the cardinal says only a select amount of the writings were published and others were burned, as the pope wished. >> the cardinal says he's going to use his share of the profits, at least, from the book to complete a 13,000-square-foot complex being built in poland in the pope's memory. so he's not going to be accused of profiting off of this. >> controversial. >>> several stories caught our attention today, and forecasts, too. let's start in that wonderful place,