this is the pope's first trip to mexico, the second- largest catholic nation. the san jose sharks are in a three-way tie in their conference after tonight's victory over the coyotes. the sharks scored three times in regulation and came down to the shoot out. the final score was 4-3. >>gabe: some things companies are demanding facebook passwords from job applicants. what is facebook doing to fight back and protect users? that is coming up. [ male announcer ] technology accelerates at a relentless pace. anything not moving forward is moving backward. [ tires screech ] [ engine turns over, tires squeal ] introducing the 2013 gs. with the lexus enform app suite, the most connected information and communication technology available in an automobile. [ tires screeching ] the all-new 2013 lexus gs. there's no going back. >>vicki: san jose police opened fire on a man they say was acting as a threat towards them. some reports the man for aggressive behavior. when officers arrived today said the suspect had a gun. one officer shot at the suspect but missed. the suspect w

the pope wants to strengthen ties with the largest spanish- speaking catholic nation and to reach outpeople. she said she is very happy to see the pope in her country and calls it a great opportunity. 13,000 police and soldiers have been deployed to the area and anyone who beat wants to get close to the pope asked to go through a metal detector. in some households that message will not resonate. deborah, a hairdresser, installed an altar inside the beauty parlor honoring a saint's death. she and millions of mexicans were ships in death and still calls herself a catholic. she says i would rather prayed to her than the pope because the poll points of my everyday problems. >> taking more live pictures right now from mexico, you can see the pope walking down the street and a lot of enthusiasm from the crowd. round. has been pretty wet >> i understand we can expect more rain this weekend with a chance of thunderstorms >> we are seeing a little bit of a break in the wet weather as you can see from live bopper. what a lot of green on the screen. a lot of the moisture has been brought to the

expected to be a highlight of his visit to one of the world's most catholic nations. yesterday the pope met with children who released doves as a symbol of peace but there's also some criticism, three mexican authors have released a book accusing the vatican of hiding sexual abuse of children by priests. >>> april showers, well, they may be coming a little early this year. let's say good morning to reynolds wolf. so wet weather on tap. >> it sure looks that way mainly on parts of the atlantic and west coast. west coast will be primarily rain. in the high elevations snow and at the same place some getting record heat yesterday. possibly more today. we'll talk about that coming up plus a look at travel weather moment as way. >> thank you. >>> president obama has a warning today for north korea. stop messing around with nukes. we'll take you live to south korea next. >>> back to one of our top stories. president obama's visit to south korea. an international nuclear summit kicks off tomorrow but today the president had a strong message for north korea. let's find out mor

before the pope's 85th birthday he will take this opportunity to promote the face any deeply catholic nation which imprisoned priests and confiscated church property under the communist rule under fidel castro >>the ship at the center of one of the worst oil spills in united states history is sold for scrap the vessel once known as the exxon valdez was sold for about $16 million back in 1989 that ship ran into rocks in the prince william sound up in alaska dumping 11 million gal. of oil into that water the spill killed more than 36,000 seabirds and damaged 700 mi. of coastline exxon mobil has spent roughly $4 billion to clean up that spill and is still facing lawsuits the boom town mystery has been solved. scientists say that they have figured out what caused all of that strange booming and rumbling noise that has rattled a town in northern wisconsin people in clintonville complained about the noises on tuesday and the u.s. geological survey went to work discovering that the area had a small 1.5 milk magnitude earthquake plus several aftershocks since wisconsin does not get in here earthquak

the pope was to strengthen ties the largest spanish-speaking catholic nation and reach out to young peopleontinue in the work of his predecessor pope john paul the second. this process is very happy to see the pope in a country and causes a great opportunity. security is extremely tight with the acting boss of police and soldiers deployed to the area in any way that was to get close to the pope has to go to a metal detector. the pope was the faithful in mexico to stay away from the love of money and all forms of worship that he deems and pure. but in some households that message will not resonate. the hair dresser installed an altar and setup the pollard honoring an night called st. death she and millions of mexicans were shocked st. the debt and still regard themselves as catholics. she says the pope will solve my everyday problems. >>> expect more rain this weekend with the chance of thunderstorms to parts of the bay area. >>> a little break in the wet weather for the success that are sick of carrying around a number of the recession have it today but from live radar it's not so bad righ

the pope is using the trip to promote the faith in a deeply catholic nation where communists once imprisonedfiscated church property. liberals criticized it for not going far enough. conservatives called it an assault on freedom. but two years ago today president obama signed sweeping health care legislation into law. the affordable care act was quickly dubbed "obama care" by republicans and is widely considered the reason the gop swept to victory in the mid-term elections, reclaiming control of the house. they want to go back to a system where insurance companies have all the rules on their side. not the consumers, not the american people. on monday the u.s. supreme court will hear an hon president six hours of argument on the constitutionality of the measure. the argument will focus on whether not congress exceeded its power by requiring americans to have the coverage by the 14. mitt romney bound to repeal the law if he is president. he passed a similar law in massachusetts but he continues to blast the white house lawn. romney says health care legislation is fine at a state level but he o

this is perhaps the least catholic nation in latin america. about 10% of the population is considered to be catholic. clearly, based on the number of people who have shown interest in the pope's visit even if they're not catholic, it's an important visit, one that many here say even if they're not catholic, even if they're not religious, they have a faith that somehow this visit here will improve their lives. in santiago, cuba, kerry sanders, nbc news. >>> meanwhile, the life of a maryland man jailed in cuba hopes the pope's visit will help free her husband. we'll have more on that coming up live on news 4 at 5:30. >>> some medical experts are coming to the defense of former vice president dick cheney who is recovering from heart transplant surry in virginia. cheney underwent the procedure on saturday at inova fairfax hospital in falls church. some are questioning if he got special treatment getting a donor heart considering his age. cheney is 71. however, doctors say under current rules medical need is the top criteria for a transplant not the

seems cuba is not an overly catholic nation. cuba was officially atheist until the constitution was changed in the 1990s. now before he departs cuba, the pope will meet with former cuban president fidel castro but wanted to take you there live. >> yeah you took us there. >>> back here at home a big super market chain is holding a pink slime swap meet. fresh and easily will allow anyone to swap ground beef that you bought somewhere else for ground beef at their stores. they are promoting the fact they never used the addage pink slime. the critics call that product an unappetizing example of industrial food production. that additive has been used for years and it meets all of the food safety standards. >>> mega millions players will be competing for a record breaking jackpot in this friday's drawing. it grew to $476 million. almost 50 players did come close. they matched five numbers. each of those tickets worth $250,000. the winning numbers 9, 19, 34, 44, 51, 24, gosh i would have thought if i had five out of the six i would have

governor was talking up his same-sex marriage bill before a group of catholics meeting in baltimore. the four members of the national catholic minister, the governor said he is confident it will survive referendum. >> i truly believe that ultimately, the voters of our state will once again come down on the side of human dignity. >> the governor's brother, peter o'malley, is leaving the chief of staff position in the baltimore mayor's office to join a baltimore law firm. he will be counseled in the firm's city office, focusing on government relations. he has been the mayor's chief of staff since may. prior to that, he served as the chairman of the maryland democratic party. maryland budget now in the hands of the house. >> house members have some different ideas from the plan that has passed the senate. the house is considering a 70% tax hike on some tobacco products. the senate calls for a 20% increase. they do not see eye to eye on raising the personal income-tax rate. house leaders are reportedly looking at increases for the top 7% of wage earners only. the differences have to be reconciled before the session ends

it reports 43% of catholics nationally favor gay marriage. why you're taking a different approach here? >> well, you're on to something here, kyra. to the extent that we can trust that those numbers are accurate -- and that's always a question for us -- that proves exactly the motivation for the approach that we're taking. we're taking no chance that's our people will not have a really accurate understanding of what marriage is. and to the impact on society should anyone try to change that definition of marriage. >> so, bishop, times are changing. views are changing. you're changing your tactics even. or your -- i guess you say your strategy. so why not get on board with the 43% of catholics? >> the 43% who -- >> who have no problem with gay marriage. >> their thinking is outside the realm of catholic teaching for 2,000 years. and those are the folks that we want to focus on so they'll perhaps be able to have what i would call an intellectual conversion about a very key building block of society, that is, the nature of marriage as the union o

. >>> the nation's first catholic cathedral is closing for repairs. last summer's earthquake caused $3 million to $5 million in damages and the eight-month repair is about it begin. >>> engineers are sure the building is structurally sound. those aren't chips, rather long meandering cracks visible from the floor 100 feet below. while the church feels it surveyed the damage thorough le, it does admit it doesn't know how deep they are. >> the dome is almost 1,000 feet off the dprund. i'm sure there are some hairline cracks that we missed. we know for sure, which is why we don't have to prolong the work. >> so the doors of the basilica were closed but remain open for weekend mass and the 21 weddings already scheduled there. coming up at 6:00 we'll show you some interesting shots from views you don't normally get to see from inside the basilica. >>> everyone these days is drinking bottled water, but regular tap water may be better for your child's dental health. >> bottled water has a missing ingredient that could make the difference between a good checku

catholics around the nation have been fighting parish closings. >>> leaders of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints warned mormons to stop baptisms-by-proxy of "unauthorized groups, such as celebrities and jewish holocaust victims." the warning came after recent reports that church members had posthumously baptized individuals including anne frank, gandhi and slain jewish journalist daniel pearl. in a letter read to mormon congregations worldwide, church leaders said only the names of deceased lds ancestors should be submitted for the baptisms. the spiritual practice is done to offer non-mormon souls the opportunity of salvation. >>> now more on religion and politics with kevin eckstrom, editor in chief of religion news service. >> kevin, we've seen since the very beginning of this primary season that mitt romney has consistently done best among the catholic voters in contrast to rick santorum who is catholic and this really helped him out of course last week in ohio where about a third of the republican voters were catholics and he got the majority of them and that helped him

. >> governor martin o'malley talked about gay marriage to the members of the national catholic ministry. he said he is confident the state's same-sex marriage law will survive. >> and the governor said he was not there sazz a catholic but rather as the governor for all of maryland and leaders should be expect today protect rights equally among call people. >> meanwhile the governor's brother is leaving governor's hall. they announced peter o'malley will be stepping down as chief of staff to join baltimore's law firm. then they announced that o'malley will be -- o'malley joined the mayor's office last may and a search is underway for his replacement. >> 45 degrees on tv hill. >> coming up, a surge in the number of vasectomies. why doctors seem to find march the perfect time to schedule a vasectomy. >> and discounted and even in some cases, free hotel stays. >> first a live look outside. john has your insta-weather plus forecast for this st. patrick's day next. stay with us. "11 news saturday . at progressive, you can bundle your home and auto policies and save. don't worry, tiny people.

built in 1806, the basilica is the nation's first catholic cathedral.hile the building is structurally sound, long cracks have appeared in the dome and some of the other parts of the building. >> the dome is almost 100 feet off the ground, and so while we have inspected it thoroughly, i'm sure there are some some hairline cracks that maybe we have missed and certainly the cracks we in about are expanding. >> so on june 1 the basilica goes back under construction to fix 50 cracks. it will be closed weekdays but open on weekends for mass and 21 weddings scheduled there this year. >>> just one degree away from an all-time record high in baltimore today that's been on the books since 1902. close low 80s everywhere. now in the 60s tonight. virginia, edging toward our weather saturday. so we bring in the showers and thundershowers tomorrow. tough to get out of the 60s with all the cloud cover. we'll talk about how things will change sunday and next week coming up. >>> and what a night for dancing. hundreds of parents and adults and students cut a rug on the g

in an unusually political sermon the pontiff demanded more freedom for the catholic church in the nation and also discussed the u.s. trade embargo saying quote restricted measures from outside the country have unfairly burdened the people. the pontiff met with fidel castro. >>> time now is 4:45. coming up he has yet to take a single snap in new york but tim tebow is already at the center of a lawsuit in new york between two major companies. >> welcome to the big apple. at 4:51 a new study suggests leading a healthy lifestyle can significantly improve your chances of being cancer-free. >> we're back with your weather first in two minutes. stay with us. >>> 4:37. not too chilly just yet. temperatures in the 50s and even 60s holding on right now but some cooler air moving in and we'll be in the 50s this morning. lots of sunshine a bit of a breeze. a northwest wind about 15 or so much of the day and temperatures this afternoon getting back into the low 60s. i'll be back in a few minutes and we'll take a look to the full weekend forecast. right now over to beverly farmer with timesaver traffi

defending conference champs they are playing back in action now and women's lacrosse team at catholic is nationally elite match up here i it will you what cardinal, you had a great run. >> mascots let's go over to the crowd see if we can get a wave going. >> ready to do the wave? >> want to do the wave? >> get it going here. >> we will start there we go. >> we need more effort. >> come on. >> there we go. >> all right. all right. spirit is high now the crowd is getting into it. we have teams advancing. >> you see who led the cheers, included our defending champion -- claude our defending champion we will see claude next hour. >> that is the madness now. >> it does continue we will see you a little later thanks guys. >> all right. that's fun stuff. coming up in our 8:00 a.m. hour, funding for historically black colleges is in jeopardy in an effort to reduce the nations debt some feel the opportunity for higher education is somewhat engagerred a closer look at that issue and details about a local town hall meeting aimed at ending hazing and campus violence. >> for the next few days supreme court will

. >>> today big crowds are expected in cuba to welcome pope benedict xvi to that island nation. catholics in cuba hope the pope's first visit to the country in 14 years will help bring economic and political changes. catholicism has been severely repressed in the decade since the cuban revolution with many followers being jailed or thrown out of the country. >>> the wife of a maryland man jailed in cuba hopes the pope's visit will lead to her husband's freedom. judy gross is hoping supporteders of her husband will be able to nudge pope benedict into addressing his case when he sits down with cuban leader raul castro. alan gross of potomac has spend more than two years in jail, accused of spying. his wife says his health has deteriorated rapidly while behind bars. >>> a developing story out of chile. a 7.2 earthquake rocked the country late last night, causing fears of a tsunami. the quake hit about 20 miles north of the city of talka, in the middle of the country. officials ordered evacuations of some coastal cities, but so far there have been no tsunamis reported. amazingly, there have b

you saw the cardinal of new york, the highest-ranking catholic prelate, come out and pretty much put it to the president yesterday on national television, and there's a lot of catholics like me who are willing to get behind him and fight for this. alisyn: and, kirsten, how do you think this plays out in november? >> i think it's hard to tell. a lot of the polling that's been done, they can't find a clear correlation in either direction. now, democrats will tell you this helps them because it energizes women, single women in particular who they thought were going to today home. so it's not so much of that poller thes aren't necessarily seeing -- pollsters aren't necessarily seeing someone say i'm going to switch my vote, it's more about energizing the base. can the catholic question do the same thing with their voters, is it something that's going to energize them, and i don't know the answer to that. alisyn: kirsten and marc, thanks so much for coming in for the debate. >> thank you. alisyn: we have a story from afghanistan for you today that you won't see anywhere else. an american soldier who brings new meaning to the word

the relationship was severely strained when many catholics in the i hrupd nation were outcasts or punishedr, after the government of castro, the church as emerged as an important part of cuban society. >>> it's tough to up stage a bride on her wedding day, but that's what happened to one happy cup -- couple in england. the queen and prince phillip showed up to the wedding. the queen declined the invitation at first, but then at the last minute decided to crash the wedding. >> we were like, oh, my god, shocked. and only for a few minutes, but to be so close to somebody that you see so often on the tele, you know, it's bizarre. >> no word on if the queen and prince phillip left the happy couple a gift, but that photo probably gift enough. >> he said it was so cool to see somebody up close that you normally see on the tele, and that's the television. >>> why some senators want the justice department to launch an investigation into a growing controversy involving the networking site. >>> and then it's the start of a big week on "news4 today." monday morning we begin to say good-bye to our frie

. >>> the pope is on the first leg of his two nation tour to reenergize the catholic faith.p in mexico is an effort to strengthen ties. pope benedict turns 85 next month. no pope before him has traveled so far from rome at that age. he heads to cuba tomorrow. >>> a fake kidnapping to teach a lesson goes too far. police are now investigating. the pastor says they planned to surprise raid to teach teens about religious persecution. a 14 year old girl was kidnapped at gun point and thrown in the back of a van. she believed it was all real. >> i was terrified. they put a pillow case over my head and my hands on my back and told me, i said what's going on. they said just do what we say and you won't be hurt. >> police and the district attorney are now investigating. the d.a. says false imprisonment on anyone under 18 is a felony. church officials said they never had any indication the girl was in such distress. >>> an arena in florida is blown to bits and it's all

probably the strongest for the nativists, that is, they were convinced that catholics had an inordinate influence within the national government, especially through their agent, the democratic party. you know, in the same way that free soil people in the north were concerned that southerners had an inordinate influence in the national government through the agency of the democratic party. right? so similar kinds of language was used to describe the situation, describe this threat to republican government. so like the earlier free soilers, and like the later republicans, we'll talk about the origins of the republican party next time, the no nothings used traditional republican small "r," rhetoric to portray catholics as a threat to republican government. it was the catholic church now rather than the slave power that was undermining true republican principles. as you can see in our cartoon here, you've got -- oops. here we g you've got the two different immigrant groups here illustrated what are they doing? they're stealing the ballot box, right? who is this? germans drinking their lager beer. i don't know how you gu

administration has cast aside the first amendment to the constitution of the united states, denying to catholics our nation'snd most fundamental freedom, that of religious liberty. we cannot, we will not comply with this unjust law. people of faith cannot be made second-class citizens. here's what bishop ronald gainer of the catholic diocese of lech sing to -- lexington had to say: civil law and civil structure protect the church's right and obligation to participate in society without expecting us or forcing us to abandon or compromise our fundamental moral convictions. if we have an obligation to teach and give eyewitness to moral values that should shape our lives and inspire our society, then there is a corresponding obligation that we be allowed to follow and express freely those religious values. anything short of government protection of that freedom represents an unwarranted threat of government interference. here's the president of the university of the cumberlands jim taylor, the intrusion of the administration into the right of the free exercise of religion is tkeus pointing. the choice -- disappo

administration has cast aside the first amendment to the constitution of the united states, denying to catholics our nation's first and most fundamental freedom, that of religious liberty. we cannot, we will not comply with this unjust law. people of faith cannot be made second-class citizens. here's what bishop ronald gainer of the catholic diocese of lech sing to -- lexington had to say: civil law and civil structure protect the church's right and obligation to participate in society without expecting us or forcing us to abandon or compromise our fundamental moral convictions. if we have an obligation to teach and give eyewitness to moral values that should shape our lives and inspire our society, then there is a corresponding obligation that we be allowed to follow and express freely those religious values. anything short of government protection of that freedom represents an unwarranted threat of government interference. here's the president of the university of the cumberlands jim taylor, the intrusion of the administration into the right of the free exercise of religion is tkeus pointing. the choice --

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what do you make of a president that apologizes to muslim if a national particulars and attacking the catholicplain what the value system is behind those two? that stustd that obama is doing. i have to say as a citizen, i don't understand what his reasoning is. as louie pointed out, these were qurans that had been defaced by muslim political prisoners. the real question should have been. wright not the clericss in afghanistan condemning the muslim extremists that were defacing the quran. if it's that terrible thing, why are we taking the blame what their extremists were doing. >> sean: job numbers come out. we have now gone through a period here where we have lost a million jobs. we have now unemployment above 8%. 37 consecutive months. he said he would cut the deficit in half. they predicted unemployment would be at 6% and real unemployment according to gallup it's 19%. it doesn't mean that things are getting better? >> i think the president is in a very bad position. somebody calculated if the work force were the same size today that was the morning that barack obama was sworn in we would be

. >>> around the nation, testimony begins in the sex abuse scandal of the catholic archdiocese in philadelphia. sherrie johnson brings us the details. >> testimony begins at 9:00 in the sexual abuse scandal involv agro man catholic church archdiocese. he maybe the first to stand trial for covering up accusations. it goes up to the highest authority in the philadelphia archdiocese. william lynn was in charge of investigating priests accused of child abuse. we will have more on this case including the impact on the church coming up at 5:00 and 6:00 this morning. >>> albuquerque police union is under fire for policy to give up to $400 to police officers who've shot someone. union officials argue that the policy is to help officers who have been involved in a traumatic event. it's not a reward. the police chief wants them to come up with a better way to help officers. >>> there is a territorial battle going noniowa, it's a conflict between businesses and a new family of canadian geese. a father goose is protective of his meat and the two eggs, they've set the nest near a busy restaurant and the pa

today he will hold a huge outdoor mass in havana's revolution plaza hoping to revive the catholic faith in the nation he will meet with fidel castro he announced last night he would happily meet with the pope. pope benedict met with his brother and current leader, raoul yesterday he asked the cuban government declare a holiday for good friday in 1998 they decided to declare christmas a national holiday in honor of pope jon paul. >>> -- pope jon paul. >>> a record offer to buy the los angeles dodgers a group that includes magic johnson, put up $2 billion for the team. a federal bankruptcy court now has to approve the deal the team will most likely be transferred over to its new owners by the end of april. >> the thing i am surprised about is that figure $2 billion. >> seems like a lot. >> for a team that it is hard to get fans to come out and watch that team, and you know, they have been struggling. >> but they are one of the most established baseball teams. >> still the dodgers. >> i know. but a lot of money. >> i couldn't afford a team >> i either. >> i couldn't afford a little league team. >> you c

. >>> catholic priest who made national headlines after refusing to give a lesbian communion at her mothersg his actions. >> the incident happened february 25th, st. john newman church gaithersburg. she said she was told aloud at the altar he could not give herman i don't know because she lived with a woman -- her communion because she lived with a woman. >>> the father said quote under these circumstances i quietly with held communion so quietly even the eucharistic minister standing 4 feet from me was not aware i had done so in fact miss johnson promptly chose to go to that minister to receive communion and did so there was no scandal, no public reprimand s some reported. >> spring has sprung early, the peak bloom dates for the cherry blossoms have been adjusted. >> allergies are here too. plus president obama places his march madness picks, dave ross in studio he has a check of sports on the other side of the break time now 8:26 a.m. ah. so much better than last year. [ both screaming ] food out the window! throw the food out the window! [ roaring ] never again. everyone deserves a great

catholics in cuba are eagerly awaiting the arrival this morning of pope benedict. the pope is visiting the island nationime in 14 years after wrapping up a visit to mexico. his arrival is giving followers hope that he will improve the relationship between catholics and the cuban government. catholicism has been severely repressed in decades since the cuban revolution with many followers being jailed or thrown out of the country. >>> the wife of a maryland man jailed in cuba is hopeful the pope's visit will lead to freedom for her husband. judy gross is hoping supporters of her husband alan will be able to nudge the pope into addressing his case when he sits down with cuban leader raul castry. he's been in prison after being accused of spying on a human aid mission. his wife says his health has deteriorated rapidly. >>> a group banded together to help stop a car thief. >> breaking into my van. >> this happened friday in the 5200 block of 4th street northeast. a man saw two teenagers breaking into his van and started recording it. after a couple of minutes he decided to try to stop them, enlisting the hel

national crisis of this week. there is no debate about access to contraception. you have an issue whether the government can coerce the catholic church not just into contraception but sterilization or abortion, which no reporter wants to talk about. you have a president that voted for infanticide. so if you want to have a dialogue about this, david. let's set the record straight. >> sean: joining me is newt gingrich. i watched that exchange. that was a fascinating exchange to me because they are asking about rush and his comments and the controversy of which he apologized by that point. your answer, why are you asking me this? explain. >> look, i decided after watching for months that the elite media was going to defend barack obama. my job on behalf of most americans was to communicate the facts about our values, our concerns, what we care about. i was going to frankly cut past the elite media and talk about the things that matter to most americans. i've had overwhelmingly positive response from yesterday that people felt it was about time that somebody talked about the obama administration's pro high-priced gas policy or oba

. >> i am reverend rob schenck, president of the national clergy council here in washington, d.c. we represent church leaders from catholic, evangelical, orthodox, and mainline protestant traditions. we were in the courtroom today to listen to the first day of arguments. it was a very spirited exchange to say the least. there were some very humorous moments, some very tense moments. of course the questions that are on the table today are arcane, difficult, nuanced. you will hear from the attorneys general today that argued, you will hear from lawyers on those points. but we would like to make a much larger point. and that is this. that while all of us are deeply concerned for those who need health care, deserve it, and should have it, the question is whether in the process of delivering that health care to them you may trample on the rights of individuals to keep to the freedom of their own conscience. when it comes to the question of the mandate, whether the individual mandate or the mandate for religious organizations to cooperate with this particular law, you cannot get arounds the fact that it tramples on the freedom

catholics in mexico. he delivered a message of peace for a nation torn by drug wars. while in havana, a packed cathedral buzzed with excitement over his impending arrival. this woman says pope benedict offers so many things for us. primarily peace and calm. but catholics here steered clear of any mention of what his visit could mean for fidel castro. one cannot know this, woman says. that's between the pope and the state. that may be the case, but parishioners here in havana who say the pope's visit will inspire catholics in this country. but benedict himself has already made comments that were clearly political. on the plane to mexico, benedict told reporters, today it is evident that marxist ideology in the way it was conceived no longer coincides with reality. echoing the words of pope john paul ii who famously asked castro to open cuba to the world. this time the pope will meet privately with castro's brother raul, the cuban president who is believed to be much more sympathetic to the catholic church. diana alvear, abc news, havana. >> the pope will be in santiago

. >> as you know, cardinal dolan is the president of the national conference of catholic bishops andontlines in this fight with the white house. he has a blog, a spicy blog and there was a posting recently in which he called the white house out and particularly for its alliance with complications with small -- publications with small circulation magazines. a far left leaning magazine and does not often dove tail with orthodox catholic doctrine. dolan took them on in his blog and it was highly unusual and demonstrates how committed the catholic hierarchy is to stopping the obama mandate for precondoms and abortion and sterilization medicines. here is what he wrote. a recent meated between the staff of the bishop's conference and the white house staff ended with the president's people informing us we should listen to the enlightened voices of accommodation such as the recent editor in america. the white house seems to think we bishops are hopelessly out of touch with our people. a real bulls eye on america and really only part of a long story with american magazine. it was founded in 1

catholic priests. many hope the pope will inspire the nation's young people to stay away from organized crime.d i'm quoting here. the pope's visit to our city will call attention to the violence and for us to be good examples to our children. 94% of the people are catholics. jon? >> jon: and the pope heads to cuba on monday. >> yeah, where is he also expected to be very critical of the cuban government saying that marxist ideology is no longer ideal but the pope also cautions that it may take time to institute change in cuba though some cuban dissidents believe the change is already happening. listen. >> there is a general consensus in the population that this system marxism has totally failed and we have to find a peaceful transition to a new economic, political and social model. it's fascinating because our own greg burke flew out from the vatican with the pope. he said the flight was kind of rough. but the pope came back to visit reporters and he looked very good. at one point in time a mexican reporter gave the pope a new ipod. greg said the pope is not really a big fan of new technology b