. >> why were catholics scorned? why did they face racism? >> well, the tension in the 19th century was very much, hey, are catholics going to obey the american government or are they going to obey the pope in rome? but that was a powerful fear in europe and australia and canada. it was one of the great global issues of the 19th century. by the 1920s, some of that fear persisted, especially in the south which is the most evangelical protestant region and that was mixed up with smith as an immigrant, smith as someone who did not support prohibition and smith as a catholic. and those three things combine to make smith seem a dangerous foreigner, and to a lot of americans, especially third and fourth generation americans who lived in rural parts of the country, they weren't ready to accept that. >> 32 years after his defeat, john kennedy becomes the democratic party nominee. what did he face in terms of anticatholic bigotry? >> it's a different story by that time. most of them had served in the war. it was very hard to

catholic and psycho video, -- catholic encyclopedia, page 696. the truth reclaim under a it is relative and not absolute -- the truth we proclaim under oath is relative and not absolute. catholic encyclopedia. klang quoting from may 19, 1960 --- i'm quoting that from may 19, 1960 -- we have the right and responsibility to intervene in the politically guarding its flock. it has been made clear that a woman catholic layman everywhere deplored the great confusion of ideas between catholic doctrine and political and social activities and the hierarchy and the faithful in the civil field. pope john 23rd recently gave this statement quoted in the st. louis review in 1958, december 12. and the catholic hierarchy has the right and duty of guiding them." question, sir -- do you subscribe to the doctrine of mental reservation that i have proven from the catholic authorities? do you submit to the authority of the present pope, which i have quoted from in these quotations? sen. kennedy: well, let me say in the first place, i have not read the catholic encycl

that made him an icon for a lot of american catholics. >> why were catholics scoring, why this did he face racism? >> well, the tension in the 19th century was very much, hey, are catholics going to obey the american government, or are they going to obey the pope in rome. it seems odd but powerful fear. not just united states but australia and canada. one of the great fears. by the 1920s it persist'sed especially in the south, evangelical region. it was mixed up with smith as an immigrant, smith as someone who did not support prohibition and a catholic. those combined to make him seem like a dangerous foreigner. generations that lived in rural parts of the country, they weren't ready to accept that. >> 32 years after his defeat, john kennedy becomes democratic party nominee. what did he face in terms of anti-catholic bigotry? >> so, it's a different story by 1960. remember, kennedy and his generation of politicians, most of them served in the war. it was very hard to assail their patriotism. i'm thinking of pat brown in california and other catholic cc political figures who become pro

not simply as a catholic. some catholics thought he went too far in 1960. he made a point of saying my religious life is entirely separate from my political life. that is not something we would say to martin luther king jr. or other people in the 1960's whose religious life very much informed their politics. some people thought he went too far. in retrospect, he probably handled it pretty well. he reassured enough white protestants to support him. he had overwhelming support from the catholic community. >> how significant was the speech and houston to baptist parishioners? >> >> a big deal. at least in the media at the time, it really took the issue off the table. the speech was early in the campaign and it really made it very difficult for richard nixon, his opponent, to talk about catholicism. even though nixon in some ways wanted to. some of his advisers were doing it behind the scenes. his dad was a very famous strong-willed irish catholic businessman and ambassador to england. it is a good joke because people were worried that joseph kennedy had too mu

catholics may unite their strength and the catholic hierarchy has the right. do you subscribe to the doctrine of mental reservation that i have proven from the catholic authorities? do you submit to the authority of the present pope, which i have quoted from in these quotations? sen. kennedy: well, let me say in the first place, i have not read the catholic encyclopedia and i don't know all of the quotations that you're giving me. i don't agree with the statement. i find no difficulty in saying so. but i think i could make it better, and if i have the quotation before me. if it is meant to imply that when you take an oath that you don't mean that or that it is proper for you to take oaths and then break them, that it's proper for you to lie, if that's what this states and i don't know what it states unless i have read it all in context -- then i do not agree with it. secondly, i read the statement of last december, which was directed to a situation in sicily where some of the catholics were after the communist party, not familiar of the one in may of 1960 that

and that the catholic faith will live out each and every day in peace. we love the catholic people.love the catholic religion. we respected greatly. as president, i will always support you and your efforts to serve our fellow citizens and lift up humanity. i will protect the catholic church and defend the rights of religious believers of every race, religion, other, and creed. thank you again to the foundation. god bless you and god bless new york and god bless america. >> thank you. that was extraordinarily gracious. just see a rather peaceful transition? the transition of the microphone. it wasn't so bad. i am grateful to president trump and vice president biden for joining us this evening. to remind us that al smith was a happy warrior. he was never a sore loser. we are also great will dust grateful for our -- grateful for our donors. this eveninga lot and we thank you. this dinner has spanned three quarters of a century. our democracy and our church a lot longer than that. these institutions have persevered through war, famine, pandemic, and strife because of people like you, pe

we love the catholic people. we love the catholic religion. and above all, we respect it greatly.n your effort to serve our fellow citizens and to lift up all humanity. i will protect the catholic church, and i will defend the rights of religious believers of every race, religion, color and creed. thank you once again to the al smith memorial foundation. god bless you, god bless new york and god bless america. >> thank you, mr. president. that was extraordinarily gracious. mary, am i mistaken, or did we just see a rather peaceful transition, a transition of the microphones? it wasn't so bad, was it, mr. president? i'm grateful to president trump and vice president biden for joining us this evening. also remind them that al smith was a happy warrior, that he was never a sore loser. we're also grateful to all of our donors. you realize we've raised over $a 5 million? jesus said whatever you do to the least among us, you did it to me. well, you've done a lot this evening, and we thank you. this dinner has spanned three-quarters of a century. our democracy nearly 250 years and our chu

about a century ago, openly anti-catholic cartoons pictured the pope or the catholic church as an octopuspping his tentacles around the institutions of american government. thank willfully, those displays are long gone. but the core attitude, clearly, is not. americans of faith are not imagining the increasingly hostile climate that the political left and the media have spent literally years sowing. and, no, there is no free press as some commentators are suggested, because many prominent liberal us voices or prominent democrats themselves identified as catholic. you don'tng get a free pass just by calling yourself a catholic. more thanif one-fifth of our country belongs to the same church as judge barrett. one-fifth of our country. tens and tens and millions of ,mericans. all of them, like all americans, must be free to live their faiths in diverse and different ways without being barred, ngwithout being barred if public service. from public service. these kinds of aspersions do not become any more seven bl if the -- acceptable if the call is coming from inside the house. sadly, none of

but the issue for catholics in the selection is that joe biden, if he is elected, will be the first catholicistory who supports taxpayer-funded abortion on demand up until the moment of birth, which is a democratic orthodoxy. for 47 years he supported the hyde amendment, he reversed it in order to get this nomination. that is a scandal for the catholic church. the catholic church teaches, and is not an optional view, that human life is sacred and the taking of unborn life is a grave moral evil. joe biden dissents from that position until his candidacy as a scandal for the catholic church and the bishop is silent on this. the fact they will have a catholic president who whereabouts them on the fundamental issue of human life, their silence is a scandal. >> bret: house speaker nancy pelosi holds that same view, julie. it's interesting to see the democratic nominee kind of drop in the irish catholic into the debate on tuesday night. >> yeah, right of estevez catholic faith is something he has talked about for quite some time. he is a churchgoer, he brings a [indiscernible] with him when he goes

but he lost the catholic vote toa 2004. but he lost the catholic vote to a methodist george w.george w. bush. so it is a late—night religious identity driving catholic voters. there are other factors i driving catholic voters. there are otherfactors i think driving catholic voters. there are other factors i think that i'm driving catholic voters. there are otherfactors i think that i'm much more important. this supreme court nominee is very important to conservative catholics who tend to prioritise the social or so—called moral issues such as abortion and i think this will stoke some of their activism and get out there vote and thatis activism and get out there vote and that is very important for donald trump. but you have catholics who disagree quite profoundly and they tend to prioritise different types of issues, not just tend to prioritise different types of issues, notjust the so—called socially moral issues but social injustice issues. such as aid to the poor and the like and better treatment of immigrants coming into this country. so there really is a divide within the c

, to catholic to be a judge. here was the quote. the dogma lives loudly within you, she said, and that's a concern. the senior senator from illinois asked judgment in the official record, listen to this, do you consider yourself an orthodox catholic? the junior senator from hawaii felt compelled to tell the nominee, quote, listen to this, you would be a catholic judge. you would be a catholic judge. no one imagined these exchanges, but they happened on video before the entire nation. multiple sitting senators threatened in an open hearing that judge barrett religious views created doubt about her fitness to serve. outside the senate, it was not imaginary when one faith group in which judge barrett and her from participate report mccain under cyber attack a few days ago. theirrs membership directory was reportedly hacked just as judge barrett emerged as a front runner. nobody had to imagine the ominous articles from ap, reuters, the "washington post," and "politico" all implying there was something questionable, q

. >> let's talk about a huge moment for the catholic church and in particular for gay pat -- gay catholicsex couples should be allowed to have civil unions, is significant departure from what his predecessors have said. this was part of the rome film festival. here you can see the trailer. in the film, he says that homosexual people are children of god and have a right to a family, nobody should be thrown out or made miserable over it. what we have to cate is a civil union law. that way, they are legally covered. mark, it is an important statement. wasn't made in an unusual way? >> he makes it in this documeary, sometimes it is spanish, sometimes italian. he is responding at one point to a gay catholic who writes -- who wrote a letter to the pope expressing real concern about history. children he wanted to wring his children to communion, but he wanted the blessing. it is an unusual setting. the fact that he has said this in the context of an interview, rather than a more formal setting, it was not a speech. level discussion with the catholic church. it makes one think really that this is

get a free pass just to call yourself catholic. with and the country belongs to the same church as judge barrett. one fifth of our country. ten and tens of millions all of them must be free to live their faith in different ways without being hard from public service. these kinds of aspersions do not become anymore acceptable if the call is coming from inside the house. sadly, none of these problems are imaginary. the american people's concerns are not manufactured. the little sisters of the poor did not wake up thinking it would be good fun if the obama biden administration first them to violate their own conscience. these nuns did not manufacture their lengthy legal battle for the benefit. it was the left that went on offense. churches all across america did not go looking and then to suggest if they actual practice traditional teaching so the parts of the elite american in the left have about and then to see their fellow citizens it will take more than victim blaming because they got out of bed. they could start this week they co

is this the sign of an actual change in catholic church policy?it is a change, but if it is a change, it coincides with the election of the pope, not because of what was said yesterday. it seems to signal a transformation that began last year, but it was cut from the -- last year. and it was reintegrated later. so what is important is the context of what he has said, has done and has not done in his last seven and a half years, with being more favorable toward homosexuality in the catholic church. anchor: but what he is saying, if you just take the words, it is at odds with everything that every catholic priest or bishop massimo: it is different from what is in catholicism, from what has been said by the vatican, until especially in the early 2000's, but i tnk it is closer toward most catholics, how they feel about it. so, i believe that pope francis is more in tune with the culture of catholics and he is trying to update t old languag of catholicism, which still has to be updated at some point. mark: i was brought up as a catholic, so i know a li

it is a major shift in the catholic church. pope francis says he supports civil union laws to protect the rights of same-sex couples. he made the comment in a new documentary about the pontiff which premiered today. the statement marks a decided shift for the roman catholic church. the film also tackles controversial issues such as racism, climate change, sexual abuse, and relations between christians, muslims, and jews. earlier, i asked our religious affairs analyst what exactly did the pope say. >> that it was the responsibility of societies to pass legislation to protect the rights of people in same-sex unions. this is groundbreaking. it is explosive, and centura, really the most provocative thing he has done since he was elected pope and went back to the hotel to pay his own hotel bill -- it is explosive, ewincendiary. people are saying the church will change its teaching on homosexuality and the possibility of homosexuals marrying in the church -- i think that is too far with expectations that are too high. brent: i can im

is caring for chinese catholics. pompeo's naive idea of what religious liberty is, is really, i think, a violation of the actual care for chinese catholics. and it has me gravely concerned that for political stunts, for electoral stunts, that this administration would promote something as this. >> sister simone, so good to see you. hope you'll come back soon and mark shriver. that's all we have time for today. thank you both so very much and before we go, if you want to still listen because we have a very happy 96th birthday wish to jimmy carter. now the longest living former president. those 96 years have, of course, been filled with a life of public service and wonderful books. today i remember our coverage of the carter presidency, including the camp david accord so significantly, the panama canal treaty, human rights efforts around the world and on a personal level, those christmases and thanksgivings at the carter home in plains, georgia. the annual birthday party the town is throwing there is out this year, of

he was a patriot also as well as the faithful catholic. you continue to ground his ambitions and his progressive agenda and gubernatorial resume. i argue that the heart of his aspirations was this specialized, progressive agenda grown out of his years as governor of the empire state. his campaign represented a nationalization of progressivism in new york. on the one hand, the literature traditional focus on him is warranted. he was the first roman catholic to secure a major party nomination. he openly opposed prohibition and rhetorically legend the ku klux klan and thoughtfully challenged discriminatory quotas. his campaign theme song was the sidewalks of new york. his trademark brown derby along with his perpetual cigar, they became staples within contemporary iconography. clearly, cultural battles over alcohol and urbanism, particularly over his catholic faith were of great significance in 1928. most of you already knew that. these things were important. they clearly mattered to voters. they did burn crosses in opposition to smith when h

pump air was referring to a 2800 deal in which the catholic church agreed to recognize several bishops backed by beijing it was seen as a 1st step in risk. relations between the vatican and china which were severed back in 1951 in response to criticism from the u.s.

a very catholic state. less so., somewhat still a significant catholic population. he is talking to audiences and saying don't hold my politics against me. he is not giving the same speech to protestants until he gets to west virginia. he plays on the patriotism of this state. very patriotic. they respected his service in world war ii. asked my religion or my brother joe's religion when we went to fight after pearl harbor. and they respect that. they paid attention to something else he does during the primary. theye kennedy's urging, bring in franklin d roosevelt jr. to campaign for jack kennedy. senior, roosevelt franklin roosevelt himself was popular in west virginia. they did a lot of stuff to help people out there. the new deal really impacted west virginia. roosevelt fdr jr. as the hatchet man. he brings up hubert humphrey's world -- war record in world war ii. he is decried as a draft dodger. kennedy says i wish he had not brought that up. that was terrible. myself fromociate the fact that hubert humphrey never served in world war ii. one thing leads to anothe

judge barrett is a catholic. we all know that. she's a devout catholic. we all know that. she and her husband have chosen to raise their family according to their catholic beliefs in faithful fellowship with other catholics. we all know that. heck, 65 million americans are catholics. many, many millions more are christians of other persuasions. are they to be told that they cannot serve in public office, that they are not welcome in the public atmosphere unless the members of this committee sign off on their religious beliefs? i, for one, do not want to live in such an america. a constitution of the united states flatly prohibits it. now, the constitution says the people of faith, like judge barrett, are welcome in high office. welcome in any office. welcome throughout our public life here in this country. and i would just say to my democrat colleagues that these years now, this pattern and practice, as we say in the law, this pattern and practice of religious bigotry -- because that's what it is. when you tell somebody they're too catholic to be on the bench, when you tel

news live from berlin tonight the catholic church gay. yes and lo pope francis says he supports same sex civil unions observers are calling it the clearest the lady when she get from france is on gay rights and christianity is also coming up germany's health minister has tested positive for cope with 19 yen spawn is now self isolating at home did he posed a threat to the german chancellor today plus defiance after a deadly crackdown on protesters take to the streets again in was. gunshots in the city as demonstrators who came out onto the streets despite a curfew this after a peaceful protest was broken up by shooting allegedly by nigeria's security forces so. i'm going goth it's good to have you with us it is a major shift in the roman catholic church pope francis has said that he supports civil union laws to protect the rights of same sex couples he made the comment in a new documentary about the pontiff entitled francesco which premiered today at the rome film festival this statement marks a decided to shift for the roman catholic chur

they reminded their mostly catholic readers that republicans were warring against all catholics, foreigners, and negroes, one of smith's most prominent supporters was one of the best-known rabbis at the time, rabbi stephen s. wise, who said going after smith as a catholic, his opponents were going after the americanism of diverse different groups, including jewish americans. and there's something else to point out, and that is that these groups understood that the campaign was about these cultural issues as well as about economic issues. so this is a pretty typical cartoon, actually. this is from the baltimore american, and you can see what they think of herbert hoover. he is nesting with the klan and racial prejudices and bigotries. but look who else, industrial democracy. there is an understanding that there are numerous issues at stake here. and, indeed, the baltimore afro-american pointed this out several times on their pages. they always had a working class audience and a working class editorial disposition. and so they recognized that the people being excluded culturally were also oft

they are both catholics.out of his way at the convention to present the democratic party a an asset make a better person. we heard it all throughout the democratic convention. this threatens to do it. these christmas come from democratic senators and so forth. i think he should have been asked to repudiate it during the debate. and i also think that if he did, it would have been a sister soldier moment for him. it would have made him look strong. frankly, i don't think he has it within him to do it. jillian: all right, bill mcgurn thank you. if people want to check out your op-ed it is posted online so "wall street journal" as you can see. bill mcgurn thank you for joining us thank you your your time and insight. >> thanks, jillian. jillian: have a good day. todd: set your dvr 4:00 a.m. morning so you never miss a minute of fox and friends first. jillian: that's right still lots of come as we talked earlier in this hour business owner here in new york city who is completely frustrated by trash and everything

this is g w news why the from berlin tonight the catholic church gains and love of francis says he supports same sex civil unions observers are calling it the clearest language yet from france's on gay rights and christianity also coming out germany's health minister has tested positive for close with 19 un spawn is now self isolating at home did you pose a threat to the chancellor earlier plus defiance after a deadly crackdown on protesters take to the streets again in one of those nigerian . gun shops in the city as demonstrators came out on to the streets despite a curfew this after a peaceful protest was broken by shooting allegedly by nigeria's security forces and a promise to preserve its values of secularism the french president paying tribute to the history teacher samuel concent he was killed outside his school last week. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome it is a major shift in the catholic church pope francis says that he supports civil union laws to protect the rights of same sex couples he made the comment. in a new document

in the pews among catholics. is saying stuff like this? when he was the archbishop of buenos aires, he was trained as a same—sex marriage law is that of the bishops, perhaps a and say we support a civil law that we reserve marriage between a civil union between a man woman and they said no and ultimately the same—sex marriage law passed. he has taken this position in private and has hinted at it in interviews that the church holds marriage to one thing but unions to protect the rights of gay and lesbian couples. but now he is in said it on camera and i think again the pope reacts to the views of people around the world which is become more tolerant of on the sexuality of gay marriage, but maybe there is a thing we can be pragmatic year with. civil rights, by not diluting with the church teaches us about marriage. reporter for american magazine, really important to get sure insight. thank you so much. as always. we have much more on that story and all of her stories do not forget, with extensive coverage on upcomi

of catholic catholics organizing their own protection before each and after each mass is this is something which is of course getting the whole town of g.-d. and quite. quite surprising. tense that comes as well as president mccrone promise to urgently ramp up security at churches across france after what happened in nice and yet you've got what seems to have happened today perhaps for a similar reason we can't speculate but we do know that this person was shot in broad daylight right outside his church as he tried to close it in the late afternoon what do you do here does the government have questions to answer or is it a case of he simply can't defend every church. i think that the just the government doesn't know how to handle this situation this is nothing new don't forget that in the ninety's your was already up at close not terrorism not not saying that today's today's incident was related to some terrorism but how you want is a hotbed was a husband in the ninety's we've had attacks in france these 5 times for last year's practically 300 french people or people living in france actua

news live from berlin tonight the catholic church gays and love pope francis says he supports same sex civil unions observers are calling it the clearest language yet from france's on gay rights also coming up tonight germany's health minister has tested positive for qubit 19th in spawn is currently self isolating at home with what's reported to be cold symptoms and a promise to preserve its values of secularism the french president pays tribute to that history teacher who was killed outside of his school last week. i'm off it's good to have you with us folks francis has said that he supports civil union laws to protect the rights of same sex couples he made the comment in a new documentary about the pontiff entitled francisco which premiered today at the rome film festival the statement marks a decided shift for the roman catholic church the film also tackles other controversial issues such as racism climate change sexual abuse and relations between christians muslims and jews. thank you. ok just where we're having some technical problems we just asked my producer where are we going n

which have a very the catholic church here he's a segment of the catholic church that stands here to the right in the case of the u.s. essentially repeats many of the. themes of eventually some of them are going to venture legally some now i think the church is probably already spinning the wheels and we will hear over the next couple of hours through their mediocre ations are annoying to boyce's to complete displeasure with this because of western of gay rights as a question of abortion which might not be central to their the discussions in the catholic church are central to this church's theory that it will be the case of the polish church which already has a fairly and i'm going to stick relation with about to get in conclusion martin and is he testing the waters here is this a thumbs up from the pope or i endorse civil unions or and will this now become doctrine. no i think we're way past testing the waters but certainly we're not at the stage of the train the stage of the 20 something that requires all ecclesiastical machinery to be aligned in to be moving however the position o

too easily, a stranger would say, he is a buddhist, he is a catholic, he is a taoist, but the religions were overlapping. the oldest form of christianity in vietnam is roman catholicism. vietnam, pe partition of hundreds of thousands more catholics came to the south, where the practice of religion was still free. [church bells ringing] as next as it's gods. as its cities wereves in full of cluttered patterns, students and merchants and lovers and shoppers met in the splendor of asian disorder.

too easily a stranger would say he is a buddhist, eighth catholic, but religions were overlapping. the oldest form of christianity in vietnam with solace in this. since the partition of the vietnam, hundreds of thousands of more catholics came to the south where the practice of religion was still free. [church bells ringing] the country was as mixed as its gods. of many were full of cluttered patterns. students, merchants, lovers, shoppers met the splendid nest of the nation.

you'd be a catholic judge. no one imagined these exchanges, but they happened on video before the entire nation. multiple sitting senators read it in an open hearing that judge barrett's religious views created doubt about her fitness to serve. outside the senate, it was not imaginary when one faith group in which judge barrett and her family participate reportedly came under cyberattack a few days ago. their membership directory was reportedly hacked just as judge barrett emerged as a front-runner. nobody had to imagine the ominous articles from a.p., reuters, "the washington post," and "politico," all implying there was something questionable, questionable or problematic about judge barrett's faith practices. nobody had to imagine "politico" sending a contributing editor to snoop around the church buildings and report what a jute group had written on their whiteboard. so no, americans don't have to imagine this elite disdain. all they have to do is read it. it's not just this one nominee. nobody imagined it w

she tweets, "i am a practicing catholic, nancy pelosi and joe biden are practicing catholics. our opposition is based on her secular views. she would strip away lgbtq rights, dismantle the affordable care act, and make it harder to vote. stop weaponizing religion." here is a look at senator hawley's remarks as we get closer to the resumption of the hearing. >> thank you, mr. chairman. judge barrett, welcome. it is good to see you again. children are your getting a break. they have earned it i think. i have got two little boys at home and i cannot believe how calmly your children have been sitting for a couple of hours. maybe you can give me some tips when we are finished. we have gotten to read about your family in the last few weeks. we've got to read a lot about you in the press and about your religious beliefs. when attack after another in the liberal media. when hit piece after another, many echoed by this committee. active with insular christian group." we have read stories about your catholics lifestyle. story about how you adapted your children and about your catholic b

that feeling is shared by other catholics saying that marriage is a sacrament. >> he is a human being even being the pope he is not dictating the catholic teachings because those teachings come from the bible. >> reporter: she is an expert on the issues with religion as a professor at the specifics and berkeley he said that pope francis comments go back to his views as being a pastor. >> they were debating are not to legalize same gender marriage he was eager for the state to approve civil unions but not civil marriages. >> the pope's position could create division within the catholic world and raise questions about whether he is moving the church through this and a more liberal movement of same secs reunions. >> for most, for many people there must be a sexual component to the relationship and that would go against catholic teachings. >> reporter: tonight some bishops are calling for clarification from the vatican. julie? >> jana, thank you. >>> purdue pharma pled guilty the justice department said that the drugmaker influence doctors to over prescribe the pain medication continuing

community is also quite upset the high ranking this ship from the roman catholic church is speaking up catholic churches in brooklyn queens have not had any covert outbreak so significant cases since reopening on july the 5th to 25 percent capacity we fervently objects to being told to further reduce capacity because we have strict did to cope with 19 protocols and the safety measures have been working now the parents of children who attend roman catholic schools are also objecting they say that cuomo should punish the guilty. close down the schools where covert is spreading but not blanket shutdown all educational institutions governor cuomo appears to be losing patience with those who complain about his wrists directions we have to close the temple because it's over 50 percent i'll do it we have to close a roman catholic church. i'll do it i had to close the supernatural stay parade i did it. i'll do it now the government is not supposed to interfere with people freely practicing their religion except in very dire circumstances now governor cuomo and many others would argue that a

a right to a family and should be protected by civil union laws it's a mock shift for the roman catholic church the pontiff made the comments in a new documentary about his approach to. spain has become the 1st western european country to reach more than 1000000 confirmed corona virus cases the country recorded nearly 17000 additional infections over the past 24 hours it's the 6th nation in the world to pass 1000000 cases spain has been tightening restrictions to help stem a surge in new infections. i don't memorial service in paris french president in my home across has paid tribute to son or party the history teacher beheaded by an islamist last friday that he was killed after showing cartoons of the prophet mohammad to his students in a debate on freedom of expression across called the teacher a quiet hero slain by cowards. this is news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram news or visit our website d.w. dot com. or. today germany's health minister the government's guardian of public health announced that he has tested positive for the corona virus another reminder of just ho

we have to close a roman catholic church. i'll do it i had to close the soup parade i did it. i'll do it now the government is not supposed to interfere with people freely practicing their religion except in very dire circumstances now governor cuomo and many others would argue that a global pandemic is exactly that however many catholics and jewish people disagree who will win now we're still seeing. new york. now in other news today in a tourist school says protest in berlin finally came to an end. following scuffles police eventually managed with the activists offices forced their way into the building through wind. 570 following cool toward the building has been partially the subject repeated legal battles the site had become a symbol of the left wing in the german capital. the site of emergency has been declared in sudan off to some of the worst flooding there. for many it means life is proving even more of a challenge what was already one of the world's poorest nations. brad i began the water has destroyed all of our furniture and belongings they were all lost in the flo

they say it's a big step forward i'm >>k catholic use. who might be struggling to come out in their families and in their churches. the difference that this can make in real people's lives. but our loving relationships. are being recognized in this way this specific a couple who are also practicing catholics. >>got married in 2014 flanked by their twin sons, they hope the pope's words will trickle down to others in the catholic church who are less accepting of and couples i grew up catholic so it is really big it's a big step for white for him be thinking that way. >>and i think that'll change also hold up priest that we have in the catholic church. this before. we feel that we are being ostracized also put the pope's words do not mean that couples should start planning for a big church wedding anytime soon. >>in a statement, the san francisco archbishop says back in january. the pope clarified that civil unions could in no way be equated to marriage. you can read his full statement on our website kron 4 dot com. maureen kelly kron 4 news

catholic social justice lobby group network has this new ad campaign targeting catholic swing voterss explaining why they cannot vote for donald trump. joining me now is sister simone campbe campbell. i'm glad to talk with you here. this is pretty notable for you and your group. it's the first time in the 48-year history of network that has advised its members how to vote. why now and why is this message so important to your organization? >> well, you're right. this is our first time in history that we have done this. what we are speaking out about are two things. one is the lack of moral leadership, the lack of moral fiber on the part of this president and second is that his policies follow that lack of moral leadership and he has continued to tear families apart at the border, to undercut low income families, to insure that families don't have access to health care in the midst of a pandemic. over and over and over, the policies of this administration really harm vulnerable people. because of his lack of moral leadership and the lack of following any of the tenents of our christian

voters, biden, touting his catholic roots in this age of hard times. >> i know for me, my catholic faithped me through the darkness as i've had to bury pieces of my soul deep in the earth. and eventually found purpose to live a life worthy of those lost. >> while trump heralded his pro-life policies and conservative judges like supreme court nominee amy coney barrett. >> we will not stand for any attacks against judge barrett's face. anti-catholic bigotry has absolutely no place in the united states of america. >> for nearly 50 years, catholics have been a barometer of a presidential election, voting for the victor every election but one since 1972. in 2020, there is a growing schism between -- >> the problem is voters are not voting for someone's personal faith, they are voting for what they will do in public office as a matter of public policy. >> despite biden being catholi, he sees him as an existential threat to the fates underpinnings, in particular, his far left stance on abortion, but for catholics staunch biden supporters, it is not policy as much of his personal character, at a

in a mock shift for the catholic church pope francis says he supports same sex civil unions observers are calling it the clearest language yet from the pontiff on gay rights and christianity also coming up defiance after a deadly crackdown on protesters take to the streets again in lagos nigeria. gunshots in the city as demonstrators came out onto the streets despite a curfew this after a peaceful protest was broken up by shooting allegedly by nigeria's security forces . now i'm told me a lot of well welcome to the program where just 2 weeks to go before the u.s. presidential election intelligence officials. leave that iran and russia have interfered in the upcoming vote the accuse iran of being behind recent intimidating emails targeted at american voters to sow unrest in multiple states they also stated that teheran and moscow obtained voter registration details with the goal of interfering in the election democratic voters in at least 4 battleground states received e-mails that threatened we will come after you if the recipients didn't vote for donald trump you don't need correspon

a right to a family and should be protected by civil union laws it's a mock shift for the roman catholic church the pontiff made the comments in a new documentary about his approach to buster all cap. spain has become the 1st western european country to reach more than 1000000 confirmed coronavirus cases the country recorded nearly 17000 additional infections over the past 24 hours it's the 6th nation in the world to pass 1000000 cases spain has been tightening restrictions to help stem a surge in new infections. i don't memo real service in paris french president in my home across has paid tribute to samuel party the history teacher beheaded by an islamist last friday that he was killed after showing cartoons of the prophet mohammad to his students in a debate on freedom of expression across called the teacher a quiet hero slain by cowards. this is news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram news or visit our website d.w. dot com. for. more. today germany's health minister the government's guardian of public health announced that he has tested positive for the corona virus anoth

we have to close a roman catholic church. had to close the super parade i did it. i'll do it now the government is not supposed to interfere with people freely practicing their religion except in very dire circumstances now governor cuomo and many others would argue that a global pandemic is exactly that however many catholics and jewish people disagree who will win now we shall see. new york. than one of the poorest nations in the world which has seen years of political turmoil now has major floods in its hands to deal with to disaster did strike in september but the consequences are still being acutely felt in 16 of the countries 18 regions authorities have put in place a 3 month long state of emergency. or rather i ve gotten out of the water has destroyed all of our furniture and belongings they were lost in the flood of being evacuated from our homes to safer places several houses were in time it's truly we managed to save some furniture because the rest was taken with the water. some people are living now under a tree we don't have anything left for children t

republicans say democrats have an anti-catholic bias. democrats are essentially imposing a religious test and trying to ban anyone with catholic feelings from serving on the supreme court. the stakes are high. these are topics that sway a certain segment of the voting population. on that of senators diocese in that committee room are up for reelection. among them, lindsey graham. host: amy coney barrett is no stranger to the jewish area committee. she served -- the judiciary committee. recently confirmed -- tell us a bit about her. barrett isconey catholic. she grew up in louisiana in a close knit community. she attended law school at notre dame. her big kid rental is that she was a law clerk to former justice antonin scalia a, a leading light of the conservative movement. like him, she has known as a textual list and an originalist. that means she views statutes on plain language. she does not try to read congressional intent. she interprets the contrast -- the constitution under her understanding. is importantogy because conservatives

we have to close a roman catholic church. i'll do it i had to close the supernatural stay parade i did it. i'll do it now the government is not supposed to interfere with people freely practicing their religion except in very dire circumstances now governor cuomo and many others would argue that a global pandemic is exactly that however many catholics and jewish people disagree who will win now we shall see. new york. now just days after proclaiming himself cured of the corona virus donald trump is reportedly pushing for the antibody therapy he received to be cleared from ash use the president has said he wants an emergency use authorization signed by the food and drug administration as soon as possible but it does not but it comes not long after the he accused the same agency of launching a political hit job against him after it introduced tougher vaccine guidelines that could potentially delay the approval of any jap. new f.d.a. rules make it more difficult for them to speed up vaccines for approval before election day just

a right to a family and should be protected by civil union laws it's a mock shift for the roman catholic church the pontiff made the comments in a new documentary about his approach to post poll care. at a memorial service in paris french president emmanuel mccraw has paid tribute to samuel patti the history teacher beheaded by an islamist last friday but he was killed after showing cartoons of the prophet muhammad to his students in a debate on freedom of expression across called the teacher a quiet hero slain by cowards. this is deja news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at news of visit our website e.w. dot com. today germany's health minister the government's guardians of public health announced that he has tested positive for the corona virus another reminder of just how contagious this virus is here in europe the number of new infections is skyrocketing again spain has more than a 1000000 cases ireland is imposing a 2nd lockdown parts of the u.k. and germany are shutting down to winter is coming the corona chill has already arrived in berlin this is the day. there is