please welcome garry wills. boom. boom. mrs. wills -- mr. wills, thank you for joining america it's all catholic all the time tonight. >> yes. >> stephen: you are a pulitzer-prize winning author of many books including "why i am a catholic" "paipel sins" and "lincoln at gettysburg." your new book is called "why preach: a failed tradition." what do you mean failed snl it's been over thousands of years. what is failed about that? >> well, they continue to pretend to turn bread and wine into the body and blood of jesus which doesn't happen. >> stephen: you hold it right there, buddy? are you a catholic? >> yes. >> stephen: you don't believe in it? >> was augustine a catholic. >> stephen: early catholic hadn't developed yet. third century. >> he said it's ridiculous that we eat god, digest god and excreate god. said the body of christ is us, the followers of jesus. >> stephen: of course, you are what you eat. if we take the eucharist we become the body of christ. >> we don't consume him, he consumes us. >> stephen: he said this is my body this,

i'm pleased to have garry wills back at this table. so what do you think? this -- everybody is fascinated by this story. look how big this is in the "new york times." >> oh, yes. well, changing -- a change in the church is kind of an exciting -- >> rose: changing a changeless church? >> yes. and everybody is very hopeful in these things that oh now we'll catch up on business that's long been stifled. we never do, by the way. and why would we? he's going to be chosen by people he has chosen to be very, very loyal. >> rose: chosen by the cardinal he is has elevated. >> yeah, and bishops, too. i mean, they won't choose him but the whole structure from the pope on down is meant to enforce all of his doctrinal and authoritarian precepts. so the idea that those people will vote to disown him, to disown what they think of as the church is really kind of quixotic ideal it always happens when a cope comes along they say now we'll finally get some change. >> rose: that was supposed to be with him, wasn't it? >> he was a fluke. they didn't know much about him. they di

. >> rose: madeleine albright, eric goode and garry wills when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: madeleine albright is here. she was secretary of state from 1997 to 2001. her approach to american foreign policy was marked by a muscular commitment to the ideal of democracy. her story began in far away lands, she was born in czechoslovakia before the start of world war ii. she looks back at her childhood in her latest book called "prague winter: a personal story of remembrance and war." the paper back version is just out. i am pleased to have her on this program. welcome. >> wonderful to visit you. thank you. >> rose: you told me about this wonderful organization that you have started which is called -- which is all about the former foreign ministers around the world. >> it's sponsored by aspin, it's the aspin foreign ministers forum we its unofficial name is madeleine and her exes. >> rose: (laughs) >> and we meet a couple times a year talk and share a lot of experience. i

a report will be taken over the phone. police superintendent garryill free-up the equivalent of 44-officers a day who can respond and focus on more serious crimes. >> a town hall meeting today on chicago's south side to discuss the pending federal court mandated illinois concealed carry law. the gathering at the illinois institute of technology brought out as state senator representative and third ward alderman. their goal was to explain provisions of pending legislation >> the reality is...we have to figure out how to protect our communities >> a federal appeals court recently be directed the state's ban on carrying concealed weapons and the legislators have six months to draft and pass new legislation >> additional economic indicators released by chicago today... have mayor rahm emanuel saying the city has a thriving and growing economy which is expected to contiue this year. in that statement... the city says one area of strong growth has been in commerical real estate where there was a 21- percent increase in downtown leasing. the vacancy rate fe

and at 4:00, pulitzer prize- winning historian garry wills.he savannah book festival, today on c-span to. >> washington journal continues. host: it was turning the state of the union the president obama discussed the need and his plans for troops in afghanistan, talking specifically at a drawdown of troop numbers. here is what he had to stay about it at the state of the union. [video clip] >> to dite we celebrate the troops that sacrifice every day to protect us. because of them we can say with confidence that america will complete its mission in afghanistan and achieve our objective of defeating the core of al qaeda. [applause] already we have brought home 33,000 of our brave servicemen and women. this spring, our forces will move into a support role while afghan security forces take the lead. tonight i can announce that over the next year another 34,000 american troops will come home from afghanistan. this drawdown will continue and by the end of next year our war in afghanistan will be over. [applause] >> beyond 2014, america's commitment t

here's author garry wills. .. >> there's an opportunity to donate in the yellow buckets as you exit theenue. i ask you take a moment to check all of your cell phones and make sure they are turned off on silenced. you might have noticed the cameras that are set up in this venue. this is c-span's booktv broadcasting the savannah book festival live to the nation. this is the second year of our partnership with them, and we cherish their support. please be on your best behavior. you're on national tv, and let's give c-span a round of applause. [applause] >> this beautiful venue we're in today is sponsored by mr. and mrs. jack ramono, and our speaker, pulitzer prize winning historian gary wills is sponsored by mr. and mrs. robert onstock. he's a professor of history at northwestern university in illinois. he's wrote on 20 # topics like jesus, executive power, opera, and richard nix con. his book won the pulitzer prize for non-fiction. the newest book, came out just this week, called "why priests: a failed tradition," and he examines the priesthood in the context of the new testament. i'm hon

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