fo of father jonathan morris thank you for joaning us. -- joining us. we will check back in with you. >> now as we continue to watch that for you it is time for the 5@5:00. top five stories at this hour in another news. a late last night bus crash carrying the basketball team it ran off the highway crashing into the woods. it happened north of boston. it is believed the driver had some kind of medical issue while he was driving. he is now in serious condition. student and coaches they walked away with minor injury. >> a lot of traffic. how the bus missed everybody is just amazing. >> the teen was headed to boston university where the game was scheduled for tonight. >> was it all just a spraing at s -- sick prank at sea? the coast guard has suggestion spended its search for a family of four who allegedly were forced to abandon their ship off of central california. crews could not find any information about where the boat came from where it was going or who was on board. there is no evidence the boat even existed. >> we are not investigating it directly a

let's go back to father jonathan morris. father morris we understand that most of the cardinals have already gathered in rome, they are to begin meeting tomorrow for several days of getting to know each other, and discussing the procedures ahead, and then the conclave that is going to elect a new pope is expected to begin when, march 7th? >> you know, jon it's not known. it's hard to believe those of us who are in this world of media will not actually know when the conclave will begin or when it will end, but we don't know. what we know is that the cardinals will begin meeting on monday, this coming monday and it's one of their first orders of business will be to determine when the conclave starts. before the conclave starts they will have meetings what they call con congratulationses in which they are discussing the big issues of the church. but they are also informally getting together, having meals, talking to each other about one another, trying to find the right person for the job. now in these last few days it's been ve

bill: father jonathan morris. blink of an eye for the catholic church's history. he made his first visit in 2008. he is being driven down in new york city's 5th avenue in the pope mobile we got used to seeing during pope john paul ii's time as pope. he was instrumental reaching out to other faiths. he was the first to visit a u.s. synagogue. he. he dropped by ground zero to honor those that died during the september 11th attacks. very memorable moment there. he went to yankee stadium, holding a service for 60,000 worshippers in a very wonderful moment when the pope visited new york. great pictures to look at. bill: better reception than a-rod gets. martha: for good reason. bill: to see the pope come up 5th avenue that day, and the front doors of st. patrick's cathedral open for him, it was quite a day. martha: spectacular moment. indeed it was. bill: pope benedict's rein has been marked by a number of major events. he called on china to lift restrictions on religious freedom that quote, suffocate the church. he ho

fox news contributor father jonathan morris is on standby for us and joins us live from vatican city.istory here. a bit earlier today we saw a long line of cardinals, among them one will be the next pope, pie the way, saying their final salutes and good by to pope benedict while he is the pontiff. the pope was not expected to talk today but he did. and some of the things he said i think are quite intriguing. what did he say, father? >> well, one of the most intriguing things, bill, and hello to martha there as well, was that he made a promise, and this is not something that was kind of part of the protocol, or expected, he made a promise that he would offer his own refe reverence and obedience to the next pope. the fact is that the next pope was most likely in that room, and so as the other cardinals who are listening to this. his last address to the world, through the cardinals, i'm sure they were thinking, gosh, i wonder who it's going to be. it also goes back to the point of, you know, just because this man was pope doesn't mean that he does haven't to respond to someone, he has to

want to go live to vatican city inside of rome, italy, where father jonathan morris, fox news religionontributor. he is live in the vatican. that is place where he spent many years working. father, hello to you. explain the message from the pontiff today. >> sure, bill. the whole issue of his privacy that he brought up is very interesting pause it is true that he was saying, after i retire, right, coming up tomorrow as you said at 8:00 p.m. rome time, i'm not just going to be a private citizen of the world anymore where i can go as he said and give conferences or talks. he said, no, i will always be the one who was pope. it is now pope emeritus. he said the way he will be a pope emeritus by being in a monastery and convent, making reference to st. benedict, who was a monk. he said that is the type of life i will lead. quiet in prayer, doing service to the church, instead of going back to be what he was before he became pope. very interesting. there will not be a pope making commentary on the new pope, words and actions. bill: i think when we think about his words we all have an interpr

our fox news religious correspondent, father jonathan morris joins us live.good morning to you. >> blessed ash wednesday >>steve: thank you. you were with us when we discovered he is going to retire. since then we've gotten more news and that is apparently the holy father got some part replaced on his pacemaker. >> that's right. years ago he had a pacemaker put in, and then about a month or so ago he had -- or a couple of months ago he had the pacemaker battery replaced. i think it's a pretty normal thing. i think the big news here, steve, is that while many people were saying there must be something else behind the news; it can't be that he's actually resigning on his own free will for the sake of the church. it turns out it looks like it's the case. >>steve: it certainly does. health reasons. those are live pictures of st. peter's square in vatican city, where you used to work for a number of years. i know he's still the pope until the end of the month. they would like a new pope by easter, which is 46 days from right now. we've got a list of some of the to

father jonathan morris. thanks a lot for joining us.e about because normally there is 15-20 days stipulated. that happens when a pope dies. now, we have notice. february 20th the seat will be vacant. so they are saying, since we will all get there by that time, let's not have a two week or three week period of waiting before we begin the conclave. it will probably happen sometime around 7th or 8th of march. >> so some of your picks. you have laid out some of the folks around the world that might be up for the job. first one, cardinal tagel. he is from manila, philippines. he is the youngest and let me explain this word. it's able to be pope or possible candidate for being a pope. papabilay and it's best said with a glass of red wine. but this cardinal is very young. 55 years old and, of course, from part of the world that has never had a pope. very interesting and candidate so to speak. we have timothy dolan from new york. an unlikely candidate because the cardinals don't like to have a superpower to be the pope, but you never know. car

fox contributor, father jonathan morris joins us live from rome. good to see you.hat we're seeing and what's about to happen. >> sure, in just a few minutes as you said, megyn, the catholic church, 1.2 billion members will not have a pope. this is a period called the interragnum one pope usually dies or one resigns and the cardinals meet to elect a new pope and that won't begin for several days now. what we're seeing is just not something that hasn't happened in 600 years. really, as it happened today it's never happened that a reigning pope would choose, because of his own health, mind and body as he says, would pass on the authority to somebody else for the good of the church. he says in these times, this is what is needed. in my opinion, a remarkable, not only historical, but from a spiritual perspective, a remarkable act of humility and these are important times, we need a pope to handle the tough situation. >> megyn: what will happen, as a practical matter what does it mean for this time beginning in three minutes, the catholic church will be without a pope? >

father jonathan morris is outside saint peter's square on a rooftop in rome. he joins us live.ood morning. >> good morning, steve. >>steve: tell us about what we saw today. >> sure. if you can see right over my shoulder here, that is saint peter's and i was there together with maybe another 100,000 people listening to his final word. if you were a politician, you would have been given directives to the people coming after him saying this is what must be done. but he didn't do that. it was a very warm, heartfelt thanks to so many people who collaborated with him. and then he did say something very interesting that should tip us off to what he's going to be doing in his so-called retirement. he said just like benedict, the saint for whom i have taken the name benedict xvi, i am going to go and serve the church in prayer. he is saying he has taught me an active life as well as in a hidden life we can be of great service to the church. he said i won't be giving conferences, i won't be traveling because that would be as if i were going back to my own private life. instead i will be

for more let's go to fox news contributor father jonathan morris. he joins us by phone.on? >> i was just about getting on a plane when i got the phone call. it's the phone call you would never ever expect to get. that is not that the pope has passed, but the pope has resigned. this is stunning. it is a big surprise even to the closest vatican watchers. >>gretchen: why though? i mean not why are you surprised, but why is he resigning? >> if you guys have more breaking news on that, you fill me in because i'm just getting this as you are. >>brian: we can interrupt you now and tell you that the vatican is reporting at 85 years old a lack of strength. >>steve: just doesn't have enough juice to do the job essentially. >> he has said in the past that if he got to a point in which physically or psychologically, mentally he was unable to fulfill the task, he would resign. now keep in mind, he watched as a close advisor and close friend, john paul ii, in his last years as pope, and he saw not only the angst that john paul ii went through during that time of suffering, but he also

father jonathan morris eplains. >> the holy one, that would be god.ne of the funness things happened in my life last night. i took a red eye from california from an airport not going to tell you which airport it was, and not get everybody in trouble and i go to the restaurant and two ladies are trying to get on a plane and their names are being called. and probably had a couple of drinks and forgotten where they were. and they leave and two minutes later, the waitress realizes there's a vase of roses, beautiful roses, she says oh, my gosh these meant so much to them i can't believe he they forgot them. i said i'll run to the gate, it's close and i get to the gate the lady at the gate says, i said could you bring these on, the two ladies who just gotten. >> no, you go on. i'm not on this flight. >> go ahead and bring them on. i walk up the tarmac, up the plane and everybody's seated and walked all the way to the end of the-- everyone's staring at me with a big vase of roses and the lady screams, gives me a big hug, i turn around and everybody gives me

>> let's ask fox news religion contributor father jonathan morris who is here to weigh in on this. attention to it, super bowl weekend, friday afternoon. what do you make of. this they have made it so confusing. there is over 70 pages of explanation. an explanation of something that should be very simple. for example, if i'm okay michigan and i don't believe in going to war, would the government need 70 pages to explain to the country what amish groups do have the exemption, don't have the exemption. they have made this unbelievably complicated, full of accounting gimmicks as well. the bishops of the united states, the catholic bishops for example said we are waiting to figure out what it means. they don't understand it. they are going to extreme levels to make sure that they are satisfying the planned parenthood lobby and others who want to make sure this is what they are going to get. >> we want to go ahead and mention some of the details and cut through a bit of the clutter. nonprofit religious employers will be able to opt out of the obama care mandate but insurers coverages bo

morris. i think it will have a few goods months ahead. >> all right.o jonathan? >> i'm looking at some of the smallest financial names. names under a billion dollars in market cap. there is not an etf that tracks them in particular, but wmcr, this is a good diversionification if you just own big stocks, this is the smallest of the small. strong on the charts. i like it right now. >> small is beautiful. gary, can we set a new high on the markets next week? >> doubt it. i think we're going to muck around and correct more. down.re going all right. thanks for that. thanks to all of you. that's it for the cost of freedom block. thank you for joining us. i'm see you on the willis report weeknights on "fox business" network at 6 to 9 p.m have a great weekend. >> hello, everyone. kimberly guilfoyle and the rest of the gangth and this is five". >> america is on the brink of yet another fiscal fiasco and washington is again at a stand still. this time over a series of w automatic spending cuts due to hammer our economy on march 1. not helping matters is president obama's f

brother jonathan said we will stand with him until the end of time >> attorneys for the jackson's indicated the couple will plead guilty >> a light plane made an emergency landing in a field north of morris late this afternoon -- touching down just off route 47 -- after an engine failure. the plane -- a bellanca viking -- is registered to patrick rhodes of colorado springs. the plane had arrived at washburn airport in morris, yesterday. the off-airport landing resulted in damage to the aircraft -- but all three passengers reportedly walked away without injury. the national transportation safety board will be on-site to investigate the cause of the unscheduled landing. a disturbing development in grundy county... some residents there report getting flyers promoting the activites of the ku klux klan. wgn's dan ponce reports. the flyers a started popping up over the last week... they do not know why they are targeting this small town >> 'wake up white america' is the title... thrown on the lawns... >> it was surprising to see that this would show up in a small community >> they discovered the letters a few days ago >> we're not interested in >> >> they have heard about the letters in nearby