kim lawton, many thanks. ambassador akbar ahmed, nice to see you again. >> thank you, bob. thank you, kim. >>> in other news, there were also moral concerns this week about the situation in libya. crowds of gadhafi supporters protested in tripoli after a nato air strike killed one of gadhafi's sons and three of the leader's young grandchildren. the catholic bishop of tripoli was among those allowed to view the bodies. he reiterated his call for a ceasefire, saying airstrikes are killing civilians. nato leaders denied they are specifically targeting gadhafi and his family members. >>> as anti-government protests continued in syria, human rights groups say thousands of people have been detained by the government there. the widespread crackdown follows seven-weeks of violent unrest. more than 500 people have been killed. in turkey, the red crescent society has put up temporary shelters for refugees along the syrian border. >>> there are new questions about the future of the middle east peace process after the two rival palestinian governments signed a reconciliation deal. the p

kim lawton has our special report. >> reporter: saints have been part of the roman catholic church for centuries, as heroes, patrons, intercessors and spiritual companions. but the path to sainthood is never an easy one. >> the lives of the saints show us that, you know, god makes holiness out of all sorts of different materials. >> reporter: many religious traditions honor people who are considered especially holy. but the catholic church has a uniquely complex system for declaring someone a saint. it's a multistep canonization process that has evolved since the 13th century. father james martin is author of the book "my life with the saints." >> the catholic church has a more complicated process than anyone else on almost any topic, basically. i think it's important for people to know that when we hold up someone for public veneration or as an example, that their life has been thoroughly investigated. >> reporter: the process usually begins in the region where the potential saint lived or is buried. after local catholics show a particular devotion to the person, the bishop opens an i

discuss the report and the reaction to it with kevin eckstrom, editor of "religion news service," and kim lawton, the managing editor of this program. kim, is it the case that the report has something in it to make everybody unhappy? >> well, a little bit. when this crisis here in the united states really hit a boiling point in 2002, a lot of liberals in the church said, well, the problem is this all male priesthood and enforced celibacy and that's creating the problem. a lot of conservatives said it's homosexuality and gay priests and that's the problem. and this report said it's not either one of those. but the report did say the social upheaval in the '60s and '70s, and there were critics who didn't like that sort of blame it all on woodstock idea. the report said that in seminaries, priests weren't being trained to handle the new sexual morays of the united states at that time and there was a lot of stress, and that generated the problem, but that makes a lot of critics frustrated because they say it makes it a sociological problem and not a systematic problem, and a spiritual problem within