at the very beginning of the interview, the editor asked the pontiff who is pope francis? the pope's answer very simply, sincerely was a sinner who has experienced the mercy of god. that, i think, tells us everything we need to know about motivation pope francis has for declaring a year of mercy. mercy has been a paramount experience in his life and he would like to invite everyone around the world, all christians around the world, all men and women of goodwill each in their own way to experience anew this mercy of god. >> that's fantastic. what do you think it means to be a missionary of mercy? >> to be a missionary of mercy, first we have to zero in on little bit on the idea of mercy. it's a simple word but we can get caught up in wondering what that means. the first thing that stands out about mercy, first thing that stands out for pope francis in his mind and heart is the experience of being sought out by a loving parent, by the loving father who wants to bring his children home. pope francis speaks on occasion of this powerful experience he had as a young man of going

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may 13, pope francis will visit to canonize the shepherds as saints. at the same time our arch diocese has become preparation for deeper relationship with this miraculous lady. this will culminate in october at the annual rosary rally. after this brief break please join me and father kevin as we begin to learn more about mary, the mother of jesus, and the mother of us all. >>> hello. welcome back to mosaic. with me is father kevin kennedy. father kevin, you are pastor of a church with a fascinating name. our lady of fatima russian byzantine catholic church in san francisco. you are a native of this area. >> yes. >> you have been a priest of the arch diocese for how many years? >> over 18 years. >> very good. i think viewers want to know what is a russian byzantine catholic church and what is a priest of the arch diocese doing wearing this cross, this garb? >> this would be what a russian orthodox priest would wear in his parish and elsewhere. russian byzantine catholic churches were established when some russian orthodox christians sought full communio

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pope francis right now is in st. peters basilica behind me with some of them.out 170 nuns, priests and seminarians, those who are studying here in rome, at this mass. some of the readings and prayers are in burmese in the language of myanmar. the significance is clearly that this is a moment that the pope wants the world's attention to be on myanmar. he has said this is a country which is close to his heart. he was there in 2017. i was with him, he met with democratic leader aung san suu kyi, met with the military general, but since the february coup, the pope has spoken out on numerous occasions in favor of peace, in favor of peaceful protests, and stopping the violence and killing of the civilians in myanmar. now, one thing that the pope did from the vatican which was very powerful, if you remember, there was a picture of a catholic nun kneeling on the streets of myanmar in front of the military. shortly after that picture came out, the pope from the vatican said i too kneel on the streets of myanmar and say stop the violence. of course, the pope doesn't have

pope francis has held a special mass for mir in march he called for peace and an end to the violence that has left hundreds dead military seized power in a coup in february didn't the railing progress towards democracy. the operator of the largest u.s. gasoline pipeline says it has resumed normal. relations after being hit by a ransomware attack the disruption to colonial pipeline network stretching from texas to the east coast triggered supply shortages and long lines at many gas stations. researchers looking to bring high speed internet access for users worldwide with standing mission in space space x. has launched a batch of greece says it has reduced overcrowding in its migrant camps the number of asylum seekers on its islands has fallen below 10000 for the 1st time since the height of the migration crisis in 2015 at their worst some of those camps were operating at 2 to 3 times their physical capacity but although the number of people in the camps is falling many are still choosing to make the hazardous journey across the sea. coast guard on patrol near the sea border with greec

. >> [speaking foreign language] pope francis is in favor of a more decentralized church structure and has reminded the hierarchy it must remain in communion with rome during its reform process. mark: we will watch that for developments. starting with the latest on the cyber attack on a major oil pipeline. >> the operator of the pipeline says it is beginning to take steps to returning to service. it described the situation as fluid. it has a chance of restoring service this week. the fbi's is a criminal group known as darkside is responsible for the attack. they described themselves as a political. those hackers are thought to have links to russia. we can speak to tom, the global head of energy analysis. thank you for being with us. if the pipeline isble to resume operations, that is a weeklong interruption. what does that mean for oil supplies? >> it will not be a big deal. if people react to it the same way they react to perceived shortages of toilet paper, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. it will be between an annoyance and an inconvenience. the language is vague. significantl

when asked why he issued the law, pope francis said - "because it's funny. [ laughter ] the news reallyloyees especially when the pope left the room on a hover board. [ laughter ] that's right no more gifts over $49 and now that the church has settled that issue, there are officially no more scandals. [ light laughter ] some business news i saw that lay's is releasing new potato chips that are dusted with cool ranch doritos flavoring. they've even got a great name for them, "cool ranch doritos. [ laughter ] and finally, i saw that a man in the philippines holds an watch this >> this guy in the philippines, percival lugue, started collecting toys that came in fast food meals when he was five 50 years later, he's got about 20,000 of them >> jimmy: it's like he's living inside the world's biggest claw machine. [ laughter ] meanwhile that guy's family hasn't had a "happy" meal in 50 years clean it up! [ cheers and applause we're going to have a great show give it up for the roots ♪ ♪ >> jimmy: be sure to join us next week, we have some great shows coming up. channing tatum will be here. >>

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healthy business could soon help pope francis reduces carbon footprint. electric vehicle startup fisk are held a meeting with the pope this week. they are pitching all electric versions of the famous pope mobile which comes as the vatican expresses its own worries about climate change. the new pope mobile where it also feature recycled plastic interiors made from bottles that have been recovered from the ocean. >>> researchers in britain are exploring the effects of air pollution on children's health. there tracking the movement and vitals of 3500 k's. they are also tracking potentially polluted routes that kids walk on the way to school. this comes a year after the corner rules air pollution contributed to the death of this nine-year-old british girl. she died of an asthma attack. >> children are particularly vulnerable because they're going through a period of rapid growth. the key organs of the heart from the lungs and the brain are impacted. >> eighty four schools in england are taking part of the four-year study with students age, 69 years old. >>> na

pope francis has added to a course of alarm over italy's population decline, calling for population -- calling for incentives to help people stay in italy and start families. authorities in india are investigating the death of a herd of wild elephants in a northeastern forest reserve. local officials believe the 18 animals were killed by lightning, but conservationists suspect they may have been poisoned. this building behind me looks like a nuclear power station according to britain's prince charles, but in fact, it is london's national theater. his a classic example of brutalism, a no-frills style of architecture popular in the 1960's and 1970's. such buildings are at risk of demolition, including this former laboratory in berlin. thousands have signed a petition to rescue it from the bulldozers. they are part of a growing movement to preserve the city's architectural history. >> the architecture style known as brutalism can be described as monumental, colorless, and inhuman. these edifices tend to polarize. to some, they are eyesores. while others, a growing number of architecture

pope francis in a speech he gave in 2018 noted that there is no worse form of animation than to feel uprooted, longing to know when. i land will be fruitful and people bear fruit and give birth to the future, only to the extent it can foster a sense of belonging among its members, create bonding between different communities and avoid all that make us insensitive to others and lead to further alienation. wendell berry used that as an embodied hymns we cannot get ourselves apart from faith or community but even what obvious distinction can made between our body and of the bodies and our body in the world, it is also true that all these things that in his words appeared to be distinct are nevertheless, caught in the network of mutual dependence and influence that is the substantiation of the unity to such a beautiful thought. body, , soul, community and word are often susceptible to each other's influence and conductors of each other's influence. our health is inseparable from the help of workplaces. but the work of being held back to these candies will be as wendell berry has said is

. >> the argentine pope francis has called child abuse a divine war.attling on their behalf say it is part of a larger problem around the world and church authorities will not face what they are accused of. >> the first thing that has to happen is what the united nations said in 2014. the catholic church must stop systematic coverups of evidence. as long as they are doing that, there will be more victims. >> the institute has since been closed. but many questions about what went on behind the gates still remain. what the nine are accused of and what the priests have been convicted of represents for many a crime even more heinous because the children were deaf , because they were perceived to be more vulnerable. therefore, the exploitation of trust seems to be even greater. much of the trial will be conducted virtually as a pandemic continues to devastate argentina. with nearly 200 witnesses scheduled to testify, many requiring sign language interpreters, it could take up to a year, a year exposing deep wounds some must face and others would rather avoi

pope francis has ordered an inquiry into the handling of sex abuse claims in the german city of colognea cardinal was accused sex abuse allegation. the accusations triggered widespread criticism of the catholic church. germany's parliament is expected to pass a new law imposing a quarter of female board members in big companies. executive boards with more than three members will have to include at least one woman. germany's president has announced he wants to run for a second term. germany will elect a new president in may of next year. during his many trips abroad as well as here in germany, he has repeatedly warned against the rise of extremism. to australia now where in the state of new south wales that is launching a relief package for farmers dealing with a catastrophic plague of mice. the road and south destroyed crops and is causing havoc for farming committees. they want to use a new pesticide outlet in australia, which they say is the strongest mouth -- mouse poison on earth. >> at this farm in new south wales, mice are swarming the grain stores. it's a widespread problem. soci

now for some of the other stories making headlines around the world at this hour pope francis has met the u.s. climate envoy john kerry to prepare for a u.n. summit on the environment. in the vatican as part of a european tour to meet government officials and business leaders to discuss the climate conference in glasgow. 2 tornadoes have struck central and eastern china at least 10 people were killed and more than 300 injured those winds of more than 100 kilometers through the city of destroying homes and damaging construction sites. britain has sent public health officials and the army into 2 towns for door to door coronavirus testing bolton and black burn in northwest england have seen an increase in the fast spreading strain gripping india england is still planning to ease some lockdown. right now china has landed spacecraft on mars the latest step in its increasingly ambitious space program the chinese rover will stay in and slander for a few days of test before it officially begins exploring the red planet the rover has yet to send back any images from mars but here's the story o

pope francis has celebrated mass in honor of mir and maher he repeated he repeated his calls for peace and an end to the violence there that has left hundreds dead in nearly 4 months military sees power in a coup de railing the country's tentative progress towards full democracy. and researchers looking to bring high speed internet access to users worldwide are taking their mission to space space x. launched another batch of starling broadband satellites from cape canaveral in the u.s. state of florida on saturday the reusable falcon 9 rocket carried $52.00 satellites on board this marks the aerospace companies 15th falcon flight this year. to india now where the spread of the krona virus appears to be slowing cases there have fallen for the 3rd day in a row raising hope that the worst could soon be over but deaths from covert 1000 are still rising more than 4000 people have died in the past 24 hours alone as the death toll mounts disposing of the dead is becoming increasingly difficult. bodies strewn along the river bank victims of india's coronavirus catastrophe. your heart be hot th

pope francis has met the u.s. climate envoy john kerry to prepare for a u.n. summit on the environment kerry arrived in the vatican as part of our european tour to meet government officials and business leaders to discuss the climate conference in glasgow so this building here looks like a nuclear power station according to britain's prince charles in fact it's the national theatre in london it's an example of brutalist no frills architectural style popular in the 1960 s. and seventy's often called bleak and institutional many of these buildings faced demolition this former laborde tory in berlin is one but now fans want to rescue it from bulldozers. the architecture style known as brutal ism can be described as monumental colorless and inhuman these edifices tend to polarize to some their eyes sores while others a growing number of architecture aficionados the world over are rediscovering brutalist. findon. i find branch of wisdom so shas an aging because it's so antagonistic and controversial on the one hand the buildings are written off as ugly and many of

pope francis has celebrated mass in honor of mir and more he repeated his calls for peace and end to the violence there that has left hundreds dead in nearly 4 months military seized power in a coup do railing the country's tentative progress towards full democracy. researchers looking to bring high speed internet access to users worldwide are taking their mission to space space x. launched another batch of store broadband satellites from cape canaveral in the u.s. state of florida on saturday the reusable falcon 9 rocket carried $52.00 satellites on board this marks the aerospace companies 15th falcon flight this year. to colombia now where demonstrations against the government are intensifying in one city protesters set fire to a police facility after 17 year old detainee who claimed she'd been groped and harassed by officers committed suicide authorities say more than 40 people have died in 3 weeks of clashes between protesters and police. the office of the so-called immediate reaction units police force in the city of kopi are set ablaze after allegations of abuse of a detainee w

pope francis has added 2 week or a civil war over at least population decline the pope is calling for financial incentives to encourage young people to stay in italy and their families prime minister mario that i gave as warned against the economic impact of the birthrate. authorities in india are investigating the death of a herd of wild elephants in a northeastern forest reserve local officials believe the 18 animals will kill file late but conservationists suspect they may have been poisoned. now this building behind me a looks like a nuclear power station that's according to britain's prince charles but in fact it's london's national theatre it's a classic example of brutal ism a no frills architectural style popular in the 1960 s. and seventy's were often called bleak and institutional many such buildings are at risk of demolition including this former laboratory in berlin that you see behind me thousands of people have signed now a petition to rescue it from the bulldozers are part of a growing movement to preserve the city's architectural history. the architecture style known a

and pope francis has met the u.s. climate and boy john kerry to prepare for a u.n. summit on the environment kerry arrived in the vatican as part of a european tour to meet government officials and business leaders to discuss the climate conference in glasgow. and russia has deployed aircraft and fire fighters to extinguish forest fires a heat wave has pushed temperatures above 30 degrees celsius in central russia and siberia and the eastern region of human flames have engulfed more than 60000 hectares. and china has landed a spacecraft on mars the latest step in its ambitious space program the chinese rover will stay in its lander for a few more days of tests before exploring the red planet the rover has yet to send back any images from mars but here's the story of how it got there and what the mission aides to find out. after a treacherous journey through the martian atmosphere the chinese spacecraft a honey land safely on the red planet a major triumph of beijing space ambitions and the culmination of years of hard work. for example this was not an easy task it's

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protesters gathered to in london manchester and birmingham calling for sanctions against israel and pope francis addressed the violence in occupied east jerusalem as well sharing his sunday message from the vatican says the multi religious identity of the holy city must be respected say welcome but if you go to political posts i am following with particular concern the events that are happening in jerusalem i pray that it will be a place of an encounter and not a violent clashes a place of prayer and peace i invite everyone to sic she had solutions so that the multi religious and multi cultural identity of the holy city is respected and brotherhood can prevail violence only breeds violence stop the clashes. well now funerals have been held for the victims of 3 explosions outside a school in afghanistan the attack happened in a predominantly shia area of the afghan capital at the said the show had their school and the dash to the neighborhood no group has claimed responsibility but the government has accused the taliban of being behind the bombings the taliban claims it was i still the attack too

in the conservative religious community amongst evangelicals for tackling climate change, and pope francis as the world leader of catholicism has taken on climate change as one of his top priorities. that's changing some of the conversation back home. when i said to mike braun, i was stunned when he first sat down with him as a new freshman senator and is trying to explore what i could possibly work with him on. i was very surprised to hear that for him tackling climate change was a top priority, and he thought way we could really do it was in part of growing national solutions, changing agricultural practices, providing incentives for dramatically increasing forestry and forested lands in the world. we have another bipartisan bill called growing climate solutions that senator stabenow and senator braun are moving through the agriculture community -- i'm sorry, it has come to the agriculture community and is it ready for for action. it's been endorsed by groups like the american farm bureau that praises it would've been a poster anything the words climate change in it. there's been some ch

it's war does your back you tell you it's barbaric violations of the sanctity of the compound pope francis has called for an end to the suffering we heard from the scottish for 1st minister condemning what's happening. in the. neighborhoods and certainly politicians in the u.s. as well are also to decry what they see as a very unreasonable position how worried are you about how all these events are reflecting on israel's public image globally. it does reflect and it worries me but i think that because all month because the bottom line is that we did not see there and believable scenes i mean that there is confrontation the police is doing things they're. sorry but the bottom line is that it is containable so far it is going to continue good and of course i mean the world criticism is there and i appreciate that people are worried about it and also that they understand that putting the middle east on the side and saying and speaking about especially about the bad administration we will not deal with the middle east right now actually we will manage the conflict there is nothing like managin

pope francis has begun a month—long series of prayers for the end of the pandemic.the first rosary at st peter's basilica in rome. 30 other roman catholic shrines around the world will take turns throughout may to read their own prayers, which will be broadcast online. the pope says covid—i9 has forced countries to make enormous sacrifices and has affected people of all cultures and social classes. in his prayer, he asked that money be diverted from armaments to scientific studies which would help prevent future pandemics. there are reports of some progress at talks in vienna aimed at rescuing the 2015 nuclear deal that iran struck with the outside world. as a third round of negotiations ended, iran's chief negotiator said the process had slowed but was moving forward. a russian representative said there was cautious but growing optimism, but european diplomats said much work still needed to be done. the head of the us—led military mission in afghanistan, general scott miller, has warned against attacks on foreign troops as they start to withdraw, saying they had th

solidarity with the palestinians who are out on the streets calling for sanctions against israel pope francis addressed the violence in the occupied east jerusalem during his sunday message from the vatican he called on israel to respect the multi religious identity of the city say welcome but if you go larry political posts you only i am following with particular concern the events that are happening in jerusalem i pray that it will be a place of an encounter and not a violent clashes a place of prayer and peace i invite everyone to sic she had solutions so that the multi religious and multicultural i do to you the holy city is respected and brotherhood can prevail violence only breeds violence stop the clashes saying with that story i spoken exclusively with iraq's prime minister most often call them in baghdad he says the palestinian people have the legal right to stay in church or are you could take heed a lot in. iraq to notice all the crimes of the palestinian people and the prevention of the muslim community to access their holy sites and protecting the palestinian neighborhoods that h

look at some of the other world news today. pope francis has ordered an inquiry into the handling of sex abuse claims and the germans that the of cologne caught in a high number. the vote he was accused of covering up sex abuse. allegations could be blocking. an earlier inquiry, accusations triggered widespread criticism of the catholic church. germany's parliament is expected to pass a new law imposing a quota of female board members on big companies, executive boards were more than 3 members will have to include. at least one would . germany's president frank by the stein my as announced he wants to run for a 2nd turn shine my house health a row since 2017 in germany will elect a new president in may next in, during his many trips abroad as well as here in germany on maya has repeatedly warned against the rise extremist trailer on our way, the state of new south wales says that's launching relief package for farmers dealing with a catastrophic plague of mice. the rodents have destroyed crops and are causing havoc for farming communities. the agriculture minister wants to use a new

pope francis has met the u.s. a climate envoy john kerry to prepare for a u.n. summit on the environment kerry arrived in the vatican as part of a european tour to meet. government officials and business leaders to discuss the climate conference in glasgow. and russia has deployed aircraft and fire fighters to extinguish forest fires a huge wave has pushed temperatures above 30 degrees celsius in central russia and siberia into consideration of human flames have engulfed more than 60000 hectares. and china has landed a spacecraft on mars the latest step in its ambitious space program the rover will stay in its lander for a few days of tests before it begins exploring the red planet china's only the 2nd country to land on mars for the united states. and this weekend a saw the 2nd to last round of bundesliga games with a lot at stake for those of battling to avoid relegation went up against braman with both teams barely above the drop zone oxburgh came away victorious securing a nother season in the top flight and leaving bremen in deep trouble but. the message wa

they've been out on the streets in solidarity with palestinians calling for sanctions on israel and pope francis addressed the violence in occupied east jerusalem during his sunday message from the vatican he says the multi religious identity of the city must be respected. say welcome but if you go larry political place you own it i am following with particular concern the events that are happening in jerusalem i pray that it will be a place of an encounter and not a violent clashes a place of preah and pace i invite everyone to sic she had solutions so that the multi religious and multi cultural identity of the holy city is respected and brotherhood can prevail violence only breeds violence stop the clashes funerals have been held for the victims of 3 explosions outside a school in afghanistan at least 50 people mainly schoolgirls were killed on saturday it happened in a mostly shia muslim neighborhood in western kabul the taliban has condemned the attack and denied responsibility more than 100 people were injured in the explosions doctors are struggling to provide medical care for those in loc

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be determined by the individual priest or bishop administering communion to the president given pope francisand president biden's friendly relationship it seems unlikely that the hierarchy of the catholic church will come down on one side of the issue or the other reporting in washington for an question rachel blevins r.t. . and a turn of events president biden is now raising the refugee cap 262500 this year the president announced that move on monday. increasing it from the trumpet ministrations initial 15000 limit biden also announced the goal is to admit 125000 refugees by the year 2022. and here's a weird story for you amazon is now pulling its drivers about their bathroom habits this week multiple drivers shared screenshots of recent polls they were sent by the company it's apparently in response to some reports in the past alleging drivers were urinating and bottles while driving due to the time constraints of their job one driver says the root of the problem is that drivers don't have enough time to make all those deliveries. let's head over to regina hamm the sports h.q. now regina i

be determined by the individual priest or bishop administering communion to the president given pope francis and president biden's friendly relationship it seems unlikely that the hierarchy of the catholic church will come down on one side of the issue or the other reporting in washington for an question rachel blevins r.t. . right here is a weird story for you amazon is now polling its drivers about their bathroom habits yeah this week multiple. drivers shared screenshots of recent polls they were sent from the company it's apparently in response to reports in the past alleging drivers were urine eating and bottles while driving due to time constraints of the job one driver says the root of the problem is that drivers don't have enough time to make deliveries or go to the bathroom. let's head over to regina hang with us for the h.q. regina it was a battle of champions at the latest round of the madrid open it was to actually to be exact because these french open chambers well they met on the court of the deputy a major it open and while obviously only one could walk away as the winner world

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pope francis has begun a month—long series of prayers for the end of the pandemic. other roman catholic shrines around the world will take turns throughout may to read their own prayers, which will be broadcast online. the pope says covid—19 has forced countries to make enormous sacrifices and has affected people of all cultures and social classes. in his prayer, he asked that money be diverted from armaments to scientific studies which would help prevent future pandemics. the oscar—winning actress olympia dukakis has died at the age of 89 in new york. she was known for her roles in films such as moonstruck and steel magnolias. the singer cher, who starred alongside dukakis in moonstruck, described her as an "amazing" actress. star trek star actor george takei also paid tribute, saying the entire world was "moonstruck by her". jeannie wolf is a hollywood journalist and has been giving me her reaction to the news. well, i was very sad — i had not realised she has been sick for several months and she's not someone you ever think of that way. she was full of pep, full

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