you know the priesthood is in the image of christ and christ was a man but there was never this kind of contention male women contention back then mary the mother of jesus and the muslims i'd like to just jump in here we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on pope francis' state with. the. mission in three cretaceous three sons four charges three. major mentions three. three stooges free. download free blog loaded video for your media projects a free medio dog r. t. dot com in. the world including. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lengthly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm charming welcome to the big picture. a potentially deadly blizzard taking aim for the northeast it's expected to hit stunning in a few hours from new york to maine we have team coverage of the storm. but

there was no priesthood and no -- and jesus advised against it being a priesthood. how does that come in? well, when the temple was built, destroyed by the romans in 70, the year 70, the priest ended, the sacrifice ended. there are no more sacrifices the temple, but an odd griewn of followers of jesus who had had that up to that point, they had observed temple worship, missed it xz -- it, and an odd letter is written to the people. it's means people yearning back to the hebrews, and nobody know who wrote it. it was attributed to paul for many years, but it's definitely not by him in doctrine or language or in any way. it remains totally anonymous. there's many attempts to figure out if an author for it. the los angeles is different from the new testament, and there's many, many new words, different words. it's good greek, by the way, whoever it was -- it's a weird argument. because he is trying to placate yearning back towards temple worship. he does two things. he says, you don't have to worry, we have our own sacrifices, and it's better than the old temple worship

stories first of all in scripture that christ did indeed establish her priesthood he in fact appointed peter the head of the church he said to him you were wrong and upon this rock art will build my church here point of the twelve apostles and they were all men and by the way did women play a cute role in the church yes they did there was mary the mother of jesus who was revered right from the time that she was still alive and she was assumed to have been as we know from the early writings of the church she was revered as a sing. immediately she was looked to by the church she was lived with the apostle john and they went to her for counsel at the last excuse me at the a pentecostal who led them in prayer that the holy spirit would come down upon them it was mary the mother of god and so have women played a massive role in the church since its founding absolutely they have but does that role suggest that there has to be a male priesthood no the priesthood is in the image of christ and christ was a man but there was never this kind of contention male women contention back then mary the

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married priesthood has been predominant really.sell celibate priesthood was not the traditional until the second century. st. peter himself was a married man. the scripture speak of peter's mother-in-law. you can't have a-mile-per-hour in law unless you are married, right? i think that many of the apostles, many priests for ceintureries lived a happily fulfilled priesthood. i think now the church has spiritualized the celibacy promise or discipline by saying that a man must be married to the church. i never really bought that. i don't think that god calls human beings to marry institutions. god created male and female and us to form family and have is this blessing of being able to experience human love with the person that we choose to love. >> you know, in craig's piece we noted that the majority of catholics now in the new pontiff was in favor of married priests are willing to go along with the pope but any they want the pope to make that call. how do you respond to that finding that the pugh is survey? >> that is very interesti

call because of celibacy, and i ran from the call pretty hard and tried to date my way out of the priesthood. but the "hound of heaven" caught up with me. >> greg, tell me, why did you join? >> at 14 years old, i came home telling my family, telling my pastor, i'm going to be a priest. and there was, hold on, slow down, slow down, you have four more years of high school left. >> what would you like to see in the next pope, who will lead the church through your early careers? >> one who will continue to work to not only just to defend the message but to give the message in a way that it opens and stirs up the heart of the believer. >> you want to see somebody who can light up a room? >> yeah, absolutely.

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they should be asked. >> reporter: and you think a better priesthood will emerge from this? >> i certainly hope so, yes reporter: because? because maybe they weren't questions that were asked in the past that should have been >> reporter: like the others, conner danestrom pledged celibacy as part of his commitment >> so this is not easy. but at the same time i can tell you from my own personal experience that this life, this sell bait life dedicated to god on the way to priesthood has made me happier than anything else i've ever done in my life. no one is forcing me to be here >> reporter: but some show a surprising new flexibility. december montd drummer >> if the church changed this policy this discipline, i would not be crying foul at all. i would embrace know. >> reporter: would you still be sell bait? >> honestly, i will say this. i have no bones about this. if i had a chance to get married, i would. >> reporter: if you could still be a priest >> yes, i would. no doubt. no doubt. >> reporter: a flexibility that is one reason many american catholics wonder how long celib

. >>> our second story "outfront," sex, celibacy, and the priesthood.hile more than 140 cardinals are meeting at the vatican to select a new pope, the catholic church once again rocked by scandal. this time, cardinal keith o'brien of scotland issuing a statement saying i wish to take this opportunity to admit there have been times that my sexual conduct has fallen below the standards expected of me as a priest, archbishop, and cardinal. o'brien resigned last week after being accused of abusing four men while they were studying to be priests in the 1980s. out front, father albert cutie, who left the church. let me start with you, cardinal o'brien talked about celibacy and said something pretty poignant. i want to play it for you. here it is. >> i realized that many priests have found it very difficult to cope with celibacy and doubt their priesthood and felt a need of companion, of a woman to whom they could get married and raise a family of their own. >> an interesting thing for him to say. is there some truth in that? is it too much? >> who would ever

it's a theological issue of the priesthood. god does not allow me to marry and have children. are different and have different roles, and the church is saying the priesthood in particular is about spiritual fraternity. jesus set it up that way and we can't change it should will be more involved in church leadership? i think so. >> shepard: a lot to take in. another sinkhole in the news today. that's the turn. this one swallowed a golfer mid-game. the pictures are next. also, stocks are mixed on wall street. a little up, a little down, but one thing is clear, the number wes see -- look at that! all we had to do is sit around and talk for a second and we get back to even territory. maybe jerry willis can take us over the hump. live from just outside vatican city on this monday night. [ male announcer ] this is kevin. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him, he's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. i was okay, but after lunch my knee started to hurt again. and now i've got to take more

why did you want to become a priest in an era when the priesthood has been under siege? >> god works through all sorts of different circumstances. that he's maybe using my vocation and our vocation to bring healing to a world that desperately needs it. >> my hope in all of those interactions that i have with people is to improve their view and their -- for it to be humanized for them. >> reporter: can you make the priesthood better? >> i think you see in the three of us, you see guys that really want to bring a sense of joy into the world. and i think by a smiling face, by not being afraid to get to know people, and we can bring a sense of christ to them. >> reporter: the change they hope for evident today in how francis greeted selected reporters. even blessing the seeing-eye dog of an italian radio correspondent. now today, pope francis made one administrative move, reappointing albeit temporarily the heads of the vatican bureaucracy, suggesting there are personnel changes ahead for this much-maligned part of the church. lester? >> anne thompson, thank you. >>> when "n

eventually he p joined the priesthood and swore to secrecy. this woman, his neighbor and childhood crush. >>. >> translator: he said to me, if i don't marry you, i'll become a priest. >> reporter: some may bless the idea about married priests. it is a matter of discipline, not faith. it can change. >> it means basically that pope francis, or jorge bergoglio was a man before he became a priest. >> he's even weighed in on sexual matters. what if a priest gets a woman pregnant? he has to leave the ministry and take care of that child, even if he chooses not to marry that woman. for days francis already setting the tonight for a new open papacy. and in another sign of just how open pope francis is, he's reaching out to atheists calling them, quote, our precious allies in the search for human dignity and peace. that's something the critics say his predecessor benedict would never do. i'm jim maceda, nbc news, reporting from london. now, back to you. >> thanks so much, jim. >>> still ahead on nbc bay area news, details on an overnight shooting at th

cardinals, the day started like a pep rally, cheered on by students heading for the priesthood, they left the college where they had been staying for the secret world of the conclave. cardinal anglo sodano, dean of the college of cardinals, used his homily to deliver an appeal for unity and not so thinly veiled reference to increasingly public differences among the princes of the church. a cardinal who took part in the last conclave said taking the oath of secrecy in front of michaelangelo's fresco of the last judgment was "almost overwhelming." the practice of only cardinals electing a pope began in 1056. >> extra ominous. exit everyone. >> reporter: locking them in came 200 years later to help speed up the process. but there is no campaigning inside the sistine chapel according to respected author father thomas reese. >> all the discussion, all the debate, that happens outside the chapel. in the chapel it's an atmosphere of prayer, it's a silence except when they're counting the votes. >> reporter: the first full day of voting begins tomorrow. ballots will be burned twice a day unt

the sell bat priesthood is a 2,00-year-old tradition. don't think anyone ought to think of marriage as a remedy for sexually immature people. marriage is not a crime prevention program. the enormous problem of sexual abuse of clergy which has scarred the churnl throughout the world is a problem of faith. it's men who have not understood and internalized the faith of the church, made that the center of their lives and since we know, from all of the sociological studies, the sexual abuse of the young is a societal wide plague and is very hard for anyone to say that a married clergy helped solve that problem. >> well, frank bruney the other day in the new york times, tom, i want to ask you, he said the problem is unreasonable. that very few men are willing to give up sex for life whether they're heterosexual or gay or whatever. that's why you had situations where keith o'brien who was the head of the catholic church in the united kingdom, he was making overtures to other young priests. so the question is rath ir than central discipline ques

we're going to assume women into the priesthood.o address the issues of celibacy in order to grow the priesthood. but his record is such that he is a conservative theologian. yet given his age i have a strong suspicion that he is a bridge to a new generation of catholicism that will, perhaps, grow and prosper even more. >> even though he's 76. >> yes. he's 76. i think there is some among the college of cardinals who are looking toward a younger man to become pope. by younger i mean in his mid 60s or late 60s. cardinal o'malley's age, something like that. >> father, conclaves in the modern era tend to last anywhere from two to five days. this pope's selection was on the shorter end as you know, i think, five votes. is there any message we can take with regard to that in terms of the speed at which the cardinals arrived at a decisive decision? >> well, martin, i myself was very surprised. i came down to the plaza this evening half expecting to see the black smoke. somebody just asked me, why are you going down? i said, i think there's

so for those who are called to the priesthood, there's a call to that celibacy.changeable truth. so whereas the church will not be ordain women, john paul ii made that clear, there can be and indeed there are some married priests, and they serve the church well. i think again the real sense here is to keep our eye on service and that is what pope francis is about. when he stood there in front of that crowd and asked them to pray, that is that attitude of humility and service that says it's not about my agenda, it's about god's agenda. what is god's plan here? i thought it was interesting yesterday's gospel was the gospel of john and it ended with jesus saying i have come not to do my will but the will of him who sent me. i think that's what the call is for each one of us. it's what is god asking of us? >> mary hasson and mary johnson, thank you both. coming up next, fast to do tries to take a healthier turn. is it too little and too late and what are they really doing? the evolution of the egg mcmuffin. >> did you hear about this? this is a disgrace. they are tak

but joining the priesthood wasn't always his dream. >> the priesthood never seemed to be something i. it wasn't popular. it didn't excite me. >> growing up in a typical catholic family in bloomington, illinois, chase had a passion for soccer. in high school, he played for the under 16 u.s. national team and went on to play at clemson university. that's before he moved to chile to play in the pros. >> i proved to south america thinking that professional soccer was everything that i wanted for my life. >> but thousands of miles from friends and family, chase suddenly found himself alone and looking to god. >> i remember at that time just hearing the silence in my heart. be my priest. that's about the most uncomfortable thing that i can hear at this point. that's not comfort. and what i want, you know, is to be comfortable playing soccer and maybe a girlfriend and maybe a lot of friends and the limelight and the fame and the money that goes along with it. >> his prayers were answered in 2006. he won a national championship in chile and soon had everything he ever wanted. >> i met a grea

there is something of a revitalization of the number of young men entering the priesthood and we weref young men in america today decides that he wants to be a priest? here is my conversation with three of them. >> reporter: they look like the boys next door, and as kids wanted to be firemen and baseball players just like so many little boys. >> to my parents, and grand parents, i wanted to be a trashman, because i liked driving on the -- i thought it would be fun to drive on that truck. >> reporter: instead, ryan connors of providence, rhode island became a priest, ordained last june. >> i did not think about the priesthood a great deal deal growing up, but not until high skochool and college. >> reporter: until this student got the calling, he didn't know what it was. you didn't know what we seminary was? >> yes, ultimate ly, it is a calling. you look back at it and the beautiful thing about being in the seminary and being a seminarian is that when you hand yourself over to the lord where he can take you, and i guess for each and every one of us, we never would have thought that we'

he needs to say any priest is that has assaulted a child is going to be removed from the priesthood.tholic church. that's why the priesthood around the world, unfortunately, is the most dangerous occupation for children in the world. not that most priests assault children. >> yeah. >> but if they do assault children around the word, they remain in that occupation, and would i challenge you. tell me this. what other occupation working with children and families and civil society that you can rape and sacksially assault a child and remain employed with families and children in. >> you've picked a list of dirty dozen candidates judged by your group as worst choices for pope. what, if your opinion, makes this group the worst? >> this whole group is being led by cardinal sedano, the current head of the college of cardinals. he himself has been involved in the cover-up of the crimes and one has been involved in the notorious father murphy case in milwaukee where 200 deaf children were assaulted by father murphy, and he was involved in covering up that crime. that's who is leading them as a

he studied for the priesthood in secret and was ordained shortly after world war ie.as i priest avenue the government he and others had to keep their politicians the the himself. his passion for the poor impressed the vatican. as pope he set out in the footsteps of st. peter to become the rock that the church stands on. he was never to waiver, he was shot five times in an assassination attempt. as his body bent his spiritual spine did not. relentlessly he it can his message to a world that hello. some hoped he would take a stands on matters such as material. >> to commit your service to the truth. america needs much prayer, or it will lose its soul. >> reporter: in 1987 behind bullet-proof gas he was greeted with agolation. but he called on fidel ka too. h he told -- but he called on fidel castro. he spoke openly against the war in iraq. causing discomfort for president bush. it wasn't the first time whence. the vatican had promised the pope would not bring the topic of stem cell research. the pope ignored that and made a speech on the -p topic ooze the president list

he studied for the priesthood in secret and was ordained shortly after world war ie.riest avenue the government he and others had to keep their politicians the the himself. his passion for the poor impressed the vatican. as pope he set out in the footsteps of st. peter to become the rock that the church stands on. he was never to waiver, he was shot five times in an assassination attempt. as his body bent his spiritual spine did not. relentlessly he it can his message to a world that hello. some hoped he would take a stands on matters such as material. >> to commit your service to the truth. america needs much prayer, or it will lose its soul. >> reporter: in 1987 behind bullet-proof gas he was greeted with agolation. but he called on fidel ka too. h he told -- but he called on fidel castro. he spoke openly against the war in iraq. causing discomfort for president bush. it wasn't the first time whence. the vatican had promised the pope would not bring the topic of stem cell research. the pope ignored that and made a speech on the -p topic ooze the president listened.

when i was in high school and law school, i thought about entering into the priesthood the jesuits thennity to reassess where i was, and go deeper into my sense of values. >> he calls it a blessing, alexandra, you describe him as a broken man, and what a rich story, to show how a broken man seeks redemption. >> everyone deserves a second act. everybody deserves redemption. we all have made mistakes that we're not proud of. we all think in this time of year it's good to talk about getting forgiveness about our sins. >> it wasn't easy to convince him to do this? >> no, he never really wanted me around. the first time i met him and his partner, i would like to make a movie about you, they said, please go away, no. but here we are, two years later. >> exactly. what was so special alexandra was the trust that she incurred with the women. we took a vote. do we want to continue this? alexandra and the handheld camera was in their faces. as they talked about the most difficult aspects of their lives. she gives meaning and purpose to these women. if any good comes out of this, as we drive by tho

you're with a lot of young americans who decided to study for the priesthood.a real problem with getting vocations, particularly around the time when the pedophile scandal broke. doing better, still need to do more. i wonder what you're hearing around the north american college and in rome and what you think he can bring to a very big need for priests in america. >> that's a great question. i know that everybody is excited about pope francis at the north american college. as long as he is a pope of joy and as long as he keeps promoting the priesthood, i think we're going to be fine. we're packed actually at the north american college right now. it's a really good sign. your first question, i want to add something about that, too. this morning, i had breakfast with a cardinal and he was telling me, he's met this pope francis 20 times and he said when he drove with him, most people want to show you the monuments and other important buildings. he was showing this cardinal where the poor are in the city. >> of rome? >> everywhere. in rome and in argentina as well.

he's been known that throughout his priesthood and life as bishop in south america. we keep talking about his choice of name, francis and the comparison to francis of assisi. but he is also a jesuit. there is st. francis xavier. st. francis xavier was a great evangelizer. he preached to the masses. i think that is another sign for him. >> another inspiration, francis. we'll hear more from him on why he chose francis. for the first time, the world has a pope who is not from europe. it is hard to say how significant that is but it is so important. a priest from argentina who knows pope francis joins us next. plus, what will south american pope mean for americans and the 70 million catholics here? bill donahue and the reverend franklin graham come "out front." ♪ ♪ twith blackberry hub10 and flick typing. built to keep you moving. see it in action at blackberry.com/z10. >> announcer: did you know there are secret black market websites around the world that sell stolen identities? >> 30-year-old american man, excellent credit rating. >> announcer: lifelock monitors thousa

. >>> cardinal o'brien says at times he's fallen below the standards of the priesthood. he stepped down as scotland's archbishop last week and will will not vote. >> in new york a funeral for a young couple killed in a car crash on the way to deliver their first baby. they were in a cab when a bmw sideswiped them saturday. the baby boy is okay ever being delivered by c section. the driver fled on foot and remains at large. >>> a nurse in california is under fire for refusing to perform cpr on an elderly woman at an assisted living home. the 87-year-old later died. the nurse says she was only following policy. >> we need to get cpr started. that's not enough, okay? >> we can't do cpr at this -- >> hand the phone to the passerby. if you can't do it, i need -- hand it to the passerby. i'll have her do it. or if you have any citizens there, i'll them -- >> no, no. >> anybody there can do cpr. give them the phone, please. i understand if your facility is not willing to do that. give the phone to that passerby or that stranger that hasn't -- this woman's not breathing enough,

he's been known that throughout his priesthood and life as bishop in south america. we keep talking about his choice of name, francis and the comparison to francis of assisi. but he is also a jesuit. there is st. francis xavier. one of the companions of st. francis -- he went out and preached to the masses. i think that is another sign for him. >> another inspiration, francis. we'll hear more from him on why he chose francis. for the first time, the world has a pope who is not from europe. it is hard to say how significant that is but it is so important. a priest from argentina who knows pope francis joins us next. >>> plus, what will south american pope mean for americans and the 70 million catholics here? bill donahue and the reverend franklin graham come "out front." the american dream is of a better future, a confident retirement. those dreams have taken a beating lately. but no way we're going to let them die. ♪ ameriprise advisors can help keep your dreams alive like they helped millions of others. by listening. planning. working one on one. that's what ameripr

apologizing for his past saek yal conduct saying that he has at times fallen below the standards of the priesthoodstepped down last week and will not be voting in the conclave. >>> in new york, funeral for a young couple killed in a car crash on their way to deliver their first baby. they were in a cab when a bmw sideswiped it. >>> nurse is under fire for refusing to perform cpr an elderly patient. the patient later died. the nurse said that she was following policy. >> we can't do cpr. >> hand the phone to the passerby. >> no, no, it's not. >> anybody there can do cpr. give them the phone, please. >> i understand if your facility is not willing to do that. give the phone to that passerby or stranger. >> a statement released by the director of the home extends their sympathies to the patient's family. >>> we'll see how the budget battle plays out on the street. were employees beginning to tighten the purse strings in february. >>> smith and wesson expected to triple demand on fierce by stricter gun control legislation. >>> closer to home, the las vegas sands is disputed points that its filings an

and tried to date my way out of the priesthood. but the hound of heaven caught up with me.ad to enter the seminary. because i knew i would regret not giving it a chance. >> greg, tell me why did you join? >> at 14 years old, i came home telling my family, my pastor i'm going to be a priest. and there was a hold on slow down, slow down. you've got four more years of high school left. >> what would you like to see in the next pope who will lead the church through your early pcareers? >> one who will continue to work to not only just to proclaim that message but also to have the message in a way that opens and stirs up the heart of the believer. >> you want to see somebody who can light up a room. >> yeah. absolutely. >> joining us here is scott pelley. welcome. >> thank you very much charlie. great to be here. what a set. >> what a place, yes. >> absolutely. hundreds of years in the making. >> exactly. if you want a little history, come here. you have talked to acceptable nar seminarians. are they different? >> very different. we were here in 2005 with the passing of pope joh

it's with the priesthood. right now the notion, and it is a notion-s that there will be a sufficient number of men willing to give up sex for life, give up intimate relations with others, at the same time connect with people as human beings, someone who is understanding of human life, understanding of the decisions people make and still love them the way jesus loved mary magdalene. a good example there, don't you i? yes, that's my answer. it can be done. the college of cardinals is capable of finding such a pope. the one absolute demand i put forward is that they make the effort, no knee-jerk choice of a front-runner, no caving to the most conservative or most cautious or some cute selection of someone from a hitherto unknown home of a pope. we've had two popes in a row now from countries where they grew up under repression. john paul ii grew up under the boot of moscow. benedict under the nazis. perhaps that explains their inability to unshackle the church from the past. people who are repressed in their reli

i could not do the priesthood i do in the way that i do and be married and have children. it's distinctive. what father cutie said is very true. i think for priests, perhaps some of them, if they were free, they would marry and they could do their ministry just as well married. i don't think for all priests, that's true, though. >> and mary, i want to ask you about this from the nun's perspective. you were a nun for 20 years, you had fall nn love with a fellow sister and then a priest and were forced to leave. you were forced to be with women all the time and forced to be celibate. do you think your vows to the church led to you having a relationship with another woman? >> i don't think that the vow of celibacy led to that. i think it's a natural, normal, human thing to have a relationship with another person. i think that growing in intimacy, growing in knowledge of yourself in relationship with another person is an important part of being a human being, wherever you are. and that the more the church would allow its leaders to become more and more fully human, the better

. >> reporter: the new pope will also confront dropping numbers in the priesthood. 58% of american catholicsieve priests should be able to marry. and then there is a continuing damage from the priest sex abuse scandal. >> it would be a disaster if we had a pope who did not understand the sex abuse crisis. >> reporter: the fact that two u.s. cardinals are now regarded as strong candidates to become pope raise expectations among some of the faithful that disillusioned catholics might return to the fold. and as the church looks forward to a new chapter, another reminder back home of the priest sex abuse scandal. the archdiocese of los angeles today saying it will spend nearly $10 million to settle four clergy sex abuse cases, brian. >> lester holt, part of our team, our coverage from the vatican tonight. lester, thanks. >>> topping our news back home, the nation's intelligence agencies told congress today that cyber attacks and espionage have now moved ahead of terrorism as the top threat americans now face, though they hasten to add no catastrophic attack is thought to be imminent. much of the

the new pope's surprising life before the priesthood. >> his ex girlfriend's new interview. >> his marriage ultimatum and his days as a bouncer. nicki minaj's "american idol" no-show. ryan ripped her for being late live on the air. >> keep that energy going for three of your four judges. >> should she be fired? now trending is america's most hated mom, casey anthony pregnant? >> popped up on some other guy's sofa eating chips. >> miley and liam calling off the wedding? did january jones break them up? and is jen aniston already married? >> i have all the latest on that. >> the bachelor's no sex until the wedding vow. is his future bride on board? plus -- >> he did the bachelorette, then the bachelor, now dancing and a tv wedding. everyone's wondering what this guy does for a living. handling as the reality star. >> and reuniting with jim carrey and this time he's got handcuffs. >> if we do that, you're coming to my place. >> and two victoria secrets angels live at the grove telling mario their best swimsuit secrets. >> i love the push up, i love that extra cleavage. >> i love that too. welc

called for an expansion of female leadership roles in the church, including ordination in to the priesthood>> we would like to see some dialogue. pope john paul ii closed dialogue on women's ordination, so we're hoping that the new pope will reopen that dialogue, simply talk with us. people are ready for women priests. people are ready for women's ordination. we know the polls show that the majority of catholics want women priests, so we're here to lift up those voices. >> reporter: experts don't expect major doctrinal changes under pope francis. >> he's a man who maintains the traditional catholic line on sexual morality, abortion, gay marriage, contraception. nobody expected any pope was going to change those teachings or say anything different, but a new pope has a new style and if he stresses the social justice teachings of the church, the very counter cultural message of simplicity and poverty, that could really change things without technically changing any teachings. >> reporter: for many catholics, a top priority for the new pope will be addressing the curia -- the vatican's scandal

the priesthood is a fatherhood. we're mothers. spiritual mothers. >> reporter: parish priests who have the most direct contact with the faithful, they know things change slowly in the catholic church. very slowly. women priests? a woman pope? >> not going to happen. not in my lifetime. >> reporter: but as american catholics look to rome next week, many may be wondering, if not now, when? terry moran, abc news, new york. >>> and i want to remind you, starting monday, the abc news team will be reporting live from rome as the conclave begins on tuesday. >>> still ahead right here on "world news," you'll finally have your dream home. could it be that something inside it is making you sick? find out next. if there was a pill to help protect your eye health as you age... would you take it? well, there is. [ male announcer ] it's called ocuvite. a vitamin totally dedicated to your eyes, from the eye care experts at bausch + lomb. as you age, eyes can lose vital nutrients. ocuvite helps replenish key eye nutrients. ocuvite has a unique fo

of your sexuality, get out of the priesthood. it's no place for you, it's people willing to live by the law of celibacy, narrowly defined, but by a life of chastity. it's a very hard standard to live by. the only people that are willing to live by is priests or change the rules. change the rules officially or enforce the damn things. right now no catholic in america believes the rules are enforced. they believe there's a real problem of sexual misconduct in the church. widespread cover-ups. i think o'malley understands it and i think dolan definitely understands it. by the way, what really what catholics want, they want to get back to the bing crosby/spencer tracy kind of a priest. the regular guy who looks like the guys in the movie, regular, happy normal guys willing to give up sex. that's what we're missing. >> mike barnicle, papal expert and son of boston -- >> [ speaking latin ] >> i'm glad that nbc relaxed having broadcasts in latin, i never would have survived that. but in terms of o'malley, chris brings up the point that

trained as a chemist and danced tango before he heard the priesthood calling. made at the vatican. >> the smoke signal, the bells tolled and a surprise contender emerged to lead the roman catholic church. it is thursday, march 14th. >> good thursday morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> i'm diana perez. pope francis is a cardinal whose name was rarely mentioned when speculating on who might lead the church's more than 1 billion catholics. >> this morning we are learning more about who this man is, how he has already made history and what the world might expect from this simple son of a railway worker. certainly lots of questions about what the next few months could bring, very, very interesting period now. no papal election was ever like this one exactly what began with the resignation of pope benedict ended with the elevation of a man from south america. just the second pope in history that is not european. >> saint peter's square was empty this morning but packed with the faithful yesterday when his name was revealed. and abc's terry moran was there and saw

. >> priesting are identifying in a powerful way with francis' presenting of the priesthood.he task of service, humility, being in contact with the people. reporter: tomorrow is the big easter celebration mass. the pope will offer his blessing to rome and the world. >> ama: typically after the busy easter week ceremony the pope would go to the papal retreat for a few days of vacation. francis can't do that since the previous pope benedict is currently living there in the retirement. the vatican has said francis would stay in the vatican. >> president obama used his weekly address to wish a joyful easter and passover to those who celebrate the resurrection of jesus christ. the president urged people to slow down. >> this weekend i hope we're all able to take a moment and pause andreflect. to give thanks for our blessings, rededicate ourselves to interests larger than our own. >> ama: the president will spend easter with his wife and daughter. >> 65 people in california will remember this weekend as the time they were pardoned by governor brown. among those pardoned, a murder p

. >> priests are identifying in a powerful way with francis's way of presenting the priesthood as a task of service, humility, being in contact with the people. >> reporter: tomorrow is the big easter celebration mass here at st. peter's square. the pope will offer his address, his blessing to rome and the world. >> biggest role yet. >>> on a special easter sunday this week george's guest will include cardinal timothy dolan as well as the political round table first thing in the morning. >>> now tonight to the worst school cheating scandal in the country. one of the nation's biggest schools caught up. it's not the students being blamed but their teachers and school leaders. >> reporter: at this georgia courthouse you would think they were indicting mobsters with charges like racketeering and theft but the accused thugs are 35 atlanta teachers, principals and test coordinators. >> the whole purpose behind this is to vindicate the little children who got jipped out of an education. >> reporter: the indictments are the latest page from a three year long investigation that has shaken the fai

before the priesthood he loved chemistry, dancing the tango, and a young woman who remembered the proposal he made her in a love letter. "it said that we were going to get married," she remembers. "and he drew a house where we would live." but he chose a different path. now, as the world comes to know him, it turns out on many issues, pope francis is a staunch traditionalist. he's compared abortion to a death sentence. called gay marriage "destructive of god's plan." though he has suggested contraception, which the church opposes, may be permissible to stop the spread of disease. he's 76 years old. 55 years ago, he had an operation to remove part of one lung. it's raised some health concerns, but friends tell us he's strong, and doctors say it shouldn't have any impact. friends also tell us one other thing. he may look like a simple and gentle and meek man. but there's another side to him. he's tough, and he'll need it. >> terry, our thanks to you. >>> this evening our first glimpse inside the sistine chapel, at those cardinals voting in the conclave. a rare glimpse from new york's cardina