that's the reason for the priesthood. and jesus was male. the church is supposed to be sort of the bride of christ in effect. the church thinks there's some sort of sex and gender intention in god's choices. in jesus's choice for the 12 disciples and god's choice to be incarnate as a man, that basically limit the priesthood itself. brian: but it sounds a lot like what happened in this country with women and african-americans when it all kicked off 200 some years ago. the white males said we are in charge and they don't get to vote. they don't have property and all that. isn't this just politics, men saying to themselves they are the only ones who know how to operate this thing? ross: i think there is unquestionably, in any male lead -- male-led institution, there is going to be a certain amount of sexism. i don't think anyone who has experienced the catholic hierarchy would say that there isn't sexism there. but in certain ways historically, catholicism has , been an institutn that has -- it has this reputation now in the wake of the sexual

let's talk about your attraction to the priesthood. did you feel like you had a vocation or just thought you wanted to be involved in public service? >> guest: it wasn't that dramatic. i wasn't knocked off my horse like st. paul. i grew up catholic. my father was catholic so i was raised a catholic and went to mass every sunday. and then went to catholic high school. for me there was no big decision there. when i was in high school i was thinking about what to do after i graduated it was really public service i was interested in and i was thinking of either becoming a lawyer and be in a public interest lawyer. the priesthood appealed to me because the priest i knew at the school i went to a catholic boy school, they had a good life. they played a lot of golf, everybody love them. they were considered up on the pedestal. people invited them to their home. no family, no responsibility or bills to pay. it looks like a good life in a public service life. wasn't the religious thing it was more of the lifestyle that appealed to me. so, i dec

let's talk about your attraction to priesthood. did you feel like you had a vocation or did you think you just wanted to be involved in public service packs >> it wasn't that dramatic like st. paul. i grew up a catholic, i was raised a catholic, went to mass every sunday and went to a catholic high school so for me that was like falling off a horse there was no big position but when i was in high school thinking about what to do after i graduated, it was public service i was interested in and i was thinking of becoming a lawyer or the priesthood appealed to me and was like the priest i knew at school in wilmington they played a lot of golf. they were considered up on a pedestal. no family, no responsibility or bills to pay. it wasn't a religious thing. it was more a lifestyle that appealed to me. so i decided to givehat a try. i was in for nine years studying for the priesthood and 810 year on a leave of toe sure. the religious part of the order said we have that investment in youth and you'vyou come u got tt in us. let's give it a

let's talk about you attraction to the priesthood. did you feel like you had a vocation, or was it something that you thought i want to be involved in public service so this seems like a route to the? >> guest: it wasn't that dramatic. i wasn't knocked off my horse like st. paul. >> host: were you ever on a horse? >> guest: poorly. may have tried a couple of times. i grew up a catholic. my parents were, my father was catholic. i was raised a catholic, went to catholic, went to mass every sunday, and then with two catholic high school. so for me it was just like that was falling off a horse. it was no big decision. but when i was in high school i was thinking that what is going to do after he graduated. it was really public service that i was interested in, and i was thinking of either becoming a lawyer and being a public interest lawyer, or the priesthood appealed appeal to l tell you why. it's sort of like the priests that a new at the school, i i t to a catholic boys high school in wilmington, great school, good life. they played a

with the church says is that, in effect, the priesthood is for men only. brian: why?s: for several reasons. was a gender jesus egalitarian and almost all things, and ways that were radical by the standards of his time. so the fact that he can find this choice of the first priests as men is a strong indicator. and it is sort of confirmed by the catholic view that the main standf the priest is to inpersona christi, to perform the heart of christ in the sacrifice of the mass, the transubstantiation of bread and and wine into christ's body and blood. jesus was male. and the church is supposed to be the bride of christ in effect. the church thinks there's some sort of sex and gender intention in god's choices. and jesus's choice for the 12 disciples and god's choice to be incarnate as a man, that basically limit the priesthood itself. brian: but it sounds a lot like what happened in this country with women and african-americans when it all caps off 200 and some years ago. just politics, men saying to themselves they are the only ones who know how to operate this thing? ros

i was in for nine years, studying for the priesthood and a tenth year on a leave of absence just to make sure that i wanted to leave, i had decided by them that it wasn't what i wanted to do for the rest of my life and i was never ordained. i was part of her religious order. the head of the order said you've been here nine years and we have an iestment in new and you have an investment, let's at least give it a year before you cut the cord. >> the thing that confused me in the way you described in the book is that when you talk about leaving the priesthood and you say am i a catholic can you say what do i believe in you talked about a bunch of things were you say you i am, but i don't believe in jesus and i don't believe he was divine and a whole series of things that would pretty much mark you out as a nonbeliever. >> my definition is pretty broad. there is a bridge that i ignored. i come out of the seminary and i'm still a person of faith and i was looking for a meaningfuleligious experience and safe experience of which i could not find in the catholic church. when i left the seminary

done that, if jack kennedy had gone into the priesthood, he would have been pope. that's the kind of guy he was. he was intellectual and rose above things, and had bobby kennedy gotten into the priesthood, he would have been a parish priest. he was grassroots. think -- i'm in massachusetts guy, and ted kennedy was when i was at the boston globe arguably my best source for about 15 years, and i think ted kennedy was, as we all know, one of the greatest senators ever. they called him the lion of the senate, but i think ted kennedy spent his years in the senate not trying to emulate his brother jack because jack was a short term senator and did not make much of a set of waves when he was in the senate. i think ted kennedy spent those 50 years trying to be bobby. , whenadored his brother they were senator's together -- actually, ted was the senior senator. he had been elected before bobby. the only time the staff never knew where they were was when they were visiting one another's offices, and ted kennedy gave bobby -- he was the older in the kennedy family -- everythi

could be expelled from priesthood because of a decades-old sexual abuse claim. from public ministry by pope francis following allegations that he abused a boy while he was a priest in new york nearly 50 years ago. a statement from the cardinal says he has no recollection of the reported abuse but accepts the pope's decision. >>> canada has set a date for when marijuana will be fully legal. prime minister justin trudeau says recreational marijuana will be legal on october 17. it cleared the final hurdle in the canadian senate tuesday. >> it is only the second country to allow pot to be sold legally. in other news, there is a rush for flights. a lot of people were going to book their flights but then they got high. yeah, munchies in canada? a boost for their economy. >> you still have to be 18 or older to buy cannabis in canada. >> rules are rules. >>> coming up, the controversial billboard telling liberals they're not welcome in one state. >>> and ayesha curry's restaurant is getting terrible reviews and it hasn't opened yet. we'll tell you why. t insurance plan

an investigation into the allegation continues and could resuhis expulsion from the priesthood. >>> today, designer kate spade will be laid to rest the 55-year-old took her own life earlier this month inside her new york city apartment. her funeral will be held in her hometown ofsas city, missouri. >>> and toda marriott international will kick off construction of its new headquarters. this is what the new headquarters and flagship hotel like.look construction will be finished by 2022. >>> 4:36no it was two weeks ago tonight first e caps won their stanley cup. last night, they returned to las vegas for the nhld. aw and they continued their party under the a fountainsthe bellagio hotel. i mean, how fun is this, alex nicklas backstrom getting soaked. and then it was time for the awards. they are so happy. ovi took home his seventh career urice rocket richard trophy as the top scorer. and we hear his thoughts for the firstime on coach barry trotz's departure. >> wt to thank him for a great job. to be our coach, be our dad, you know, giv us a chance to win this. but again, it's a business. you

he was stripped of his priesthood officially when he married liz mcallister.o he did mary, but liz mcallister did a lot of other political activism but was not a member of the catonsville 9. brian: what was the farthest you had to go to the one of your interviews and how did you afford to do this and work at the same time when you only spend $50,000 on this? skizz: hawaii. we shot an interview in hawaii, except we did not go there. got some at either to shoot it for us. and via skype, we sat in joe's apartment in baltimore and gave direction and asked the questions. and they sent us the footage. sot est away. joe: that was the farthest away we did not have to go. we shot most of it on the east coast. we were trying to keep our jobs and we were trying to do this inexpensively. so i would read to people and say, if you have any plans to visit the east coast, new york, ec, baltimore, i would love to speak to you. and we -- d.c., baltimore, i would love to speak to you. and we did a number of interviews that way. the for we had to drive was vermont. brian: remind

he was stripped of his priesthood officially when he married liz mcallister.he did marry, but liz mcallister did a lot of other political activism but was not a member of the catonsville 9. brian: what was the farthest you had to go to do one of your interviews and how did you afford to do this and work at the same time when you only spend $50,000 on this? skizz: hawaii. [laughter] skizz: we shot an interview in hawaii, except we did not go there. we got someone else there to shoot it for us via skype, we sat in joe's apartment in baltimore and gave direction and asked the questions. and they sent us the footage. so that is the farthest away. joe: that was the farthest away we did not have to go. we shot most of it on the east coast. we were trying to keep our jobs and we were trying to do this inexpensively. so i would write to people and say, if you have any plans to visit the east coast, new york, d.c., baltimore, i would love to speak to you. and we did a number of interviews that way. the farthest we had to drive was vermont. brian: remind us what you do

the monsignor now faces a canonical trial which could lead to his removal from the priesthood. >>> voters go to the polls in turkey this morning as the country holds high-stakes presidential and parliamentary elections. president recep erdogan is seeking another five years in office, which could lead him taking on new powers that critics call anti-democratic. >>> in saudi arabia this morning for the first time women are able to drive. the last remaining ban in the world against female drivers was lifted officially at midnight local time. women and male supporters have been fighting for nearly three decades for women to have the right to drive. and while they now have that right, women in saudi arabia still can't swim in public, compete in sports, or interact with men other than their spouse, among other things. >>> finally, a world cup stunner. the reigning champs eking out a victory moments before the final whistle. check this out. germany and sweden, tied at 1-1. five minutes into extra time when tony cruz -- check this out -- scores the winning gold. germany wins. [ speaking german] >>

could be expelled from priesthood because of a decades-old sexual abuse claim. from public ministry by pope francis following allegations that he abused a boy while he was a priest in new york nearly 50 years ago. a statement from the cardinal says he has no recollection of the reported abuse but accepts the pope's decision. >>> canada has set a date for when marijuana will be fully legal. prime minister justin trudeau says recreational marijuana will be legal on october 17. it cleared the final hurdle in the canadian senate tuesday. >> it is only the second country to allow pot to be sold legally. in other news, there is a rush for flights. a lot of people were going to book their flights but then they got high. yeah, munchies in canada? a boost for their economy. >> you still have to be 18 or older to buy cannabis in canada. >> rules are rules. >>> coming up, the controversial billboard telling liberals they're not welcome in one state. >>> and ayesha curry's restaurant is getting terrible reviews and it hasn't opened yet. we'll tell you why. restaurant is get

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he was ordained to the priesthood in 2002 and assignments brought him to bronxville, new york, clarksboro, new jersey, ridgewood, new jersey. he was named priest in charge and superintendent at st. andrew's in providence, new jersey. the mission state gives the welcoming moniker of a big heart, making god's love known to the word. i thank father gunn for being here and for offering our daily prayer. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain up to 15 on er one-minute speeches each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the ntleman from texas rise? without objection. mr. green: mr. speaker, members, 115 american people die from opioid overdose every day. 115. while we're spending the next two weeks passing bipartisan legislation to combat the opioid crisis, president trump's department of justice is abandoning the affordable care act and its popular rule that protects americans from pre-existing conditions like opioid addiction. according to the department of health and human services, nearly 130 million americans adults over -- under age 65 ha

chris baldwin, who was scheduled to go for the priesthood and instead went into retail turning aroundnow bj's wholesale the most successful ipo in all of retail, great company doing good for consumers, low price leader to scott and deidre's point on gas, number one seller of american flags, patriotic products. and the leader in solar and renewables. so if investors, consumers, businesses want to go with a winner who's doing the right thing for the environment, it's chris baldwin, bob eddy, kevin moran for renewables and solars with their solar partner, inner solar. and toys r us can do the same thing when they get a second shot and are well capitalized, because the ceo can bring in a hot of capable people that -- a lot of capable people that to what chris baldwin's done so capably throughout his career. neil: so it does have a prayer. >> yeah. definitely a prayer. neil: thank you very much. have a wonderful weekend. stay cool. >> thanks. neil: well, amazon, the big competitor that brought toys r us to this point, it's continuing very, very big plays in a whole variety of industries, h

there is a lot of rights of passage within the mormon church and 12, the men received the priesthoodere is initially, it was sort of, 0k, bad thing, where is initially, it was sort of, ok, that is something the body does. and so when realising that and realising it is in the context of, you can read it in the scriptures where it equates breaking the law of chastity in one stage lower than murder. so in my mind, doing... that is a lot to put on a 12—year—old, when you are going through puberty and all of a sudden, i assume there are feelings of shame. if it is one step down from murder, is a 12—year—old, that must be very difficult. yes. and it is very isolating because i felt like i was the only one with those kinds of issues. it wasn‘t until later in life when i started talking to people, i realised i wasn‘t the only one, but even then, for my entire teenage years, it would have been layered and coated in the shame of, you know, trying not to do things that are very normal and very healthy in a number of ways. peter, you are nodding, does that sound familiar to you? absolutely, i ex