so far, these guys are destroying the roman catholic church and talk about exterminating roman catholics the german protestant emigrate came over and was one of the great political correctness of good day to give us a santa claus, the democratic donkey and the republican elephant and and could not read in those-- the you may think these are crocs coming ashore but they are coming to take our children. in the background is not the white house but st. peter's cathedral. appear it says tammany hall. [laughter] that was the democratic party organization the first major evangelical party founded 1854 and comes together the anti-catholic weighing of the party with the anti-slavery wing. here is the anti-catholic wing of the party even with roman catholicism in opposing to foreigners holding office and opposing the nunneries and the jesuits and the secret foreign orders and so on. good to restrict the rights of roman catholics to both and to hold office. with the anti-slavery strain but when i say and i slavery keep in mind the republican party, most of the people did not care about slavery whe

the roman catholic church has a complicated and usually very lengthy process for recognizing sainthood. 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 l

roman catholic church was released this week by the john jay college of criminal justice. the lead researcher said no one factor was responsible for the actions of the priests. both celibacy and homosexuality were ruled out as causes. instead, researchers found that priests were influenced by societal changes during the 1960s and 1970s, what they called an increase in "deviant behavior." several victims groups denounced the report, saying it does not place enough blame on the bishops who covered up abuse. we 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 repo

two of the greatest sins or slavery in the roman catholic church. they are confused. they have not attributed it to to this background of this civil war, and particularly the self righteousness of northern evangelicals. >> it sounds like they were against slavery -- is this thing on? it seems like the kkk was the same. deasy -- dca correlation? >> not really. first, we are talking about different times. and secondly, number evangelicals generally would support violence. i mean, ralph waldo emerson claimed to be a pacifist, but he was right in there with the war effort. harriet beecher stowe also plans to be a pacifist, but she has this great passage in the -- she talks about the book of revelation, and she says, harriet beecher stowe police she was witnessing the unfolding of the book of revelation right at sumpter. the last struggle for liberty would proceed the coming of the war. caen's wrath shall be reached. her brother said pretty much the same thing. third good friend and said, the author would have the wrath of almighty god bury the south in the battle of the r

obrian, the editor of the times of cuba and in the cuban roman catholic church, father moynihan, no relationship to my grandmother, loved for his kindness and great sense of humor. born in the 20's in havana were of irish descent. they were fran emilio. he was entirely blind by the age of 13 but learned gerschwin's rhapsody in blue by using braille scores. he was also one of the major instrumentalists of the feeling -- many of you recollected remember -- the thrilling sound of the 50's that blended the latin bolero with the latin sound. the second was chico, we like always to put these little names to people. my name is carlotta but my real name was charlotte and they called me carlotica, little charlotte. he moved to new york city in 1948, where benny goodman hire him and he became very famous in new york at the time and he died in new york in 2001. one of the pieces of my ticket to ride is how many cubans of irish ancestry are there. because this connected to my family, that's why i wanted to read it to you. in the 40's, my father moved to new york in search of his destiny. he learned to make

. >> australia an bishop claims the roman catholic church sacked him because he advocated confirming d women. morris has been removed from care by pope benedict xvith. moore claims the decision was the result of his belief the church should consider or daneing women and married men in light of the curran priest shortage. the hope staunchly against anyone other than celibate men ordained in the roman catholic church. >>> back to bin laden. as we now know he was not hiding in a remote mountain cave somewhere as many of us thought all these years but right unthe note of the pakistan surrounded by 18 foot wall. barb wire and human shield. we have an exclusive look i object the complex where bin laden lived and died. >>reporter: there are two things. compound where bin laden was killed and pockets of pry mere ill tear institution this way compound if tough to get into the neighborhood and surrounded by dozens of other home. >> it's only 500 feet beyond m me. beyond the wall and trees but look how close it is to pakistan army base right there at those trees and behind the base pakistan pre-

these guys are bent on destroying the roman catholic church. and as one minister said, exterminating roman catholics. so thomas nast a german immigrant came over and he was one of the great political cartoonists of the day in the 1850s, 18 zbhaifkts santa claus. he gave us the democratic donkey and the republican elephant and here he is a cartoon and, of course, people couldn't read in those days but they could, in fact, understand cartoons and here he has a cartoon which shows -- you may think they are crocodiles on shore but they are from the roman catholic church and they are coming to take our church and in the background is not the white house but st. peter's cathedral. although you can't see it on this -- up here it says, tammany hall. [laughter] >> and tammany hall, of course, is a democratic party organization of new york. and thomas nast was a republican. well, the republican party was the first major evangelical party in america. it was founded in 1854 and it brought together the anti-catholic wing of the party with the antislavery win

he has to be asked that question and the roman catholic church has to come up with a clear statement. >> you have all those good jesuits there, do they have give you the reason? >> i am given the reason it was religiously promoted and to promote peace in the religion. let me say this. muslims might not recognize some aspects of the christian theology and christians might not recognize some aspects of islamic theology and the same thing with judaism but the argument i believe that the pope was trying to make and muslims make and i make in interfaith work is we are different, we need to keep talking about those differences but meanwhile there are common, shared interests in life to make our lives better. >> there's also some doingmatic correspondences, they are monotheistic, are they not? >> true. >> although buddhism does not suggest an autonomous personage. >> right. buddhism, at least certain kinds offed byism, people say the oldest kinds of buddhism are not considered purely theistic, they're more eight theistic, not a god as we would conceive of it. >> they also recognize their god

basilica there in the valley in vatican city it means that the pontiff who was in charge of the roman catholic churchfor twenty seven years is now regarded as blessed and one step away from sainthood the ceremony was led by current pope benedict the sixteenth who succeeded john paul six years ago. ten policemen have been injured in clashes with far left demonstrators in germany protesters set up car and waste on containers on fire i threw stones and paved bombs at police using water cannons authorities of stepped up security across the country in order to prevent further violence that traditionally a complex companies may day celebrations. traditional made a show of solidarity has been a little quieter here in russia a country has a long lasting tradition of rallies used to use to show social and political affiliation on labor day or he's catarina zoravar joining the crowds a very rare occasion that central moscow is completely empty and this of course is done for these people as twenty five thousand members help treaty and who on this day are celebrating their professional holiday as part of that ce

interpretation to give you an idea of how silly that is it would be as if i interpreted the roman catholic church by looking at the inquisition or christianity by saying gee it was christian folks who brought the slaves from africa to the united states or who forty two other in the most terrible war in the human history world war one that would be silly and kind of childish it would be an attempt to dismiss these things rather than deal with them seriously i think you have to deal with marxism for the rich diversity that it is having said that let me answer your question the montra gone experiment is extremely important it was actually started by a roman catholic priest in the very northern part of spain just on the side of the pyrenees mountains and he decided at the time of great unemployment that one way to put workers back to work was not to wait for an employer to come along and see profit in hiring them but to get them together and set up their own industries and the feeling that workers would not only be able to run their own enterprises they'd be much more motivated to work hard and to wo

. >> a bishop claims that the roman catholic church fired him because he advocated from marrying. he claims it was the result of his belief that the church should consider or danger women and married men in light of the priest shortage. >>> a washington state man shaved for the first time since 2001. after the 9/11 attack not to shave until osama bin laden was captured ordinary killed. he took five minutes about what he had to do and started cutting away at his beard. his wife says she is thrilled for the country and herself now that her husband is finally clean-shaven again. >> she had not seen that man for a decade. >>> a bay area mother returns to the scene of her son's murder. plea she is making to find some measure of justice. >> what the death of osama bin laden to bay area service members who served our country in iraq and afghanistan. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live in san francisco where pg&e is admitting for the very first time it's having a problem with some smart meters. overcharging customers. story is coming up in a live report. >> high temperatures if you are heading the

the vatican, the beatification of john paul ii who on this day is considered blessed by the roman catholic church the vial of his blood. we're calling on a tradition that goes back to the earliest days of the church, the veneration of relics of the holy, john paul ii's blood has been brought out so that the crowd can be physically close to it and john paul's remains will be available to programs inside st. peter's basilica who may approach it in the hours to come. [ speaking foreign language ]. [ speaking foreign language ]. >> in order to participate more fruitfully in this eucharistic celebration. from this moment, therefore, it is kindly asked that we refrain from applause and from waving banners. [ speaking foreign language ]. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> now we're seeing from a moment ago the unveiling of a portrait of john paul ii. this tapestry was based on a photograph taken in 1995 when you could see the pope was still in full health. he was robust, he was relatively young. our image of john paul ii is so colored by his later years of suffering from parkinson's disease. but on this day, we're reminded of hi

about a million people witnessed the late pope be named a blessed of the roman catholic church. >>> historiclack church in the district has gone green. the florida avenue baptist church installed a new rooftop solar system. the panels are expected to cut the electricity costs dramatically. the solar system is being supplied by washington based volt energy company. >>> a national expo is underway celebrating the 400th birthday. visitors to the expo tent on capitol hill can view a first edition of the holy book along with other bibles representing the history of its publication. a working replica of a bries is printing copies of the ten commandments. >> it's being called the country's largest free online resource of holocaust records. today the holocaust museum announced the launch. it will provide free online information on holocaust victims. museum officials say people can assist in the project by contributing to the data base. >> a synchronized dance workout happening all across the nation. thousands of kids moving today, but i visited dc middle school where the kids were wowed by a super s

a block from us is saint peter's church on barclay street, the oldest roman catholic church in new york and the fire chaplain was brought from these rooms on 9/11 to the altar. >> father judge. >> father judge, on that day, with buoyancy, with prayer, with the eyes of the world looking on us, on this happy day, we show who we are as a people. we demonstrate the principles that we hold so dearly. and we also tell the world that we are willing, unfortunately, to fight and die for those principles. so this is a day of buoyancy, this is a day of jubilation, that an evil, sick mastermind of terror and destruction has been killed by loyal and faithful and courageous american troos, but at the same time, we steel ourselves and give ourselves new resolve for the future, for piece paste in the world, for american strength and justice always for the victims of 9/11, whether in washington or pennsylvania or new york or our friends and family across the country who lost loved ones around the world, independent -- in defense of this country. jon: it is a great country and great day to be an american

. >>> a new study by the roman catholic church blames the priest sex abuse scandal on the sexual revolutions say the abuse never had any connection with either priest celibacy or homosexuality. they say the offending priests weren't able to copy with social upheaval. victims groups dismiss the study saying it does not address the higher-ups who allowed the abusive priests to stay on. >>> doctors say that congresswoman gabby giffords is recovering after surgery to repair a hole in her comes as relief to her husband, commanding the space shuttle "endeavour" 200 miles above earth. bob woodruff has details. >> reporter: nasa commander, mark kelly, docked the space shuttle "endeavour" at the international space station while wife congresswoman gabby giffords was at the hospital in houston for what could be her final surgery. after being shot in the head four month as go, gabby's brain began to swell dangerously pressing against the bone. for relief, surgeons removed a section of her skull to let her brain expanded more freely. doctors performed a procedure, cranioplasty, covering the hole with a

republicans threatened to kill police service of northern ireland officers, both roman catholic and protestant. they threatened the churches, both protestant and roman catholic. they threatened politicians, both unionists and nationalist. and they threatened members of the northern ireland assembly and mps in this house. can the prime minister assure the house that this attack on the democratic process will be met forcefully, and that those republican terrorists must be brought to justice? >> i can give that assurance. i am sure that everyone in the house and the country would agree that scenes of people dressed in balaclavas in londonderry are completely unacceptable we have funded the psni appropriately. it is now properly devolved and working well, and i urge it to do everything it can to hunt down these people. above all, the words that should ring in our ears are those of the mother of pc ronan kerr, who said she hoped that this would not prevent more roman catholics from joining the psni and doing a great job policing northern ireland. >> does the prime minister recognise that lending to business by banks was down £3

bishops on the sex abuse crisis in the roman catholic church. critics say it falls terribly short.s more for us this morning. >> good morning to you, erica. in this report researchers ruled out several factors in the sex abuse crisis. the study took five years, and was conducted by researchers from new york's john jay college of criminal justice. but victims are skeptical and say it's the role of bishop that should be examined. for survivors of clergy sexual abuse, wednesday's report marked another deep disappointment. >> the bishops lied to us about transferring priests, these are the things bishops continue to lie to us. >> reporter: the new study partially blames the clergy sex abuse crisis on the sexual revolution. >> the increased frequency of abuse in the 1960s and 1970s is consistent with patterns of increased deviance in society during that time. >> reporter: in addition to social influences, the report cites poor seminary training, and isolation of priests. but for former new york city sex crimes prosecutor linda fairstein, blaming culture rings hollow. >> these crimes occ

catholic church. the church at the end of the roman empire set rules of inheritance that forbade concubine's or a divorce, they forbade marriage up to five degrees of relatedness so these were means of cutting off the ability of plants, of tribal groups to keep property within the clan. they supported the right of women to hold, alienate property at an early stage in the middle ages. they did this for self interested reasons. because they wanted to break the economic power of tribal groups and it worked beautifully. it turns out a lot of widows and spinsters in that period ended up with all the money in the family and when they died without children guest who inherited that money? catholic church. so it goes up by 30% in the first part of the eighth century as a result of these changes in rules and also means individualism started in europe at an earlier point. it was not a product of the industrial revolution or reformation. within two or three generations of their convergence to christianity all these barbarian tribes were already no longer living in tribal associations. and england gets carried to thi

catholic church. the church at the end of the roman empire set rules of inheritance. they forbade concubines, forbade divorce and marriage up to five degrees of relatedness, of cousins, and all of these were means of cutting off the ability of clans, of tribal groups to keep property within the clan, and they also supported the right of women to hold and alienate property in the early stage of the middle ages. they did this for self-interested reasons. they wanted to break the economic power of the tribal groups earning it worked -- and it worked beautifully. a lot of widows in this period ended up with all the money in the family, and when they died without children, who inherited the money? it was the catholic church. they holding went up 30% in the first part of the eighth century because of the changes in the rules. it means individualism started in europe at a much, much earlier point. it's not a product of the industrial revolution or reformation or anything like this. within two or three generations of the conversion to christianity, all these tribes were alrea

catholic church. the church at the end of the roman empire said rules of inheritance before beta concubines, they forbadedivorce. they forbade marriage up to five degrees oven related cousins. and all of these were means of cutting off the ability of clients, a tribal groups to keep property within the clan. and they also support the right of women to holding a unique property. this very, very early stage in the middle ages. they did this for self-interested reasons. because they wanted to break the economic power of the survivor groups, and it worked beautifully. it turns out a lot of widows and spinsters in this period in and up with all the money in the family. when he died without children, guess who inherited all that money. it was the catholic church. churches holdings in france go up by 20, 30% in the first part of the eighth century as a result of these changes in the rules. and it means that individualism started in europe at a much, much are your point. it was the product of the industrial revolution for the restoration or anything like that. within two or three generations of their conversion

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sexual revolution is what's behind the church's sexual abuse crisis, not the celibate priesthood or homosexuality. the study was commissioned by the u.s. roman catholichops. it finds abuse occurred because priests were poorly prepared and monitored during the sexual turmoil of the '60s and '70s. researchers go on to point out abuse cases started to decline after the '70s, even though church requirements did not change. they say boys were more abused than girls, not because of homosexuality but because priests had more access to boys. >>> a former sonoma county soccer coach faces nine months in prison after striking a deal with prosecutors. 38-year-old kyle hoffman pleaded no contest on monday after being charged with stealing $53,000 from the county's youth soccer league. court records show hoffman wrote checks to himself during a two-year period when he was the league's president and the treasurer. sentencing will be held in august, but he could get less time if he makes restitution payments. >>> a former san francisco engineer owes the city of san francisco a big paycheck for his time. terry childs, a former city worker who locked san francisco out

and malta is heavily roman catholic, and the vote is seen as a test of the catholic church's influencetennessee noun of nameless may not have a conventional name but it does have an identity. today is heritage day there. and anybody with ties to the town is invited to attend. as one story goes, nameless got its name after people there failed to agree on what to call the community. maybe indecisive, tennessee? i don't know. it's nine minutes after the hour. lonnie with a check of the weather outside. hey, lonnie. >> betty, good morning to you. good morning, everybody. i got a name. i got people. we are back out on the plaza here at the "early" show because it's the unofficial kickoff to summer. it's also fleet week here in new york city. look at our service men and women. got to tell you, this gentleman right here, lieutenant, you said -- >> you have great hair. >> yeah. >> all right, guys. we were just talking about nameless, tennessee. let's go to those maps because it's sort of halfway between knoxville and nashville and i think although the people couldn't agree on a name for the to