i am the respect life coordinator of the archdiocese of office public policy and social concerns. and our guest today is one of my coworkers in the vineyard who is the archdiocese interim director in the office of worship. laura and i have worked together on many projects and it's a great pleasure to have you here today. >> it's nice to be here. thank you, vicky. >> also, you have some duties at the cathedral, right? >> yes, i've been on the board of regions and do i a great activities there. that is my home. >> so working at the archdiocese had this the san francisco and the office of worship and the cathedral, you have a unique perspective of what goes on, particularly during this year of page that is our topic for today. so the year of faith started last october 11th. it will continue till november 24th. so tell us, what exactly is the year of faith and why are we having one? >> year of faith was created by pope benedict xvi. and it was to declare a sense of return to christ. and he wanted to declare a year in which people would dedicate themselves, catholics particularly and ch

we know what happened two short years ago in the archdiocese of philadelphia. it was exposed in no small part due to the work of professor marcy hamilton who is sitting in the back here from the cardoza school of law and and attorney in pennsylvania, and her efforts and many others helped the grand jurors to see the truth, and what did they discover? not one or two fathers, but actually 37 accused priests were working in the archdiocese of philadelphia just two years ago. i suspect that if there were professor marcy hamiltons in every diocese working with grand jurors in other dioceses, we'd find the exact same result in other dioceses as were found in philadelphia, and we owe, we in the survivor movement, over the past several years, have been feeling that frustration that i think several people talkedded about, the acknowledgement that the only time the church officials do something to even remotely begin to make things right or really try to protect children, they do it begrudgingly. they do it belatedly. they -- it always comes from external sources pressuri

the archdiocese said she had violated her contract. which said employees must follow church teaching. the catholic church opposes artificial insemination. some legal scholars say the case could set a precedent on how involved religious employers can be in their employees' personal lives. there are more than two million people in prison in this country, nearly 40% of them african-american. a new movement is urging faith-based groups to address the issue of mass incarceration through more prison ministries and much more help for former inmates trying to avoid going back. deborah potter begins her report in akron, ohio. >> at first glance, the front porch cafe could be any neighborhood coffee shop. but the make-shift kitchen isn't quite up to par, and those guys at the grill aren't your typical cooks. >> i actually have a small felony on my record. well, it's still a felony. and i know how hard it was for myself to get jobs. >> since i had my felonies i been having real poor jobs. and i chose to do street life, and street life is nothing b

. >> the archdiocese called this a tragic day. what do you think about that? h has such a long ways to go. we've been on the wrong side before. our church supported slavery. >> you can't make me marry two heterosexuals. how can you force know marry two homosexuals. >> reporter: senior pastor marty peters sees it differently. >> i love everybody. i like to have fun with a whole plethora of people. but i stand on the principles of the bible. the bible says marriage is between one woman and one man. >> reporter: today the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints says it remains committed to traditional marriage. >>> senate majority leader harry reid says he hopes to cut off the debate on the immigration reform bill tomorrow, clearing the way for the senate to vote on the proposed legislation. the frost backed bill creates a path to citizenship for roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants. it would add 20,000 border agents and completes fence along the boarder with mexico. >>> texas republicans thought they had passed a restrictive abortion law. they did not.

. >>> and the archdiocese believes that love may elevate her to st. mary lang. a baltimore cemetery to a place where pilgrims and visit and pray. >> oh, blessed god [ inaudible ] remains of your servant, mary lang. >> reporter: lang's order taught african american children, when it was against the law to do so. and cared for the needy. >> the diocese and the church is recognizing somebody who did a good job. >> reporter: they are placed in an alcove in the church. >> she's already a saint. she's already a saint. that's why we're so happy tuesday. imagine having a saint here with us, huh? >> mother mary lang died in baltimore, in 1882. the school she started, st. francis academy, still teaches african american young people. >>> a bad day on wall discreet, with the dow jones industrials dropping to its lowest level in a month. [ stock bells ringing ] >> the dow is down 170 points, falling below the 15,000 mark. the s&p is down 21. and nasdaq is down 42. let's go to new york right now, where alexis christoforous has tonight's cbs money watch update. >> stocks fell

. >> reporter: and the archdiocese believes that love may have helped elevate her to st. mary lang. research is moving that way and the next step is removing her remains to a place they can visit and pray. >> we place the mortal remains of your servant, mary lang. >> reporter: lang's order taught african american children when it was against the law to do so, and cared for the needy. >> and the diocese in the church is recognizing somebody who did a good job. >> reporter: the remains were placed and sealed in an alcove of the church, in hope of saint hood someday. but for her order -- >> she's already a saint. she's already a saint. that's why we're so happy today. imagine, having a saint here with us, huh? >> alex demetrick, wjz eyewitness news. >> now, mother mary lang died in baltimore in 1882. the school she started, st. francis academy, still teaches african american young people. >>> message for young people. that next facebook or twitter post could hurt your chances of landing a job. 8% of americans between the ages of 16 and 24 have lost a job opportunity because of their soc

. >> the archdiocese called this a tragic day. what do you think about that? >> our church has such a long ways to go. we've been on the wrong side before. our church supported slavery. >> you can't make me marry two heterosexuals. how can you force know marry two homosexuals. >> reporter: senior pastor marty peters sees it differently. >> i love everybody. i like to have fun with a whole plethora of people. but i stand on the principles of the bible. the bible says marriage is between one woman and one man. >> reporter: today the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints says it remains committed to traditional marriage. >>> senate majority leader harry reid says he hopes to cut off the debate on the immigration reform bill tomorrow, clearing the way for the senate to vote on the proposed legislation. the frost backed bill creates a path to citizenship for roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants. it would add 20,000 border agents and completes fence along the boarder with mexico. >>> texas republicans thought they had passed a restrictive abortion law. th

>> guest: well, i was -- i'm a priest of the archdiocese of new york, and so i have a parish, immaculate conception on 14th street and 1st avenue in new york -- manhattan. and then i run a think tank, a research and education institute called the institute on religion and public life. and we -- our main project or -- yeah, the mean project is a monthly magazine, "first things," a journal on religion and public life. so my work was as a parish priest, as a director of an institute, editor, writer, lecturer, and so forth. i had only two years before then been ordained a catholic priest i had been a lutheran pastor for 30 years, from 1960, and had spent many years in brooklyn, in black, very low-income, williamsburg, bedford-stuyvesant section of brooklyn. c-span: why'd you make the switch from lutheran to catholic? >> guest: well, to be more fully who i was and what i was as a lutheran. i recently wrote an essay, and the title was, "how i became the catholic that i was." and that's really in very compact form the message. that is, i think -- i believe -- that the fullness of the christian

another little factoid for you that public relations firm that the los angeles archdiocese has retained to help them clean the image up is the same one that enron uses. [laughter] the media, you know, what jeff said is true. they have -- they spend massive amounts of money on public relations trying to convince everyone this is -- look at what we have done, made it go away, behind us now, and i was upset about that myself but i don't anymore because i know it's not going away, and inevitably, something will happen, an explosion, eruption somewhere that will destroy that myth, and we'll be back again, will be in the news, be prominent, and people will see that it's still a major problem, and it will continue to be one as long as the system that causes it to be is still the way it is. >> thanks, tom. >> here's a question jeff relates to the issue a little bit. what do you think will be the result of the deposition? >> well, the deposition of dolan was taken recently, under seal to be released soon, and the depositions of dolan will reveal a long standing pattern by him, predecessor, and t

zimmerman has said the shooting was as a result of self- defense, but it has become a national issue because zimmerman is hispanic and trayvon martin is an archdiocese american. . this happened thursday after the final game between miami heat and san antonio spurs. reid was shot by a stray bullet. >> i thought he was playing around with me to play a prank on me because the heat won. >> doctors say reid was very lucky. they expect him to make a full recovery >> some people getting a first glimpse of an abandoned housing complex. as you can see from the pictures, it has been turned into an usual work of art. >> eric rasmussen got a sneak peek of it before it opened. >> he >> he also spoke to the art it. >> for the artist known as ice life, the term housing project has taken on a new meaning. from it has been a real blessing to be able to show art like this. >> reporter: using east oakland's green housing complex as his canvas, he is el it the story of those living in the conditions. >> she is being raised by a wonderful family, but she is living 40 steps from a prostitution home. >> we totally transformed this unit to look like grandma's house. >> rep

the university of chicago. he was released from archdiocese and duties to pursue academic interests in 1965 but remained a priestfor the rest of his life. although he never led a parish he regularly filled in at saint mary the woods church in edge brook and he would lead mass, priest, hear confessions and officiate at weddings and baptisms. what brought him international recognition was his work as a writer and author. he built an international assemblage and fans. of the 60 novels he wrote some were considered scandalous with their portraits of hypocritical and sinful clerics. his clear writing style, consistent themes and celebrity stature made him the leading spokesman for generations of catholics. father greeley enjoyed being a commentator on current affairs. he divided his time between chicago and the university of arizona. he achieved prominence as a journalist writing for the chicago sun times and contributing to american and international publications. his weekly columns touched on all sorts of issues from critiquing the catholic church to the war in iraq. father greeley was unapologetic in a tell it lik