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what's underneath this is the vatican has both a humanitarian and pastoral concern. e humanitarian level they're concerned this could lead to a wider conflict and stroke islamist extremism and they're worried about the christian minority in syria, the population of 22 million. the vatican believes and this is being amplified by what the christians themselves are saying they could become the first victims of regime change. for all those reasons, i think the indications of the vatican are pope francis and his team will continue this diplomatic press to stop the west from going to war. >> interesting, clearly the pope very influential among catholics. one has to wonder, i understand many catholic leaders are taking from his lead and actually sending petitions to members of congress. how influential or how much of a difference is that expected to make? >> yeah. the leaders of the u.s. bishops conference have written both to president obama and to every member of congress to amplify the pope's message. let's roll the clock back 10 years ago. john paul ii we expect will be

from the vatican, pope francis called military action futile. u.s. action could save thousands of lives. meanwhile, the refugee crisis has escalated dramatically. about a third of syria's population has been displaced. more than 2 million people have fled the country and another 4.5 million have left their homes, but remain in syria. the u.n. described the situation as "the great tragedy of this century." we get a religious view now on the possibility of a missile strike on syria, and alternatives to it. kim lawton, our managing editor, joins me for a conversation with father drew christiansen, currently at boston college. he is the former editor of "the jesuit magazine america," newly appointed to the faculty at georgetown university. father, welcome, congratulations on your new appointment. what's the most important reason that you oppose a missile strike against syria? >> well, i think the missile strike doesn't do the most essential thing, which is saving the people of syria. and we could do more if we spent the money we're spending on bombs on ca

alphonso van marsh now on the efforts of pope france to reshape the vatican. >> reporter: it is seen as pope francis' most significant reshuffle yet, replacing cardinal bertone. the longtime secretary of state has widely been blamed for failing to stop the financial mismanagement of the anniversary bank. he was also target bide former pope benedict's butler, in documents alleging bertone was crument. the church historian and author michael walsh says pope francis' move to switch out bertone was not a surprise. >> he had to go because there were too many scandals associated with him. i think pope would have changed him anyway, frankly. >> the new secretary of state is known for humility, frugality and the ability to identify with the man on the street. pope fancis' short reign as pope has been distinguished by his relatively austere lifestyle and common touch with the people. with pietro parolin serving as the second most powerful man in the vatican, pope francis is distancing the church away from the problems that plagued hills predecessor. alphonso van marsh, cbs news, london. >> rep

holy war wasn't really about you know religion it was about extending the power of the papacy of the vatican over a united christian you are up and extending its influence into the middle east into the buys into an empire today after the events of nine eleven we have similarly seen the elevation of this idea. often islamic terrorist who is everywhere around the world and against whom there must be an endless war on terror that gets waged

the question is how much of the blow being applied. >> the vatican signed up to the u.s. convention of the rights of the child back in 1990, but it's taken it 22 years for it to toughen up its own laws against crimes against minors, that comes after years of dealing with the repercussions of the sexual victims of the church. >>> there is a sense it is too little too late. >> i think we are not going to see the catholic church put its hands up and accept full responsibility for all of the abuses that happened all over the world. this is simply a very small step in the right direction. >> as well as the child abuse scandals, the fall out continues to cast its shadow. ex closive scandal e mermed when documents stolen from the pope by his butler were published with allegations of lurid allegations. >> the new legal code states anyone who receives confidential information up to eight years inprisonment and the church may take step towards pulling back credibility changing laws might address that damage if it has the will to abide by its word. vatican city. >> hechtors of rain

>> reporter: the vatican signed up for u.n. convention back in 1990 but has taken it 23 years to toughen up the its own laws on crimes against minors and comes after years of dealing with the reprocushion of the sexual abuse scandals between church. there's a sense that it's too little too late. >> i think that we are reluck rt to put their hands up and accept the responsibility for all the abuses that happened all the world. this is a small step in the right direction. >> reporter: and the fall out from the thraebgs continue to cast its shadow and explosive scandal emergeed when documents stolen from pope benedict xvi from his butler. >> new the new legal state that anyone -p who reveals or receives is confidential information risks up to 8 years in prison as well as a fine. the church may be taking steps towards close back its credibility and changing the laws might address some of that damage if it has to abide by its words. al jazeera, vatican city. >>> hello. we saw the thunderstorms pop up on our map in california. those a

sonya reports. >> reporter: change may be ringing out at the vatican. in recent times the roman catholic church had its share of trouble to deal with. it's reeled from one sexual abuse scandal to the next and faced accusations it did more to cover up the crimes than punish the perpetrators. they're over hauling the legal code, and it has been a point of urgency. the changes only deal with members of the clergy and laypeople that live and work inside the vatican city. most obvious are the changes to laws concerning child abuse, a law with 12 years imprisonment and a hefty fine. >> translator: the church's awareness is changing, but we're not at the point yet where bishops are forced to denounce crimes. the question is how much of the blow will be applied. >> reporter: the vatican signed up to the u.n. convention on the rights of the child back in 1990, but it's taken it 22 years to toughen up its own laws on crimes against minors, an enforcement that comes after years of dealing with the repercussions of the sexual abuse scandals within the church. for th

sonya has this report. >> reporter: change may be ringing out at the vatican. in recent times the roman catholic church has had its share of trouble to deal with. it's reeled from one sexual abuse scandal to the next and faced accusations that it did more to cover up the crimes than punish the perpetrators. pope francis overhauling some of the vatican's archaic legal code is a point of urgency. it only deals with members of the clergy and lay people that live and work inside vatican city. child abuse carrying a punishment of 12 years imprisonment and a hefty fine. >> translator: the church's awareness is changing, but we're not at the point where bishops are forced to denounce crimes. the question is how much of the law will be really implied. >> reporter: the vatican signed up to the u.n. convention, but it took 23 years to toughen up its own laws on crimes against minors, an enforcement after years of dealing with the repercussions of the sexual abuse scandal in the church. among the victims it's a sense it's too little too late. >> i think we're not going to

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the vatican also said retireed pope benedict could join in the ceremony.n july pope francis decided he would canonize the two former popes together. >> the "fast" in fast food is losing stream at the drive through. a study found that average time from order to pickup is 181 seconds, just over three minutes. that is eight seconds slower than last year's average up 173 seconds. the group evacuated seven major chains like taco bell and mcdonald's and chalk it up to more people in the drive through and chains offering more complex orders. chick-fil-a was the slowest with an average time of 2304 seconds. wendy's was the fastest at 134 seconds. >> coming up next the athletes among us who use their brawn to strike a pose. >> today at 3:00 on katie two families struggle with infertility and how they make >> this looks like a standard mug shot but shine a light on this and he grows in the dark. we will explain what causes the transformation. at 5:00, the california epidemic of whooping cough and they know what fuels it. >> something about the glow in the dark? >> a

. >>> and a surprise at the vatican. is this the start of a big shift for the catholic church. >>> and dead calm. is it going to stay that way. >>> and making waves, diana nyad who faces her critics. >>> and a night we will always remember for how it changed everything. nightly news begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. >>> the next moving pieces on syria appear to be in place tonight. and the story changed again today after the american people witnessed a rare event last night, a prime time address to the nation by the president that wasn't what he intended to say originally. it was originally designed to make his case to attack syria for using chemical weapons, but that's on hold. so's the vote in congress. now we see if diplomacy works. the question tonight is how to possibly secure the weapons. prior to departing with kerry for the diplomatic talks in geneva, andrea mitchell starts off tonight. >> reporter: tough words from the president. >> let me

>> reporter: the vatican signed up to the u.n.vention on the rights a child back in 1990, but it took 23 years to toughen up its own laws on crimes against minors, an enforcement that comes after years of dealing with the repercussions of the sexual abuse scandals within the church. but for the victims there is a sense that this is too little too late. >> i think that we're not going to see the catholic church put it's hands up and accept full responsibility for all the abuses that happened all over the world. this is simply very small steps in the right direction. >> reporter: as well as the child abuse scandal, the fallout have the vatileaks scandal happened. papers stolen by his butler were published in the magazine within the highest level of the holy see. now the new legal code states anyone that reveals it risks imprisonment as well as a fine. the church may be taking steps towards pulling back its credibility and changing the laws might redress some of that damage if it has the will to abide by its words. >>> when we come b

how the vatican says it's up for discussion. >> for priests, not parishioners. g a conversation. are they starting a conversation? we'll talk about that. woman: everyone in the nicu -- all the nurses wanted to watch him when he was there 118 days. everything that you thought was important to you changes in light of having a child that needs you every moment. i wouldn't trade him for the world. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. if you're caring for a child with special needs, our innovative special care program offers strategies that can help. >>> welcome back to "around the world." two live events we are waiting on, in a few moments questions about syria starting to come up at white house briefing. you see the white house there. we'll bring that to you live as soon as that starts. >> we are waiting for secretary of state john kerry, the all-important meeting he's been having in geneva with his russian counterpart about syria's chemical weapons and developments coming up in t

majority wanted a strong pope, who would change many things and form the vatican curia and relaunch the catholic church. he's very willing to do so. the catholic people like him very much. that said, inside and outside the vatican, there are those that resist this reform as in every institution, those who prefer to keep things the way they are. >> i'll be back later in the program with more from europe. back to doha for the moment. >>> thank you very much. in a matter of hours large sections of the u.s. government could be shut down. the republican-controlled house is refusing to agree on a budget unless barack obama's landmark health reforms are delayed, but the democrat-controlled senate is likely to reject any delay. if there's no agreement, 800,000 government workers will be sent home without pay. the services at risk include the smithsonian museums and all 368 sites in the national park service system, which could be closed. now, pension and war veterans are likely to see benefits delayed. disability claims could also be hit, and there's likely to be a halt to visa and passport

the vatican spokesman saying he can't remember the last time something like this happened. it's interesting to note the personalities who have been chosen to be canonized on the same day, and the continuity between jan pau john paul iii an xxiii: the vatican spokesman saying there's no reason to have to watch it on television but it's unlikely he'll take a ceremonial role on that day. the thousands and thousands of people, the faithful who will come down here to pray and celebrate john paul ii's life and papacy, a quick note it's interesting apparently into the discussions, they have the canyonization dates. they have a couple of alternatives in the fall and winter. the concerns were so great that the turnout would be so large and roads would be icy and dangerous that it is thought that spring will be the better announcement. >> what is the feeling about this? >> great excitement. john paul ii is seen as the pope of popes in living memory. that may be one of the reasons why his con i don' i don't can o prompt and calling for sainthood now. that is no small part why it was t

does this signal there they're going to be more proactive at the vatican? > i'm sure and i don't know what this says about pope francis. you live and learn. there was too much caution on the past. a terrible price to patience and a gigantic upheaval, and the reputation of the catholic church has suffered a calamitous decline, and something needed to be done. this is the main charge of francis. >> we lost anthea, but the comments that the pope made when he said if a person is gay and he seeks god, who am i to judge him. that changes the tone. >> you never know one minute to the next what what fun and interesting sound bite he's going give. but it does not signify a change in the catholic position, but what i did was give an incredibe remark that is very charming. maybe it's a shift in the tone, and i think it's one that many, many people welcome, actually. >> talking about tone. he adopted the name st. francis of azissi. and he had modest living arrangements. he carries his own luggage. he meets with drug addicts and washes the feet of inmates. this attention

the vatican is recognized as a nation by the united nations and the united states. up until now this largest religious institution as a world this nation state has been organized along entirely patriarchal and male dominated lines to become fully modern it would have to allow women priests and even a woman pope which is pretty unlikely in the near future but allowing priests to marry to bring a woman into a co-equal relationship with priests in their household is an important and powerful first step in breaking down the absolute male domination of the catholic church in our lifetime we've seen this happen in several protestant denominations it's been a good and important step toward a better and more egalitarian world if the catholic church were to take this step is first small step of allowing its priests to marry like it did during the first thousand years of its existence it would be a huge step toward saving the world from the toxic consequences of millennia of male domination. pope francis of surprise the world in so many ways this week we learned that he was g

up first, the vatican and women. a number of remarkable events surrounding the papacy took place this week. most recently, pope emeritus benedict xvi emerged from retirement to respond to criticism of his handling of the priest pedophilia scandalment he denied accusations that he covered up sexual abuse by priests. meanwhile, former father greg reynolds of australia became the first person excommunicated under the papacy of pope francis. he is an outspoken supper of women's ordination and gay marriage. then, there was a slew of publicity and positive reaction from catholics around the world last week to pope francis' remarks criticizing the church in his words he said the church should drop its obsession with devicive issues such as gay rights and abortion and contraception. there was less coverage of his reversal a day later. he lectured catholic object city tricks budget cuts evils of abortion saying every presentingty aborted bears the face of jesus. mercy was this a flip-flop or does pope francis truly want to sta

. >> still to come a shake up at the vatican. y pope francis replaced a top leader of the church. ç] >>> tpoep francis appointed the new top aide. arch bishop is part of a major reshuffleing at the vatican. he's a young experienced vatican diplomate and among one oh of a expected appointment. it's part of pope francis' plan to reform and modernize the papal court. rereplaces batoni and from the former pope benedict. he was caught up in several pretty embarrassing scandals. >>> and ruth baiter made history becoming the first justice in history to officiate a same-sex wedding. she presideed her long time friend. she voted in favor of gay marriage during the ruling that repealed the defense of marriage act in june. >> and di ana is back in the swim. the 64-year-old is once again trying to swim from cuba to florida. this is now niya's 5th attempt at the 103-mile crossing. previous efforts have been cut short by jelly fish stings. if she encounters them again. niya says she will put on a body suit and face mask and keep on swimming. th

at the vatican, thousands joined pope francis at a prayer vigil for peace. in washington, cardinal timothy dolan, head of the u.s. bishops' conference warned against a military strike. >> we've learned the hard way, violence spurs more violence. most times, it's the innocent people. many of them, they pay the worst price. >> kim lawton, our managing editor joins me to talk about the moral considerations regarding syria with william galston, a senior fellow at the brookings institution in washington. bill, welcome. what would be so bad about saying okay, we're not going to send any missile strikes into syria. and you, give up all your chemical weapons in return? isn't that a pretty good deal? >> at the end of the day, those two issues may be linked. but right now, as secretary kerry has rightly said, it is only the threat of force that has brought the syrians to this point. a point that they have resisted for decades. have not been a signatory to the chemical weapons convention until, until the past few days. so that it is unrealistic to foreswear the use of f

pap si, he's preached loudest with gestures drawing tens of thousands to his weekly appearance in the vatican. and millions in rio, his first overseas trip. he spells out his vision of the catholic. in a frank interview published in "america requests. we cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and the use of contra september ive methods. the church must not be obsessed with the issues. we have to find a new balance. otherwise the moral edifice of the church is likely to fall like a house of cards. this pope is focused on peace leading a prayer vigil for syria. highlights the plight of immigrants. this interview follows his press conference in july on the flight from rio when he said who am i to judge when asked about a gay priest. now speaking about all gays, the pope said "when god looks at a gay person does he endorse with love or reject and condemn this person? we must always consider the pers person." few expect radical change. >> that was ann thompson report i ing. >>> looking to usher in a new era of diplomacy between washington and tehran. according to "the new y

. >>> the vatican announces a day for the sainthood of two popes. the pontiffs behind the modernization of the church will be honored. we'll have details coming up next. on inside story, we bring together unexpected voices closest to the story, invite hard-hitting debate and desenting views and always explore issues relevant to you. >>> welcome back to al jazeera. i'm thomas dreden. >>> a congressional tug-of-war could shut down the government at midnight. the senate debates starts less than an hour from now. >>> syria took its turn at the u.n. general assembly. the foreign minister claimed there's no civil war, only a war against terrorism. >>> the second phase of the bp trial is under way in new orleans. billions of dollars are at stake. the company is trying to avoid as much as $18 billion in fines after a rig explosion in 2010 killed 11 people. the focus in this phase of the trial will be bp's response to the disaster. >>> a possible turkey day treat from twitter. the social media company reportedly is set to file papers this week to sell stock

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. >>> big news from the vatican today. pope francis says he will grant sainthood to two -- two former popes. >> alphonso van marsh has more on how this decision is somewhat against the rules. >> catholics rallied for pope john paul ii to be named a saint less than a week after his death. >> in the 2005 the funeral, they chanted, sainthood now. eight years later, pope francis said to the date as he met with cardinals in rome. >> next april, francis will canonize pope john paul ii and pope john xxiii. appointing two popes saints in one day is a vatican first. in another first, two popes may participate in the ceremony. a vatican spokesman says he does not see any reason why retired pope benedict would not attend. catholics and john paul ii's native poland said this is news they have been waiting for. >> she says, we already know the teachings of john paul ii. it will be a good time to learn the teachings of john the 23rd. church rules say that to become a saint, somebody must have performed two miracles. in july, pope francis

in a candid interview, a publication which has the vatican's blessing shied away from speaking about church's moral teachings on gay marriage and abortion. >> reporter: a stark contrast from his predecessor. pope benedict xvi pope benedict. >> reporter: his remarks echo the same ones he made from his first foreign trip in which he said that someone is gay, who aim to judge? we have to find a new balance otherwise even the moral of the church is likely to fall like a house of cards losing the freshness and fragrance of the gospel. >> it's time for people and have been oergd what it means when kacatholics are leaving the church. when you have a leader like this, you have to wonder what's going on and people will be more interested in what they believe. >> reporter: pope francis' remarks aren't changing the policies of the catholic church but the tone is decidely different. al jazeera. >>> earlier night t-rbg our colleague spoke to father matt malone, editor and chief of "americas" one of two publication involved in putting together in interview. what his comments mean for catholic teach

pope john the 23rd was the one who convened the very important vatican two conference in the 60s, and john paul the second taking that modern church and affecting the world in such a way as he did, but helping the fall of communism and some of the other special efforts that he did globally. it is seen here that this is a way to draw a line from john the 23rd to john paul the second, now whether or not we see pope francis also taking the church in a radical different new direction, that's yet to be seen, but there's a moment here where the vatican and pope francis wants to recognize a linear growth. >> okay. phil, for us in rome. appreciate it. thank you. >>> now you see the white house correspondents there getting ready to do stand-ups for their respective networks. i am assuming we're waiting for the two-minute warning on this. mike viqueira is standing by as well. mike this was a bit of a surprise. this was added to the president's schedule rather lay is my understanding. >> right. we learned about it less than an hour ago, so it was a bit of a surprise. chiefly because we are going

this is the friendly face of the vatican, the people's pope. telling the faithful enjoy your sunday have a good lunch. he stepped out of the church and into the street like any ordinary priest catching nervous security guards offguard. one had to hold back an over enthusiastic nun. and when 1,400 harley davidson motorcycles lined a route in rome, pope francis came along and blessed them all, and their owners. he was mobbed during his visit to brazil where the beaches of rio turned into a carnival of the faithful. but that spirit and spontaneity, openness andin inclusion has courted controversy. extending an olive branch to the gay version if someone is gay and searches for the lord who am i. just six months into his papacy he's already being described as one of the most progressive popes in modern times. for "cbs this morning," charlie d'agata. london. >> fascinating. i think this pope is going to make more news as he continues to reform the vatican and try and be the people's pope. >> and that's a sense people like him. >> absolutely. absolute

>> i think you have to go with the vatican's denial. tandable and people think he might do that and this is a pope that picks up the phone all the time and calls people out of the blue. with the proven capacity to do the unusual, it is possible he may do something unusual here. what is more likely is that francis would do what john paul did in 2003 which is dispatch personal emissaries. in that place he dispatched one cardinal to george bush and another to saddam hussein in iraq trying to persuade them to come to a peaceful resolution. it is entirely possible we may see france do something like this this time as well? we'll be being watching. thanks. appreciate it. ahead on newsroom selling syria, not all americans buying the idea and the same true for congress as debate over military action is heating up. [ female announcer ] you tweeted, posted and cheered about yoplait's fall favorites. so we brought pumpkin pie and apple crisp back for a limited time. see? you really do call the shots. ♪ yoplait. it is so good. [ crashing ] [ male an

directly to american magazine and directly to rome ask we published it without censorship with the vaticaneaucracy. he is speaking i think directly to the people of god and he is saying to the people in the pews and saying any reform, any change in the church that is to come or not to come, it has to begin with a change in our hearts. it has to begin with the reform of our attitudes. and the first way that you begin that change and that reform is by remembering who you are, and the people in this interview is reminding us who we are and in a very candid way revealing who he is. >> yes, i just want to ask you about that briefly because he also mentions some of his loves, mozart, dostoevsky, and that was interesting to hear him talking about his artistic influences. >> and even wagner, he has quite eclectic tastes. that's absolutely true. you know, he is a man of the heart. so he is attracted to -- he is attracted to the affairs of the heart. and you know, the comedy and tragedy of human living. and he finds that in those artists. >> father matt malone of american magazine. thank you very mu

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. >>> big news from the vatican came just hours ago. pope john paul ii, pope john 23rd will both be declared saints, two of the 20th centuries most influential popes. the announcement from the vatican came from pope francis. it came after he met with cardinals at the vatican. the historic ceremony now scheduled to take place in april. this will be the first time two popes will become saints at the same time. >>> 5:18 is the time right now. let's check back in with sal for a look at the monday morning commute. >> a little wet out there, pam and dave. nothing major but just a little bit is what causes traffic, sometimes causes slowdowns and sometimes unfortunately causes collisions. let's see what we have looking at the bay bridge westbound. looks pretty good. no major problems coming across into san francisco as we look at commute on the san mateo bridge. that commute looks good so far. we haven't had any major problems. we had a couple of minor fender benders here on city treats and some of the major roads but right now we're still looki

we got the colosseum and we got at the vatican and the 6'8 black guy. oh, mamma mia, that's lebron james! >> lebron james is on his honeymoon right now. he's over in rome. they are out sightseeing but all of the other tourists are sightseeing lebron james. >> would think they never saw a giant black man in front of the national monument to the first king of unified italy. >> all of the people are taking a picture of lebron james, not the huge cool building they should take a photo of. >> they like lebron, hey? but they have to relax. it's not like he's going to dance for them or anything. oh, no, here goes. >> guy a serious funky chicken leg for him. the guy can move for a big guy. >> his wife takes him to the tour he's not into. >> boring and on the honeymoon! bringing him to places that are famous. >> i didn't see that! >> i hate women! >> we're in italy. make you look at this [bleep] stupid, women! >> hey, he loves women! he just has a horribly way of showing it. one last thing about lebron. somewhere are we sure they know who lebron james is? >> the

and there's talk about the holy spring being sanctified by the vatican. appens, the sky's the limit. does the name "michael lannon" mean anything to you? can't say that it does, no. and do you recognize any of these names? we found them in therese's room. no. are you sure? take your time. look, i know you're only doing your job, but i'm trying to do mine, and this isn't exactly good for business. so, if you don't mind... that man is obsessed with money. and promoting a holy spring with women in bikinis? i wonder what sister anne would say. do not mention bikinis and sister anne in the same sentence. conjures up a very powerful image. hang on. whoa, whoa. what? i saw a photo of that woman on his desk. i think i know her from somewhere. you know her like that? drive. yeah. so, daryl dexter is suspect number one. he obviously knew therese. why else would she be scared of him? yes, he lied about knowing her, so what does he have to hide? maybe he and therese were lovers. maybe he's the michael lannon who bought the plane tickets. i haven't found anyone of that

francis, the way he's living his life, living in the guesthouse in the vatican instead of the luxurypartments. carrying his own bags. these are all small things but they add up to a big message that the way i live is a reflection of the gospel. while the pope had a lot of words in this interview today, the way he exemplifies what it means to be a catholic, what it means to be a christian, resignate s around the world. >> in a poll of catholics say 62% catholics say it should be legal. and on abortion. 36% believe it should be available. and 28% should b believ believe it should be available under strict limits. and father mitch, how do you think the american catholics are going to receive this message from the pope? >> well, it depends on if they look at it through the lens of some of the secular media who try to say that none of this matters any more. or if they look at his words and see that we have to begin with that more basic gospel of jesus christ, and that love of him, that relationship with him understand his mercy in that as sinners we move forward in a relationship that ma

. >> the vatican announces a day for the sainthood of two popes. we'll explain why there will be a dual cano canonization. now he's claiming for the first time that they've carried out attacks and chemical weapons that were supplied by regional governments and by western governments. there were familiar lines in the speech that we heard from the syrian government many times before. he even compared what's going on inside syria with the events here 12 years ago in new york. during 9:11. >> what can you tell us-- >> ladies and gentlemen, this is not a civil war. there is no civil war in syria, but it is a war agains that rece no, sir values, no justice no, equality, thi my country requirs the international community to act in accordance with relevant resolutions and counterterrorismism. >> other important developments, following that chemical weapons resolution passed by the security council on friday, there is some hope now that with the agreement between the west and russia they can do something about the humanitariantation. u.n. officials for mont

there were protests in the vatican, and here in the bay area. abc7 news reporter colonel bernard has more. >> the message at that small rally in justin herman plaza was clear. these people oppose the idea of u.s. military airstrike against syria. an hour later it grew into a large protest march. [chanting] >> this is not what the american people want, war in syria. >> it's like people have forgotten the last ten years. >> the march made its way to united nations plaza on market street. there was another rally going on with a different message. these syrian americans are urging the u.s. to stop the use of chemical weapons by the syrian government against innocent civilians. it's like cancer and the cancer growing. we need to come in and stop the cancer. that's what we are asking, we are asking for a streak. we aren't asking for u.s. boots on the ground. >> with a could possibly go wrong with dropping bombs on syria? >> one was dressed as mean orty leader nancy pelosi outside an event where the real pelosi was giving a speech. this demonstrator go

there were demonstrations at the vatican, in morning and in the bay area. protesters camped out in front of senator dianne feinstein's house. cornell bernard has more. >> the message at this small noon-time rally at justin herman plaza was clear. these people oppose the idea of u.s. military air strikes against syria. an hour later the rally grew into a large protest march on market street. >> this is not -- this is not what the american people want, a war in syria. >> i feel like people had forgotten like the last ten years. >> this march made its way to united nations plaza. meantime at union square there was another rally going on with a much different message. these syrian americans are urging the u.s. to stop the u.s. of chemical weapons by the syrian government against innocent civilians. >> it's like cancer and the cancer growing. we need to come in and stop the cans, he. that's what we are asking, we are asking for a strike, not for boots on the ground. >> what could possibly go wrong with dropping bombs on syria? >> one protester was dressed like n

but also we -- actually the text was not approved by the vatican. it was approved by the pope himself. we transcribed it, brought it back to him and he read it in italian with the journalist and said, yes, that's what i said. go ahead. i thought of it more as confirming with the interviewee that we had accurately recorded what he had said rather than seeking his approval. you can see the distinction. >> there were so many revealing things in this lengthy interview. obviously one of the points that made worldwide headlines was when pope francis said -- when asked about homosexuality, tell me when god looks at the gay person does he endorse the existence of this person or reject and condemn this person? we must always consider the person. why did that in your view strike such a cord? >> well, because it is a real shift in emphasis. the church in the modern era has taught gay and lesbian people ought to be respected and their dignity ought to be cherished and welcomed in the church. what pope francis said thalz ns not only an aspect of the church's teac

there were demonstrations at the vatican, in morning and in the bay area. protesters camped out in front of senator dianne feinstein's house. cornell bernard has more. >> the message at this small noon-time rally at justin herman plaza was clear. these people oppose the idea of u.s. military air strikes against syria. an hour later the rally grew into a large protest march on market street. >> we won't take a no more! >> this is not -- this is not what the american people want, a war in syria. >> i feel like people had forgotten like the last ten years. >> this march made its way to united nations plaza. meantime at union square there was another rally going on with a much different message. >> stop the -- these syrian americans are urging the u.s. to stop the u.s. of chemical weapons by the syrian government against innocent civilians. the assad regime, the dictatorship, it's like cancer and the cancer is growing. we need to come in and stop the cancer. that's what we are asking. we are asking for a strike, not for boots on the ground. >> what could possib

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unitedhealthcare. ♪ lou: what is going on in the vatican? g the catholic church is to find a new balance on issues like gay marriage an abortion. or he says it may fall like a house of cards. joining us, fox is religion contributor. what is this pope doing? lets start. >> that's a good start. lou: ." sometimes locks itself up in small things, a small minded rules, the most important thing is the first proclamation. jesus christ has saved you and the ministers of the church must be ministers above all. that is so eloquent and powerful. what is he -- where is he going? >> and it lends itself to misinterpretation. what he said was the church should not insist only on these issues. like gay marriage, abortion. but he knows that it lends itself to misinterpretation, and he says i am willing to take that risk. he is saying their is a danger also in speaking the truth. the focus of the gospel message as he sees it is not proclaimed. and so he says, i am choosing to alk about mercy. and he even said that people have reprimanded him. imagine people re