the vatican and many american nuns. in april, the vatican accused the umbrella group that represents the majority of u.s. nuns of "doctrinal confusion." yet many of these sisters say they are just following the spirit of vatican ii. kim lawton has our special report. >> reporter: in washington, d.c., sister maureen fiedler hosts the public radio program "interfaith voices." she tries to broaden interreligious understanding in order to further justice and peace. values she says come straight from her roman catholic faith. >> this isn't something peripheral. this is central to the preaching of the gospel. >> reporter: fiedler entered religious life 50 years ago, just before vatican ii got under way. she says the spirit of the vatican meetings had a profound impact on how she viewed her calling. >> the second vatican council had a marvelous document called the church in the modern world which basically underlined the message of justice and peace in the gospel. >> reporter: fiedler became involved in a series of social just

yet on your way to retirement in your letters in at the vatican. i wanted to ask you about that your 76 you just had your birthday and i thought 75 was a long time does a lot for priests and bishops to give. >>> i think it is in quite frankly here in the archdiocesan sent to cisco retirement ages 70 with no questions asked the can retire and the vatican has sent the age for retirement of bishops in 75 if there's illness they take that into consideration. but they will require at 75 and week and urged the aces will do that to the priest may retire at 70. and my understanding with people living longer and staying healthy longer and even people in terms of national policy and recommendations about social security. they're considering retirement to be raised a few months later with every year there we go forward. i even hear secondly the other questions about what should determine be. >>> i want to ask you 70 is a long time to give a lot of priests ordained what we call lifers 25 in 50 years generally and their 75 years old sometimes we don't realize h

and together, with me and my sister patrolling the streets, the vatican's going to think twice about picking on the wrong people ever again. >> roman catholic bishops are investigating the girl scouts. bishops are concerned that some of the organization's programs contradict the church's views on contraception and abortion. >> reporter: are you ( bleep ) ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: welcome back. my guests tonight, oh, very funny abtors. their new movie is called "the campaign." >campaign. ." >> whoa. you little... ♪ my country tis of thee. ♪ sweet land of liberty ♪ ( laughter ). >> jon: please welcome back to the show zach galfianakis and will ferrell. ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: some grains of rice if you want to-- if you want to eat up there. >> is this our swag? >> jon: that's your gift bag and i've been hatching those during the entire program. first of all, it's great toy see you guys again. the movie, i haven't seen it, but i've heard. no, it's great. it's-- it's it's hilarious. you guys are great. tell me about being on so the together. that must have been-- that must

and together, with me and my sister patrolling the streets, the vatican's going to think twice aboutking on the wrong people ever again. >> roman catholic bishops are investigating the girl scouts. bishops are concerned that some of the organization's programs contradict the church's views on contraception and abortion. >> reporter: are you ( bleep ) so jack, why'd you wanna have me in your commercial you kiddin, brad? you're an all-american country music superstar! and this is my all-american jack combo! -a no-nonsense burger with two 100% beef patties, melting cheese, lettuce, and tomato, plus it comes with fries and a drink for just $4.99. what's more all-american than you? oh, i dunno... bald eagles? baseball? monster trucks? toddler pageants? spray tans? - really? dog sweaters? ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: welcome back. my guests tonight, oh, very funny abtors. their new movie is called "the campaign." >campaign. ." >> whoa. you little... ♪ my country tis of thee. ♪ sweet land of liberty ♪ ( laughter ). >> jon: please welcome back to the show zach galfianakis and will ferrell

and together, with me and my sister patrolling the streets, the vatican's going to think twice abouticking on the wrong people ever again. >> roman catholic bishops are investigating the girl scouts. bishops are concerned that some of the organization's programs contradict the church's views on contraception and abortion. >> reporter: are you ( bleep ) i read an article... well, i read the majority of an article online about how older people are becoming more and more antisocial, so i was really aggressive with my parents about joining facebook. my parents are up to 19 friends now? so sad. ♪ i have 687 friends. this is living. what!? that is not a real puppy. that's too small to be a real puppy. [ male announcer ] venza. from toyota. the file? e announcer ] venza. no tina? no still waiting in pittsburgh. thank you pittsburgh. terry? noo are you sure? yes. i got it. way to go jim! what is going on in there? beats me.here's that file. got it. righteous. share files instantly, only on the galaxy s3. available at sprint. ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: welcome back. my guests tonight, oh

and you're on your way to retirement and the letter is and that the vatican. and what ask you about 75. 76 now and it was thought 75 was a long time. i always thought thought that was a lot for priests and bishops to give. >>> quite frankly here in the archdiocese and synthesis coup retirement age to 78 can retired with the questions asked. if there's bill on this if your kid take that into consideration the can't handle the duties and the mark and alex up to resignation but they will require had 75 hot but you may retire at 70. my understanding is the people living under and staying healthy longer even people in terms of national policy and recommendations about south's security are considering retirement to be least a few months later with every year that you go forward. and they even here speculate that there are questions about your retirement should be at. >>> the above its long time to give a lot of priests ordained but sometimes we don't realize how long a time priest served and continue to serve. the the 70 and 75 is a long time. >>> i understand that

the vatican. >> reporter: was that true? >> i was like a credit company that wanted to go to the different diocese and make an officer to buy rels from them was. >> reporter: whether it was the accent or photos like this, investigators bought into it. billion snare and close friend of former president bill clinton. he went into business with rafael, investing 105 million dollars in the group to buy properties from the church. the partnership provided rafael with a big bank account and a new social circle. soon he was spending $97,000 on a private plane to take him and hathaway to the dominican republic, where they spent knew year's eve with clinton. >> let's give him a big hand. >> he went to president clinton's global initiative conference and pledged to spend $1 million vaccinating children. >> while she was living the life tile of a billionaire businessman, he was paying the bills with other people's money. $7,000 a month for a penthouse apartment, $16,000 on a few nights at this hotel in rome. he used investors money for

is the vatican afraid of the nuns? if they're afraid or not, but we certainly were stunned that they should identify us as keeping to our mission. we at network were founded 40 years ago by 47 catholic sisters. in response to a vatican document that said care for people who are at the margins, care for people in poverty and do it by direct service but also engage in the political conversation making law. so that's why we were founded. so we've only been faithful. but then to have us criticized i think really, though, when i looked at the dates of the various documents that went in to create it, what it really was was some of the bishops were upset with us for the position we took about the affordable care act that passed. and i wrote the letter that 59 catholic sisters were leaders of their congregations signed supporting the affordable care act. and some of the bishop's staff continued to oppose the act, itself, and while our position has won out in the courts, that's not -- it's a hollow victory. what we really want

city in taiwan but what's the political weight of places like vatican city or thai well how can you compare twenty three foreign states with the political weight of argentina brazil or euro quietly our neighbors and brotherly states with whom we've been maintaining commercial diplomatic and political relations in the morning what is the position of the church in this matter mean for you as a bill of rights. i believe that in politics reality is the most important aspect of the vatican's decision may well be symbolic but as i've said it has no real weight from the diplomatic commercial cultural and political viewpoints even compared to a country as small as europe why he organized recognition is much more significant than that of any other country including the e.u. but for that i look at that so what are the media doing with their reporting what is the role of the media here and para why because of that i mean one thing which drew our attention here in our city on is that the political situation in the countries that are being talked about much you know why in society you were react

really inside the vatican.ter was working. it took me sort of backwards to jerusalem, backwards in time and into the secret tunnels underneath the old city. >> he's inside your head. you talk as gabriel. >> he's like us -- to me, he's like sitting around here. not just gabriel, but the characters around him. he has a wonderful supporting cast of supporting characters around him. not just israeli spies. he has friends in the vatican, in london, art dealers, art thieves, a lovely wife. don't forget the wife. never forget the wife. >> i seem to recall in one of your books you had a character named nora. >> what was she like? >> she was so horrendous to her husband that she drove him -- >> how long have you known each other? >> about 20 years. >> so horrendous to her husband -- >> was he a chef? >> no a cia officer who sold his soul to get away from nora. >> thanks a lot. >> if you were casting gabriel, who would you cast? >> charlie rose. i think that you are -- >> that's what i need. another job. >> an assassin,

chanting and the parody is something like if anyone is old enough to remember and the mouse before vatican two and you don't understand anything and it's mumbo jump bow and this is a parody of that. the second and third pieces before the intermission i will not introduce. i think the program notes are sufficient and rather than lecture i would much rather you enjoy the performance. the one thing i would like to emphasize about the first piece this is indeed a comic piece and in most instances westerners have a great problem when they come to a concert of classical music and view it as this is supposed to be serious music. this is not serious music and i would ask to you laugh. you are welcome to laugh. you may laugh. you need to practice laughing. we can progress -- all right. now, for those of you that find laughing difficult ladies and gentlemens you can at this timtiter in a nice way andf you want to be butch about it do the manly thought. please this isn't a work of aesthetic value it should be seen as humorous. as i of practicing this piece i can assure you and my ability for tongue t

. >> do those poll numbers matter to the pope, to the vatican?ould this be a seminal moment when it comes to birth control? >> i don't think it matters much to the pope and the high hierarc hierarchy. a lot of people were surprised in 1968 when the vatican reaffirmed the ban on birth control. a lot of catholics have left the american church. one in ten american s a former catholic. still the catholic church has taken steps as recently as last month to repremand america's nuns for giving a platform for radical feminism. there's no indication that the pope or the vatican is concerned about the views of american women on this issue. >> with numbers like that maybe they should be. nice to see you. have a lovely weekend. >> thank you. >> you can see more of the interview with melinda gates. it's coming up this weekend tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. eastern and sunday at 7:30 a.m. eastern. >>> cheers mr. president. there he is enjoying a cold one. little happy hour on the campaign trail. he is definitely not the first to do so. what is the history of campaignin

. >> even the vatican struggles in a bad economy.e is linda bell from bloomberg news. >> everybody's struggling in this tough economy. the vatican reported a deficit of $18.5 million last year. market amturmoil added extra cost to fund its media. six flags has been on their own roller-coaster ride since filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2009. much of its heavy debt load has been reduced and the company is riding high once again. whether or not you are headed to six blacks ticket prices have been getting higher. it says it has consistently and boosted ticket prices successfully and despite the tough economy. spending on everything from wedding gowns, venues food, and liquor has held fairly close to pre recession levels. parents, relatives, and friends are chipping in more toward the wedding cost for the bride and groom. that is business news. live a bloomberg headquarters in new york, linda bell reporting for abc 7 news. have a great weekend. >> the same to you. >> in coin to be a hot weekend. >> tomorrow will be even hotter than to

the vatican is weighing in, that some american nuns are too outspoken on social justice issues. natural disasters can best and worst in people. how to avoid getting ripped off. arch campbell goes to the movies. >> what's a day we had. 105 degrees at reagan. temperatures tomorrow, not quite as warm. >> many are still cleaning up in of the storm. con artists are on the prowl offering to do a job that will never gets done. we show you the warning signs. >> as resident scramble to hire skimmershaul in.hoping to cash license landscapers says his hook.is ringing off the >> there are some people that are not licensed. they're going to gouge people. sometimes, they will do a good job, and sometimes they will lot. taking a risk. >> official said the victims are typically the elderly. the consuming public has to be very careful. >> consumer fraud skyrockets after big storms. not just from con artists. >> you see folks doing a bad job. >> that is why it is important several bids before making any big decisions. >> we have bids from a large number of firms. latest car safety good markse get

labs of the vatican, got to go and see what they looked like. old city of jerusalem in the tunnels down there. >> inside the vatican. >> when you're a writer it's great when you sell a lot of books. it's also nice when prominent people give you a shout out. bill clinton was on this show and talked about being a huge fan of your character. he says he thinks it's his favorite fictional character. that had to feel good? >> it feels good every time people say that to me. i have a great deal of respect for bill clinton. he's a voracious reader. knows more about the middle east than any statesman alive. if i did something to make him feel real to him, i must have done something right. >> let's do something for other authors. you've decided to give us your three sizzling summer reads. one in each different category. let's start with what you're recommending to our viewers in the at the beach category. >> impeachment of abraham lincoln by stephen l. carter, great writer, legal mind. perfect person to write this book. >> next category is for a rainy day.

this book opens, gable is restoring a masterpiece at the vatican when a curator from the vatican museumvestigate her death by the vatican and his investigation leads him into the world of antiquities smuggling, into the terror finance network of hezbollah, and eventually into a plot to bring about a terrorist attack that could truly bring about a war in the middle east of apocalyptic proportions. >> when working on a book like this, however do you get out of the basement and gray slippers and blue sweat pants and go to the vatican, to the old city, big part of this book and try to gather scenery, meet characters and limit and feel -- >> the summer before. so when i did this book, i spent a month in rome in the vatican and jerusalem in the old city. i spent as much time on scene as possible. gabriel was working in the restoration labs at the vatican. i went into the ves tore rags -- restoration labs of the vatican. gabriel was working in effect for the pope. i spent as much time as possible around the pope. processed through the streets of rome behind the pope on the feast of corpus chri

going against the vatican and teachings of your own religion.aking it her life's mission to make sure all women have birth control. our dr. sanjay gupta spoke with melinda gates howe about how tough it is to deal with critics who say her organization violates sanctity. >> if you were meeting with the pope, what would you tell him. >> i would tell him this is right for all women. if you believe in helping poor women, if you believe in children living and thriving, i think this is a necessary tool in this day and age. >> to hear more about this catholic controversy as it all unfolds watch sanjay gupta m.d. tonight or tomorrow morning at 7:bo eastern. >>> young, healthy and willing but the red cross doesn't want their blood. why? because they are gay. lawmakers are now trying to change that. and real life girl power, a 14-year-old makes it her mission to stop photo shopping models in teen magazine. how her effort made one magazine promise to put honest pictures of women. >>> first "your bottom line" with christine romans starts right now. >>> good

about the world's financial system being controlled by six illuminati members in the basement of the vatican. (laughter) it's actually just 16 london lunch buddies. (laughter) just out of curiosity, what would public e-mails look like with a scheme such as this? >> traders e-mailing each other saying "hey, i really need you to... i really need my rates to come in at a certain rate. if it doesn't happen i'm going to get killed." (laughter) >> jon: so these e-mails, traders for these banks would call up the bank official charged with reporting their bank's libor borrowing rate and ask these individuals to lie. just a little. about the rate. what do e-mails look like post-lye. >> quote, dude, i owe you big time. come over after work and i'm opening a bottle of bollinger. >>" >> when i write a book about this your name will be in golden letters. the reply from london? "i would prefer this not be in any book." (applause) >> jon: how would you feel about it being in an indictment? (laughter) who who is running these banks? how does this happen? >> rich richie, he is probably the most senior person

the vatican made it official today that he will take over the half million strong san francisco archdiocese october 4th. this will not be without controversy. the father is known to be backer of prop 8, the ban on same-sex in california and he was not shy about explaining why. >> marriage is the union of a man and woman because children can only come about through the embrace of a man and woman. >> the archbishop is retiring after being here since 2006. he has had health problems recently, notably he had chest pains in southern california and had a double bypass operation. by cannon law he has reached 75 and at 75 archbishops have to retire, part of the reason for the transition. once again the archbishop, the future archbishop will be installed october 4th. eric thomas, abc7 news. >>> san francisco mayor ed lee has delayed a city leader to come out against chick-fil-a he wants the chain to stay away from the city after the ceo took a public stance against same-sex marriage. the mayors of chicago and boston made similar comments. gay rights advocates across the nation have been protesting o

the vatican announced he is the selection for archbishop overseeing three counties, san francisco, san mateo and marin. 56-year-old pastor is staunch supporter of prop 8. >> marriage is the union of a man and woman because children can only come about through the embrace of a man and a woman. >> i think every child deserves loving parents. it has a to do with their ability to love and care for a child. >> carolyn: the bishop will be installed in october. >> dan: big day on wall street as the dow jones went above the 13,000 mark since may. facebook dropped over 11% today closing at 23.70. that equals a one billion dollar loss for mark zuckerberg. he is still one of the 72 richest people in the world. apple is said to be in talks with twitter recently about making a strategic investment. they say the investment could be in the hundreds of millions of dollars. it could put the value of twitter at more than $10 billion. it's worth about 8.5 billion now. apple has been a big success in selling phones and tablets but little traction in social media. >> a disturbing discovery. what a woman fo

the vatican announced he is the selection for archbishop overseeing three counties, san francisco, san mateo and marin. 56-year-old pastor is staunch supporter of prop 8. >> marriage is the union of a man and woman because children can only come about through the embrace of a man and a woman. >> i think every child deserves loving parents. it has a to do with their ability to love and care for a child. >> carolyn: the bishop will be installed in october. >> dan: big day on wall street as the dow jones went above the 13,000 mark since may. facebook dropped over 11% today closing at 23.70. that equals a one billion dollar loss for mark zuckerberg. he is still one of the 72 richest people in the world. apple is said to be in talks with twitter recently about making a strategic investment. they say the investment could be in the hundreds of millions of dollars. it could put the value of twitter at more than $10 billion. it's worth about 8.5 billion now. apple has been a big success in selling phones and tablets but little traction in social media. >> a disturbing discovery. what a woman fo

>>> what's the future of california state parks and updates and as the vatican's current as the work of nuns there's an exhibit in sacramento telling the story in america. we to local fashion " that turned to a passion for style into a daily block with the following. >>> woke up a two day area focus the california budget cuts of made state parks your uncertain future. the '70s the parts were about to close on july 1st. the dish a private donors and nonprofits and a few other sources there's been a temporary reprieve. the question is for how long and what's needed to keep this beautiful natural landmarks open. here with an update jury the director of communications for the california state parks and foundation. i was surprised to think of as driving somewhere somewhere when i heard this and everybody thought it can't be serious digit are rethinking what happened? >>> is the series of threats over the years climb back to the governors schwarzenegger when he proposed the close of 200. but this time round because of the economic situation and the budget situation in the state was very se

i mean, that's why every person has human dignity, but the fact is that the vatican, pope benedict xvinizes that things like health care are a right of all individuals in a modern society. and those rights evolve over time. we work it out from what human dignity is, and then you apply it in the current circumstance. so a right to health care is very much at the core of catholic social teaching. >> e.j., this seems to be a critical point here, where some catholics take firm scripture, from the life of jesus christ, that they should participate in a generous way through government in social programs. and others say, no, no, because this was the work of jesus christ, it had nothing to do with government and there's nothing in the life and work of jesus christ to indicate how government should run. >> but jesus actually was someone who has a rebel against authority, in so many ways in his own time. i think it's a mistake to try to divorce jesus from politics or jesus from the political situation that he was in. there is a real debate. i think you put it properly, among christians, over whe

peon society his own currency of his own democracy his own nations we could form a new force in the vatican army namely a sort of alliance of nations the european alliance of nations so this is my hope for the future thank you very much for your time. wealthy british style stock. market. can. find out what's really happening to the global economy. for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines to report. in full started here before going global that's now pulling wire. choose your place take your stuff. that. makes your statement. spread the word. coupon through the long. secret laboratory was able to build the world's most sophisticated robots which fortunately dorna found anything tim's mission to teach me. to care about humans and. this is why you should care only dot com. welcome to the future of science technology innovation all the as developments from around russia. the future covered. thank you very much for a while come along to the sports headlines here is what's coming out european to prepare for their first ever competitive europa league match put away from dr ston

catholic priests have collected samples so the vatican can investigate. >>> in sports news this morning, the second half of baseball's regular season gets under way this afternoon when arizona visits the chicago cubs. your home. >> wrigley field. >> as for olympic warm-up games, some highlights, now, from espn. >> good morning. and welcome to your "sportscenter" update. i'm zubin mehenti, the latest dream team going for gold. lebron and company had to do it without blake griffin. lbj's jumping ability, never in question. seven in the first half, taking on the dominicans who had nine first half field goals. durant had eight himself in las vegas. back in '92, the year of the original dream team, kobe was the only member of the squad that was old enough to be a teenager. durant, best player on the floor, bar none thursday night. 21 in the first half. he was a mere 3 when the '92 team stormed through barcelona. team usa, up 23 at the half. third quarter, check this out. lebron, the nifty feed to derron williams. one of his three assists. usa, rolling. and then, one of four u.s. players in d

he worked in the vatican in the late 1990s and became an auxiliary bishop in 2002 and was appointed bishop of oakland then and will be installed october 4th. >>> a memorial continues to grow for a couple as police search for their killer. [ singing ] >> last night friends and family held a vigil for marybel and pedro jimenez, shot and killed monday night. their three young children were home at the time. >> now all three have been orphaned and will go up without parents and the officers are taking it hard. >> the suspect in the case is 31-year-old pedro medina, the former boyfriend, he may be driving a black nissan maxima, with license plate 6-t-i w-691. >>> new at noon a san francisco judge this morning scheduled september 14th for a hearing in the case of a bicyclist facing felony charges in the death of a pedestrian. christopher vacarey is charged with vehicular manslaughter, prosecutors say he ran down a 71-year-old man in march. the assistant district attorney refused to go along with his request to be absent for his next hearing. >> this is a form of homicide, an innocent man crossin

the vatican made it official today that he will take over the half million strong san francisco archdiocese october 4th. this will not be without controversy. the father is known to be backer of prop 8, the ban on same-sex in california and he was not shy about explaining why. >> marriage is the union of a man and woman because children can only come about through the embrace of a man and woman. >> the archbishop is retiring after being here since 2006. he has had health problems recently, notably he had chest pains in southern california and had a double bypass operation. by cannon law he has reached 75 and at 75 archbishops have to retire, part of the reason for the transition. once again the archbishop, the future archbishop will be installed october 4th. eric thomas, abc7 news. >>> san francisco mayor ed lee has delayed a city leader to come out against chick-fil-a he wants the chain to stay away from the city after the ceo took a public stance against same-sex marriage. the mayors of chicago and boston made similar comments. gay rights advocates across the nation have been protesting o