. >> many people, the cardinal archbishop vigano letter was a shock. he alleges the pope was alleged of the sexual abuse as early as 2013. and a dozen american archbishops say this is credible. you at one point did as well. you know the information that comes through there and what access he might have had of information. do you think, do you believe that pope francis is part of a cover up as alleged. >> no. but i do think we need to take archbishop vigano's allegation seriously. i trust the pope very much. i think he will say we need to get into the bottom of this. i owe my people an answer to this. and i think we will get it. i trust the pope. >> it is good to hear you say that. >> you are not surprised are you? >> i am surprised by vigano's letter. against god's representative on earth. and you have seen the effect. this can't be good for your church. >> no. >> let me ask you, there are other issues that cardinal vigano brought up. he basically has said about homosexuality and peedphilia, he blames gay priest. homosexuality current in the church to

according to vigano. and we see cardinal mccarrick celebrating mass with pope benedict and traveling around the world. if he had restrictions on mccarrick. he didn't follow them. is pope benedict to be implicated in not following through? is it just pope francis. it extend beyond just what did pope francis know. pope francis certainly when he found out about child abuse allegations of child abuse. against cardinal north carolina casework from the archdiocese of new york to rome. mccarrick was removed from doing any public ministry and stripped of his title as cardinal. with regard to the other allegations that vigano says he said to pope benedict and francis, those are allegations of sexual misconduct with seminaries and priests. it didn't have the same urgency as sexual abuse of minors. still waiting to hear from pope francis. what did he know and when. and many including editorials believe he should speak publicly about the time frame. >> and catholics across the globe don't think the response has been

others in the church questioning vigano's motives. >> no question that archbishop vigano is a disgruntledare disgruntled employees so we had to investigate what he had to say and look into it. >> reporter: other catholic leaders are also taking heat for the abuse scandal rocking the church. cardinal donald wuerl heckled during a sunday mass. >> shame on you! >> reporter: wuerl served as the bishop of pittsburgh and was accused in an explosive grand jury report of mishandling clergy conduct. >> i ask for your prayers for me for forgiveness in any of my errors of judgment, for any of my inadequacies. >> reporter: for today, keir simmons, nbc news, london. >>> also this morning, "the washington post" has an in-depth look about how pope emeritus is firing up those who aren't fans of the sitting pope. here's the headline. pope benedict in retired seclusion looms in the opposition to pope francis. one of the reporters on that story, "washington post" rome bureau chief chico harlan joins us from rome. this was a fascinating article where you suggest that in some ways, just having apope ameritus

his comments come after a former vatican official, archbishop carlo maria vigano, claims the pope was aware of sexual abuse allegations against former washington cardinal theodore mccarrick for five years before asking him to resign in july. >> shame on you! le reporter: silence and prayer clearly isn't enough for some catholics. a protester interrupted inshington archbishop donald wuerl's sunday mass as the cardinal asked for loyalty to the pope. wuerl himself came under fire, after a pennsylvania grand jury report last month revealed more than 300 catholic priests abused more than 1,000 children over 70 years across six state dioceses. >> reporter: wuerl oversaw the pittsburgh dioceses, during the time several abuses occurred, but he was not accused of misconduct. we spoke with the cardinal last alnth. what does pope francis need to do to purify the catholic church? >> there was an abuse... too many abuses, but i think they're being dealt with. what we just saw here was an extremely rapid response by pope francis. birmingham theology professor candida moss. >> discontent and ill fee

carlo maria vigano says is just not true. writing quote - what is certain is that the pope knew very well who davis was. and he and his close collaborators had approved the private audience. it is clear that pope francis wanted to conceal the private audience. this comes days after carlo maria vigano sent 11 page letter accusing pope francis of not only turning a blind eye to sexual abuse allegations against the ex-cardinal but also rehabilitating him from sanctions that pope benedict had imposed for the pope said he would not confirm or deny the accusations. a response that some believe is lackluster. >> i think the pope made a mistake. i think he was correct in telling the reporters, look at the document, analyze it. try to fact check it. because frankie, if the document had been written by journalists and given to the editor, it never would have been published. because it was full of allegations without evidence and proof. reporter: bottom line, this is seen as pope francis 's toughest test to peer sexual abuse scandals ar

vigano was a papal ambassador during the pope's high-profile trip to the u.s. in 2015. during that visit, pope francis met with kim davis, the controversial county clerk from kentucky who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. an abuse purvivor saidope francis told him he didn't know who kim davis was prior to the meetingt and f vigano was trying to sabotage his trip to the u.s. he said s horrified and fired that papal ambassador. he fired back claiming the pope was lying claiming he had briefed pope francis ahead of the meeting. others in the church questioning vis.no's moti >> there's no question tha the archbishop is a disgruntled employee. now, most whistleblowers are disgruntled employees so we have to investigate what he had to say and lk into it. >> other catholic leaders are also taking heat for the ase scandal rocking the church. washington, d.c.'s catholic archbishop, dardinal donald wuerl was heckled. he served as a bishop inor pittsburgh8 years and was accused in an explosive grand jury repor of mishandling clergy sexual misc

there are a lot of people here who are suggesting that vigano is acting out of sour grapes.pparently, there was some suggestion that he wanted to become a cardinal after his service in the united states and that never happened. also, he may be settling scores with old rivals within the vatican. now, of course, what that does not do is subtle the factual question at the heart of his original assertion, which was that pope francis was aware of the concerns about mccarrick in 2013 and ignored them. the american bishops in a matter of days will be here in rome to present a plan for getting to the bottom of who knew what, when, about mccarrick and i'm sure that that question is still going to figure in that probe. >> john allen, always appreciate having you here. happy sunday to you as well, sir. thank you. >>> she became the second female supreme court justice but in a new cnn film, you'll see why ruth bader ginsburg was the first to champion gender equality and how that has inspired other women. >> i wish we had nine justices like ruth bader ginsburg who is such a shero to all

the vatican has maintained davis was snuck in by vigano and the pope did not know who she was. >> it is unprecedented for an ambassador from the holy see to publicly accuse the pope of something like this. the catholic church normally operates behind closed doors. we never hear about these kinds of controversies. >> some supporters of pope francis believe archbishop vigano represents a conservative sect of the church that doesn't support francis' emphasis on inclusion of the gay community. cardinal wuerl said increasingly it is clear the pope is the object of a concentrated attack. >> huge crisis for the church. thank you. >>> the first legal grizzly bear hunt in the yellowstone area in decades has been blocked for now at least. ahead, we take you to wyoming to learn why the fate of nearly 2 dozen bears now rests in the >>> hello, everybody. it is clearing up along the south bay. once a clouds move out of here, you will notice the smoke in the sky. we have a spare the air alert issued for today. moderate to unhealthy range for the air quality. it is not so good on holiday when people

archbishop carlo maria vigano has claimed a cover-up iolving former u.s.dinal theodore mccarrick and alleged sexual misconduct. in a new letter today, vigano said the pope compared him to satan in recent remarks, and, he said, vatican silence about a cover-up only confirms it. iran's government fired back today at israeli accusations i thhas a "secret atomic warehouse." israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu made the cla at the u.n. today, iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif dismissed the presentation as an "arts ans crafw." rsck in this country, facebook reports that hacave compromised 50 million user accounts. the tech giant said toat the attackers found a bug in a function that lets users see how their priles appear to others. facebook said it does not know who was behind the cyber attack, or if any hacked accounts were misused. a federal judge today allowed a lawsuit to proceed against president trump, over the so-called "emoluments clause" in the constituon. some 200 congressional democrats had filed the suit. it alleges that mr. trump is

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it's, you know, it's a situation where you have an actual vatican insider, even though archbishop viganorvatives and is a theological critic of the pope, he's also in a position to know a lot of things that are sort of kept in files deep in the vatican and in the u.s. so there's a question here of basically how bad is it for francis? if it's just that people knew about mccarrick, he was put under some modest sanction by benedict and francis didn't pay enough attention to it, then i think he should simply apologize, fire a bunch of people and his papacy can continue. i think the fact that he's refused to answer questions and sort of taken a kind of stonewalling and counteraccusatory approach raises the question of what's really in all of those files that may not come out in the next six months, but, you know, as we know from the trump era in our own politics, leaks tend to happen over time when scandal is involved. >> and where do you think the church is going? because your book is, in a sense, cautionary. you're not the biggest fan of pope francis. you think that he is too liberal and ma