-china relations with vijay prashad, the director of the tricontinental institute for social research. the vatican has declared it would not be blessing same-sex marriages or unions, arguing god "cannot bless sin." the recent announcement radically contradicts earlier comments made by pope francis where he stated same-sex couples should be allowed to have civil unions. in 2013, he famously said, "who -- "if a person is gay, who am i to judge?" lgbtq rights groups are condemning the vatican's move, calling it a drastic step backwards. indigenous land and water protectors on monday led several direct actions across the u.s. and canada against the construction of enbridge's line 3 pipeline, which would carry more than 750,000 barrels of tar sands oil a day through fragile ecosystems -- endangering lakes, rivers and wild rice beds. award-winning actor and activist jane fonda yesterday joined calls to stop the pipeline. close we were driving down the highway as we saw this and we saw the pipeline that they want to late under the headwaters of the mississippi. that company, enbridge, is a f