catholic institutions." hand in hand with this inclusivity, goes, or should go, a total commitment to diversity of religion, race, immigrant status, whatever. unfortunately, the commitment of even the social justice activists is often hampered by the biases of their era. otherwise i would have several women as subjects. what i have done is highlighted the achievements of the many women activists in the catholic social action movement. including union organizers and officers and labor schoolteachers and students. i also make it clear that dorothy day was a major influence in the lives and ministries of more than half of the chapter subjects. now i want to return to my point about unionization of u.s. workers going from 7% at the beginning of the authorities to one third at the end of the decade and for several decades thereafter. at this instant you are probably thinking about 7% figure is being the same percentage of u.s. workers unionized today which is. you might even be thinking that this is a case of his

catholics did not create separate unions or catholic-themed unions and related parties. catholicism helped provide a unifying tie in the u.s. that mitigated, it didn't dissolve by any means, but it mitigated, to some extent, the rivalries that otherwise pitted rival groups against each other. making it somewhat easier to draw irish, french, canadian italian, and latino into the same organizations. it is difficult to imagine the cio of the 1930's without the influence that catholicism had in providing a common ground for workers who joined industrial unions. but it wasn't only that immigrant catholics that helped shape the labor movement in the u.s., immigrant workers helped shape the church. it pushed the church to articulate it social vision on labor, it opened up the church to a deeper engagement with the religions and periodically, it , called upon the church to take a prophetic stance. the immigrant labor experience in the u.s. had a profound effect on the articulation on catholic social teaching. the controversy that swirled around the knights of labor, the labor of

the catholic church -- never been a pope who tells catholics don't go in the military. the catholic church now supplies chaplains. notre dame has the biggest rotc program in the country. do you think it'll ever happen that the cat luck church will be a pass -- catholic church will be a pass the u.s. church as are the men nonnights and the quakers? i'd love to hear your thoughts, garry. >> did people hear that question? yeah. all christians should be pacifists, all reasonable people should be pacifists. paul vi when he spoke at the u.n. said no more war and many popes have said no more war. this pope is now saying no holy war ever. but that doesn't get back down to the actual performance of christians. and for good reason. popes led wars, led crusades. today had kingdoms -- they had kingdoms, they used them in horrible ways. and it's all of the trappings of monarchy that have begun to be wrested away in the 19th century when the temporal rule was taken away from popes have given a little more voice at least. i hope you read the last week's new yorker on the christian pac

protestants fleeing, french catholic priests heading up the mississippi. spanish catholics planting the seeds for what are now some of the greatest cities. francisco. >> in terms of active affiliation, the u.s. has been portrayed as an exception to the wealthy west. the latest numbers seem to show america may be heading in the same direction, on a different timetable. john terrett takes us through the data. >> let us pray. >> it's a tradition, a chaplain delivering a prayer. the constitution doesn't shy away from fate. most u.s. presidents have been sworn into office by taking an oath on a christian bible. >> i barak hussain obama... >> christianity is woech into american -- woven into american culture. the numbers that consider themselves christians may be on the decline. the christian share has faup, from 78.4% in 2006 to 7 0.6" today. adults under the age of 33 are a bug part of the decline. roughly a third claim to be affiliated with no religion, and growing. >> it happens among the young people, those of retirement age, every region of the country, am

it shows the diminished influence of the catholic church in ireland. if you think back to the referendum on divorce, the church played a major part in what was a very closely fought race and all the the catholic bishops are calling for a no vote, social justice campaigners and members of the clergy prominent figures, have called for a yes vote. 84% of the average people identify as catholic. attendance levels have dropped. comparable to 15%, according to survey evidence. people have distanced themselves in the wake of the sex abuse scandals the past 15 years and the detailed and graphic inquiries into those abuses, which have been published and changed many people's views in terms of the catholic church and irish society. that has played a part. civil society has dominated on both sides and of course with the results that will be known later when the begin counting early saturday morning. it may become the first country to legalize same-sex marriage by referendum. tom: stephen carroll in dublin. let's get more now and speak to natalie who is at the par

some catholic universities are more catholic than others of let's not mention georgetown who is a pseudo catholic university. >> that's stirring them up. pseudo this and pseudo that. an thon fee what is wrong -- anthony what is wrong with having two minorities grovel at the foot of a white man. >> i do believe the issue is the look of the statue. the guy is towering over. they are looking at him like oh my god he brought a wheel and fire. it is amazing. it looks like they would be doomed without this gentleman. >> i am not disagreeing. i am from your school of thought. we can't just destroy statues as far as pulling down the statue of stalin and whatnot to make it like it didn't happen. revisionist history is dangerous. whether it is the confederate flag or a statue such as this, it happened. it is part of our history. let's remember it and talk about it if people have a problem with it. >> joanne, you know who else kneels in front of catholic priests? white catholics like me. we are saw bored net. what is the problem? >> it is the statue itself. get rid of the statues. no false idols, a

on today show will talk about some of the more frequently discussed and believed in teachings of the catholic faith -- faith. it will be quick chokers were covering a lot of ground but i want to let you know at the website but i want to let you know@thewebsitefsarchdiocewe believe if you want to follow up on a list of all of these and you can go to that page itself archdiocese.work --.orrick but i wanted to reduce you to father john who is a jesuit priest and thicker in san francisco. >> great to be with you. >>chris: you recently published an article that will be published in the newspaper. it's a great introduction to what were going to talk about. what is it? in secular society we get a lot of our views and they tend to follow different trends and secular culture does not necessarily mean that everyone believes that. there's different accent groups and things like that but over time they have input and influence and they can have influence on institutions which can be positive or negative. a little example that i used because i think it's good involves ice cream shopping. over the past 48

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i think ireland has been traditionally conservative traditionally catholic country. able to make this change the popular vote, i think it is an example to those parts of the world, particularly in latin america and other places maybe in eastern europe, certainly, in australia. i was he this having a massive ripple affect across the world. amy: on friday, pat carey announced he is gay and appealed to older voters to support same-sex marriage. he said he was encouraged to speak publicly after health minister leo varadkar, became the country's first openly gay minister last month. carey congratulated his compatriots for embracing marriage equality, and said ireland has progressed greatly in the last few decades. >> i think it is a brave statement by the irish people that they are voted in great numbers to extend equality to gay and lesbian people, to allow them to get married civilly. ireland 10 or 20 years ago, was a strange, dark lace where an awful lot of stones were being overturned and lots of nasty insects were being found under them. we do criminalized homosexual

we thing of it assist highly religious and catholic other forces are at work. and the catholic church has not drawn a line in the sand. they came out against it. you saw in the set up that people of catholic space spoke up against it, but have not put everything behind it. that's because the catholic church is changing and people everywhere are changing. >> it's interesting that is brought up. there seems to be a bit of a fracture in terms of a catholic leadership and membership within ireland. there are liberal nuns roman catholic priests coming out pushing for a yes vote. >> it's encouraging. dermott martin came out with a no vote and a letter sent to 1300 or so churches. ireland is a predominantly catholic country. 30 years ago, up to 90% of people were going to church closer to something look 18%, even though the membership is high, people want to get kids into the local catholic school. there's an alla cart for people that may go to church. may have guides going to communion. they are more socially liberal when it comes to the issues. >> let's talk about t

as he thanked several hundred catholics for their support. >> these are his catholic schools. all he is trying to do is to make sure they're catholic. >> eva organized the picnic as a response to backlash over proposed changes to school handbooks and teacher contracts. the archbishop wants morality language. >> i don't expect everyone in the world to believe in all the teachings of the catholic church, but we are talking bat catholic school, not the public school. we're talking about a catholic school. >> you may recall the full page newspaper ad call for the pope to removal the archbishop. >> because of the ad, because of the fact it's so absurd we thought, we have to do something >> these got up at 2:00 its morning to make the drive from southern california. >> the family is under attack. children in the womb are under attack. and so we have to show our support in whatever way we can. >> a group of gay rights activists and say acceptance comes with time. >> muslims were called evil and they got past that. it's different now. one day it will be different for us. but that day

there seems to be bit of a fracture in terms ever catholic ever catholic religion, pushing for ayes vote. >> encouraging what the archbishop of dublin has come out, and a pastoral letter has come out. but ireland is still predominantly a cloict catholic country. even though the membership is high, people want to get their kids into a catholic school. people might go to church once in a while and might have their kids go to their communion but they are more socially liberal when it comes to some of these issues. >> let's talk about the significant shift in the power of the church in ireland. because there has been a recent change right and there's a reason for that. >> extraordinary change, some people put it into 1992 when i actually lived in galway, when it was found out that a bishop had fathered a child in wedlock. it was a huge scandal he didn't face the people at that time. and the ryan report, we've all seen the movies about that, the institutionalized abuse and torture of young children over the past 50 years in ireland industrial schools magdalene laundry, people have become dise

as he thanked several hundred catholics for their support. >> these are his catholic schools. all he is trying to do is to make sure they're catholic. >> eva organized the picnic as a response to backlash over proposed changes to school handbooks and teacher contracts. the archbishop wants morality language. >> i don't expect everyone in the world to believe in all the teachings of the catholic church, but we are talking bat catholic school, not the public school. we're talking about a catholic school. >> you may recall the full page newspaper ad call for the pope to removal the archbishop. >> because of the ad, because of the fact it's so absurd we thought, we have to do something >> these got up at 2:00 its morning to make the drive from southern california. >> the family is under attack. children in the womb are under attack. and so we have to show our support in whatever way we can. >> a group of gay rights activists and say acceptance comes with time. >> muslims were called evil and they got past that. it's different now. one day it will be different for us. but that day

the catholic church in cuba is going through a rough past. it's checkered in the state and it's difficult to get zoning permits to fix churches or to build new ones. it's been difficult to teach religion in the school. let's face it, several decades of state-imposed eighatheism ha taken its poll. one quarter of the catholics in the country goes to mass on a regular bays and 50% say they have no religion at all. this is a church that needs a shot in the arm and certainly this hit by a wildly popular pope in the first pope from south america i think could be the new leash on life that the catholics are looking for. >> how does this current pope match up with other recent popes as far as political activism? >> i think the substance of his positions are exactly the same as those of john paul. they called for a restoration of diplomatic relations and they called for cuba to take its place in the community of nations and they also called on cuba to do a better job of promoting human rights and religious freedoms, so nothing has really changed there

do you think we'll see a shift away from the catholic church that the catholic church is losing its hold on ireland? >> i think it has begun. catholic practice among those is less than 20% in most places higher in the north of island for historical reasons. i think people are redefining catholic im. it's strongly secularizing. >> we'll see more of a separation between religion and state. >> i think it's happening. in is about civil marriage and there's a lot of dissident individual priests who said that the church - they have gone against bishops and hapal authority, and the bish ops are reviewing their policies. >> thank you for joining. >> thank you very much >>> david cameron is warping fellow -- warning fellow european that they could see a british exit from the e.u. cameron spoke in latvia since his re-election. he said the u.k. was e.u. reforms, particularly on immigration, ahead of a planned referendum on whether britain should leave the union. e.u. leaders say free travel across member nations is a corner stone of policy. >> the former minister of belarus was on the summit. two w

but race is a factor as 59% of white catholics voted for mitt romney in 2012 while 75% of latino catholics chose president obama. >>> china warns the u.s. to mind its own business. is that a taste of bad things to come. we'll ask the pa >>> the united states will fly, sail and operate wherever international law allows, as we do all around the world. finally, with its actions in the south china sea, china is out of step with both international norms that underscore the asia pacific security architecture and the regional consensus in favor of a noncoercive approach to this and other long-standing disputes. >> we urge the united states to think carefully before taking actions and stop all provocative words and actions so that it can truly play a constructive role for peace and stability in the region. >> tension is building between the u.s. and china. this time over a series of man-made islands about 800 miles off the coast of china in the south china sea. and there you see them. the strange of islands built up in recent months in just this week two lighthouses on these new islands. they had

nearly 85% of whom are roman catholic. polling stations are opening up this morning. vote supporters, those in favor of same-sex marriage are hoping for a strong turnout amongst young voters. tens of thousands of them registered in recent weeks. it's gained widespread support. all political parties are supporting it as are employees and ireland's prime minister. there has been opposition as you'd imagine from irish religious leaders including catholic bishops, but their influence has eroded in recent use due in part to the catholic church sex abuse scandal. results won't be announced until tomorrow, but if same sex marriage is approved by irish voters, it will be a little more than two decades after ireland became the last country in western europe to decriminalize the sec yult. >>> the rockets' james harden has trouble holding on in the final seconds of the western conference finals. >> later singer jon bon jovi takes out his guitar. and rocks a graduation ceremony. >> announcer: this portion of the "cbs morning news" sponsored by lysol. start helping. s" sponsored b

for their support. >> these are his catholic school schools and he is trying to make their they are catholic. >> they organized the picnic in response to backlash over proposed changed to handbooks and contracts. salvatore cordileone wants morality in books. >> we're talking about a catholic school or the public school or the ep pisco pailan school. >> you may have called about the recall of the archbishop. >> we thought we have to do something. >> martinez and his friends got up at 2:00 this morning to make the drive from southern california. >> the family is under attack, judging that they are under attack, we have to show support. >> they said acceptance comes with talk. >> they used to call protestants and muslims a great evil and one day it will be like that for us and that day isn't here. >> and i love my children in the same way these people love their children. >> and neither side swayed the archbishop declined an interview. katie, abc 7 news. >> the fbi said a security expert has hacked into a plane's flight system and joseph roberts tweeted about hacking into a flight and

even says he may return to the catholic church after all this. do you think it's the pope's heritage his south american roots that are giving him this strong pull with castro or more? >> i definitely think it is in keeping with the fact the pope is from argentina. not only is he from argentina, he has a sensibility about the issue of cuba that is very different than the eastern european popes and u.s. perspective. he is somebody who studied the issue of cuba written in the past about u.s./cuban relationships. philosophically is focused on building bridges between countries that don't have positive relations. in some ways pope francis is in his element here in bringing a latin american country, basically the last country to not have normal relations with the united states into the fold of interamerican relations. it's a completely understandable why the pope who speaks beautiful spanish can get along so well with raul castro. >> yet really, cuba hasn't been all that friendly when it comes to the catholic church. it shunned the catholic church way

i was saying, my husband is catholic. my daughter is catholic. this particular pope, this papacy makes me think i wonder if i have a tradition. because in an institution, any part of institutional change can feel so compelling. >> one thing about pope francis, he talks about his image of church. listen to this. he once said the church is dirty, bruised and broken because it's been in the ministry and closed its on small-minded rules. that's not the church young people see quite honestly. even as a young catholic, close eyes they imagine the priest, the bishop. they don't imagine themselves. young people don't imagine themselves within the church. that should be the reality of the catholic church. >> all is still different, i don't want to miss the claim though that, so for all various roles that the church is playing, it's also based fundamentally in a spiritual belief and a faith claim and one simply is not making the faith claim, even if it's institutionally valuable one would not necessarily need that institution. >> i don't know about that re

we know ireland is a country about 85% catholic the catholic church is leading the opposition, but this referendum is expected to be approved? >> reporter: yes, alex. i think we've learned on both sides of the atlantic to slightly distrust opinion polls, but they are showing a large lead for the yes campaign for those who do want same-sex marriage to be enshrined in ireland's constitution. and you're right, 85% of irish people still identify themselves as catholic but only about one-third of those are actually regular church goers and a lot has changed. 30 years ago the catholic church ruled ireland, if you like, with an iron grip. divorce was illegal, contraception was scarcely available, homosexually was illegal, abortion was illegal. things have changed a lot in 20 years, largely because of a series of sex scandals in which catholic priests were involved people began to turn off the catholic church pews have emptied across this country. and the church simply doesn't have the prominent position in society that it used to. and today, all political parties on this island are for same-se

this marks a major cultural shift for the once conservative catholic country. the archbishop of dublin says the catholic church quote, northeastses to do a reality check after today's vote. he says catholic leaders need to find a new message and voice for reaching ireland's young. >> a food fight in the street's of san francisco. >> and taking you live outside bit chilly this time of year. while we get warmer temperatures for the holiday [chanting] >> abc7 news was outside the ferry building in san francisco today for a vocal protest against the monsanto corporation. demonstrators marched to tell the company to stop using medically modified crops for food and the company's pesticides are hurting the environment. several protestors dressed as bees. >> eye countried have ban edmond -- monsanto for what they have done to bee. >> monsanto says independent test shows their materials the use are safe for the environment. >>> an update on a story. a 65-year-old woman in germany who already had 13 children, has given birth to quadruplets. she used donated fertilized eg

it just so happens that pope francis is the first jesuit leader of the catholic church. president castro said that he would attend all the pope's masses when he visits cube on his way to the united states. we ask what they expected from the visit. >> especially as the pontiff has participated in the dialogue between the united states and cuba. >> pope francis will be the third pontiff to visit cuba in 17 years. a lot considering that cuba is a small countries where the church is not particularly strong. >> pope francis' role in help to go re-establish diplomatic ties between havana and washington makes this particularly important. >> and there is much more on our website. the address www.aljazeera.com. out of cash. i go through to show you first hand how tax cheats could drive it to ruin, and what should be done to get greek offenses out open. i'm ali velshi, and this is "real money".

one quarter of 2012 voters were catholic. according to the pew research center barack obama received 54% of the catholic vote in 2008. that fell to 50% in 2012. pakistan hispanic catholics still backed obama in droves. 72% to 75% in 2012. how interesting that their leader while known for doctrine is not himself doctrinaire. can you follow me on twitter if you can spell smerkonish. see you next week. >>> new competition for hillary clinton. this hour former maryland governor one-time fitness reporter martin o'malley enters the race for the white house. a big question there, once two steps from the oval office now under indictment. former house speaker dennis hastert at the center of a sexual abuse allegation. >>> plus where is natalee holloway? for ten years no one has been able to answer that question. now cnn talks to one man who says he knows. >>> so

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--she entrusted him to the catholic church. he enrolled in michigan. tuition was beyond his reach, to meet costs, he bought and ran a pizza shop. he called his shops dominoes, and tom became wealthy. he bought a bugatti 48 $.4 million. he bought the detroit tigers and one the world series. when i met him in 1998, i was surprised to find him seated in a closet sized space. he sold the tigers in the cars. he signed what was called the millionaires vow of poverty. he would not dry a luxury car or assume any trappings of wealth. that included him trading his impressive office for the small cubicle i found them in. he explained that in reading the bible and the essays of cs lewis, he was reminded of his upbringing in the catholic orphanage. he wanted to devote his years to service. shortly thereafter, on behalf of my firm, i recheck to tom to buy dominoes for over $1 billion. all but a small living stipend he then turned around and donated to catholic charities. he found a college and named it not after himself, but after the mother of god. they maria -- za

one-quarter of 2012 voters were catholic. according to pough research center, barack obama received 54% of the catholic vote in 2008 falling to 50% in 2012. however hispanic damagehisspanics backed obama in droves. so how interested that nir leader, while known for doctrine, is not himself doctrine air. thank you so much for joining me. don't forget you can follow me on twitter if you can spell smerconish. i'll see you next week. >> announcer: the following is a cnn special report. >>> i dedicate the will cable news network. >> good evening, i'm david walker. >> and i'm lois harp. now here's the news. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> approximately four shots were fired at the president. >> massacre of hundreds of thousands of moderates. >> president reagan has endorsed german reunification. >> for 35 years, we've been everywhere. >> cnn, beijing. >> the skies over baghdad have been illuminated. >> this is one pocket of ter moil in the egyptian capital. >> on every

and it just so happens that pope francis is the first jesuit leader of the catholic church. president castro says he will attend all of the pope's masses as he visit cuba in september on his way to the united states. we asked the leader of cuba's catholic church, cardinal jaime or tailing a what he expected from the visit. >> translator: it's natural that the pope will reaffirm the church's desire for cuba to open up to the world and the world to end up to cuba. especially as the pontiff has participated in the dialogue between the united states and cuba. >> reporter: pope francis will be the third pontiff to visit cuba in 17 years. a lot considering that cuba is a small country where the church is not particularly strong. but then cuba has always awakened an interest disproportionate to its size and pope francis' role in helping to reestablish diplomatic ties between havana and and washington makes this upcoming visit particularly significant. mixing politics and religion is as old as time. and both castro and the hope are proving it once again. lucia newman, al jazerra hav

catholic churches are allowed to operate again. pope francis is going itto cuba. it is expected this is the third visit by a pope to cuba. as time goes on, the visits will be more routine and common and religion and particularly the catholic religion will become more free to operate in cuba. >> maybe raul castro will say his rosary. ben, thank you. >> fascinating. i was in cuba when pope john paul ii arrived in 1998. >>> 27 minutes after the hour. we are following the breaking news in texas where a tornado left dozens injured overnight. severe storms wreaking havoc across the country. there is more to look out for today. all of the breaking news next. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> john berman here with christine romans. we have breaking news this morning. a possible tornado in van, texas. about 70 miles east of dallas. emergency officials call it a mass casualty event. what we know so far, at least 26 people injured, 20 plus structured damaged or destroyed. i want to bring in meteorologist pedram javaheri. pedram pedram. >> the storm system coming in

c-span: a catholic priest. >> guest: a catholic priest. he was the third guy. and as a matter of fact, i had some of my staffers who actually went through his program. and as a matter of fact, o`brien was scheduled to marry one of my people at one time. and so, you know, we decided to take all those -- but when tom bliley gave me the list, he had it ranked one, two, three. and i said tom, i want this without prejudice. i mean, just give me three names. i gave the list back to him, and he gave me the same three names back only unranked. and so we went through the process. and it was interesting because the fellow from the swedish covenant -- i don`t even remember the fellow`s name -- but he had a good interview. but from my point of view and my impression, it wasn`t anything outstanding. and tim o`brien, i think, was one of the next guys we had. and in our conversation and interview with him he said something -- he said, you know i`ve been a scholar and worked with these kids and worked around congress a good deal of my life. and he said, i would really like to

on the path to sainthood was long resisted by conservative catholics and el salvadoran right wingers. >> pope francis kick started the stalled process in february when he formally declared the murdered the archbishop a a martyr, in a statement issued today he called the beatification a cause for great joy for salvadorans and those of us who rejoice at the example of the greatest children of the church. the assassination plunged the country deeper into a civil war that lasted 12 years and claimed 85,000 dead and 8,000 missing. many in the 300,000 strong crowd had vivid memories of it. >> the archbishop romero represent as lot she said and a recognition such as this is wonderful. >> colonel angelo mato who led the mass called romero the light of the world and salt of the earth. >> sainthood will certainly come faster than the first did. >> >> axelrod: just after midnight the senate reject add house bill that would have extended the patriot act, the counter-terrorism law passed after 9/11. a major sticking point is the national security agency's bulk collection of phone records, as julia

he said this is very much a wake-up call for the catholic church. he's gone so far to say that it's a social revolution. how do they deal with this now? >> i think they need to start listening to their flock. my mother is the choir mistress in her church. she didn't just vote yes she knocked on every door in orvilleage to make sure that people would come out and vote yes. people who were devout christians could see that this was not in conflict with their faith but was compatible with their faith. and the archbishop will have to see how they were so out of step with their own flock on the ground. >> do you see the church changing any time soon? >> well, yes i mean it's been historically against lots of things and things change. i mean, we look at the role of women within the church and how it's very slowly improving as well. i think things do change. as science moves and our knowledge as societies move. we realize that gay people are born as lesbians and gay people, and the challenge of any religion government and society is how do you engage with p

they preach their own religions mostly roman catholic or jewish and reader on newspapers. they some of by saying america cannot become a polyglot country and survive. the immigration issue was one of the topics that the clan seized on in order to recruit people at that time. it is a little surprising that one of the places where they had most success was in supporting the labor unions. in july 1922, the railroad workers went on strike brought the country. the klan saw that as an opportunity to recruit new members and jumped in on the side of the union, which is a little surprising considering the things they say about the working class. one of the things about that is the labor union did not include the black and mexican workers at a time. a lot of the black and mexican workers did not go out on strike when the union went on strike. that made it a racial issue. the klan jumped in on the side of the labor union and began to plan events supporting the strike. particularly in kansas city. that was one of the strongest chapters in the state. this is when henry allen really got

researchers say, there are more than six former catholics for every one new catholic. how about the weather, tom? >> we have big changes on the way for the rest of the week. today's highs, soaring to around 90 degrees. by late afternoon. then overnight tonight, temperature plummets down to the mid-50s by dawn on wednesday. during the day tomorrow sunshine blustery wind low 70s. and much lower humidity. then chilly on thursday morning. down in the upper 40s. afternoon highs on thursday into the low 70s. and then on friday partly sunny, gorgeous spring day, mid-may temperatures into the mid-70s. that's about the average high this time of year. then getting above average for the weekend. back into the 80s on saturday sunday and both afternoons could have a passing thunder shower. near 80 on monday. >> thanks tom. >>> right now, lots of police officers are on bikes to recognize police week here in d.c. riding in a police unity tour. you can see chopper 4 above hundreds of officers in kwanny quantico. cyclists are ride oohing to the national law enforcement memorial. the bi

consider the speed and distance that gay rights has traveled in the mostly catholic republic of ireland, just 23 years ago homosexuality was illegal there, but as charlie d'agata reports today, ireland became the first country in the world to pass a constitutional referendum allowing same sex marriage. >> reporter: this is the moment same sex supporters in ireland knew they made history. >> the people have spoken, you know, ireland has moved on and it's just a different country than it was a few years ago. >> reporter: in the end it was a landslide. irish voters said a resounding yes to gay marriage by a margin of two to one. irish senator and gay activist david norris says the country had sent a message to the world. >> there are countries throughout africa, was a landslide. irish voters said a resounding yes to gay marriage by a margin of two to one. irish senator and gay activist david norris says the country had sent a message to the world. >> there are countries throughout africa, was a in which it is terribly dangerous still to be gay, so we are saying to them, be civilized. follo

one of your first salaries paid for by catholic churches something -- not a lot of catholic bishops notice that, that you were organizing for a group of southside churches you know what faith based groups can do and i'm going to talk about three things at the same time, which is, the role of the religious community simply in calling attention to this problem, the issues of how government can cooperate with these groups and sort of the role in these ideas for you? where are your own reflections on your own faith that have led you on these? >> well first of all, it's true, my first job was funded through the campaign for human wealth which was the social justice on catholic church -- [ applause ] >> and i think that faith based groups across the country and around the world understand the centrality and the importance of this issue in an intimate way. in part because these faith based organizations are interacting with folks who are struggling and know how good these people are and know their stories. and it's not just thee logical but it's very concrete. they are embedded in communities and

many of those would say i'm still proudly catholic. it sounds like they want the catholic church to move with the times. >> i think that's absolutely right. there are many people who would consider themselves still loyal members of the church, church congregations but who have taken a decision. the young and old people in corners of rural ireland you would think would be conservative voted yes as well. they said that it's wrong to oppress someone's sexuality and they can live with that along with being a member of the church. but the church has a dilemma because it's teaching is that homosexuality is wrong. it's a teaching when pope francis was asked he said who am i to judge although he said he was still against same-sex marriage. the church is at an interesting point in its own history i think. >> tim friend, thank you. >>> still to come on the program, voters in spain head to polls on sunday in regional and local elections where the economy is once again top of the agenda. >>> and south korean buddhist make final preparations for th

as he thanked several hundred catholics for their support. >> these are highs catholic schools and. >> eva organized the picnic as a response to backlash over proposed changes to school handbooks and teacher contracts. the archbishop wants moral language. >> the term is not in our indicate custom so if the people are going the school they have a probable live with the archbishop, they a problem with the church. >> eye may recall the ad calling for the pop to removal the archbishop. >> because of the ad we have to do something. >> alfredo and his friends got up at 2:00 this morning to make the drive from southern california. >> the family is under attack. children in the womb are under attack, so we have to show our support. >> reporter: a group of gay rights activists attended and said their family is under attack. >> i wish they realize how hurtful for us to be on the outside looking in because our families north families to them. >> i love my children in the same way these people love their children. >> picnickers and protesters talked peacefully but neither side swayed. in san fran

these people now tell the rest of catholics who are more conservative in accepting the catholic church teachings that we have to get in line and listen to what the pope says. i've never seen funds interesting fidelity to the hierarchy in my life coming from people who scream the pope has too much power. stuart: a lot of catholic people in the united states don't want this policy shift on the part of the pope, engagement policy, is there pushback? >> there will be pushback on the bigger issues. climate change will be ignored. quite frankly this is bizarre to me. stuart: at the most immediate threat to our security. >> i'm worried about the guy in the middle east, the muslim barbarians. no this is where the pope risks the attrition of his own to teach. if he gets too specific outside the domain of faith and morals. it's risky business. he is coming to new york and washington and philadelphia 10 of september. stuart: you are in a difficult position. and i just do you write in it. >> i am not going to lie about it though. stuart: i don't care what they say. we appreciate your participation

a controversial catholic bishop. is now a step closer to becoming a saint. >>> vladimir putin is cracking down on foreign organizations operating in russia. the russian president signed a law on saturday giving prosecutions an ability to declare organizations undesirable and shut them down. it is seen as stifling dissent in russia >>> when voters go to the polls on sunday it could provide a sign of what is to come on the national ballot later this year. the ruling conservative party faced a series of scandals and these races offer a reading on how fractured spanish politics has begun. >> the anti-austerity podamo and kudadanos - upstart political parties attesting how fed up spanish voter are with politics. >> they have little in common but share a distaste for the dew op ollie of power. political power traded hands for the ruling center right people's party of the current prime minister. and the opposition socialist party. high unemployment punishing austerity and a series of corruption scandals have transformed the

this is someone already being revered by catholics in california and elsewhere he could be raised to altars just on that. >> the pope says generally they're going to be a saint? >> actually no to answer your question, not always. >> not always. >> there's a lengthy lengthy process in the vatican the validation of the two miracles. in pope francis's case, the riecialg of the second miracle was waived. i don't know if that was spark a trend among roman catholics but it's an interesting discussion if it is. >> thank you so much for joining us tonight. >> thank you so much john. >> the effort that went into creating the world's largest photograph. >> in nebraska, law lawmakers have voted to abolish the death penalty. overrides a veto issued by the republican governor. this makes nebraska the first majority conservative state to eliminate capital punishment since north dakota did it back in 1973. nebraska's last execution was back in 1997. amnesty international said hamas conducted a ruthless campaign of abductions. hamas spot that israel created the situation of chaos during the war. >>>

he stays there a while in flees to liverpool england, when he finds refuge in a catholic church. he moves around europe for a while before he gets a job as a guard for the pope in the vatican. he is a guard. here he is in papal uniform. guarding the pope. a friend of his turns him in. he is arrested by u.s. consular