in the governing body of the vatican body. that issue keeps coming up. u.s. cardinals were asked in the wake of the british cardinals sexual misconduct, how they machine to deal with issues of sex in the court going forward. the wound is deep in their hearts and mines minds and that lasts for a long time. reporter: shep, so far, there are eight cardinals who still have to arrive. we get the sense they re taking their time. they don t want to rush this decision to get going with the conclave. and for about half of the cardinals this will be their first conclave so they have a lot of learning to do. shepard: amy kellogg in rome for us, thank you. beer, now. the makers of budweiser fired back at the critics who accused
him. he was always the most courteous and sensitive of all the ones we visited. of course, the pope, i think, he has been most astonishing teacher. pope benedict parting words were good night. now pope emeritus, the former pontiff, says he plans to spend time hiden away from world in prayer and interlecht wall pursuits, while the cardinals get ready to choose his successor, they will likely set the date for the conclave on monday. bret: amy kellogg in rome. thank you. mortgage rates in the u.s. dropped to just over 3.5% this week. that is .2 of a percentage point from the historic low of 3.31. the commerce department says the u.s. economy grew at an annual rate of one-tenth of a percentage point in the time quarter of last year. the dow fell 21 points today. the s&p 500 was off one. the nasdaq dropped two. we have been telling you for