the pope s take on the church, always growing, always changing. as he talks about a living church, we have to reflect on how this act of resignation will actually change the church and affect the cardinals who will choose a successor. right. i thing we saw today that pope benedict is seeking to reassure catholics on two things. he may be changing the office of the papacy in a dramatic way. he s reassuring them he s not changing the core values of the catholic church. and that the church can adapt without necessarily losing its way. it remains to be seen how the role of the retired pope will function. i give my obedience and reverence to my successor. there will not be a question in
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who s factions form. it must be fascinating. but the pope did give a clue in his remarks yesterday just how intensely public a job it is. he said he who assumes the ministry of peter no longer has any privacy. he belongs forever and totally to all people to all the church. the private dimension is totally, so to speak, removed from his life. that s interesting because he s going to go live in a place where no one will see him. he says. but still a very public figure. a new day. our coverage of the historic day for the roman catholic church continues later this half hour, with expert insight on this unusual turn at the vatican. keep it right here on abc news all morning long as we cover the resignation live. the president and top republican leaders meet tomorrow at the white house over deep federal budget cuts. it s the first face-to-face meeting between the president and gop leaders this year and by the way rg it s taking place after the budget deadline has passed. after weeks
this way, the apostolic succession will continue. the succession the lord promised his holy church. we ll hear the angel of the apocalypse proclaiming. there is no more time. god s mystery has been executed. at this point, the history of the church will end. together with the history of the world. with the advent of new heavens and a new world. holy father, with pro found love, we have always tried to accompany you in your path. living the experience of the disciples, who, after walking with jesus, for much of his path, said to one another, wasn t our heart burning when he was speaking to us along the path? yes, holy father, please know
sophisticated than our founding fathers had envisioned years ago. doesn t seem like the same balanced approach is capable on capitol hill. you re either all the way here or all the way there. there s no strong middle ground. a whole lot of conversations. the more we hear, the more we keep hearing that the ban on assault rifles will probably not happen. it s more likely to pass something on background checks and people with mental illness not being able to get their hans on guns. people want the guns out of the streets to begin with, or at least not in the hands of people maybe don t have background of illness, but there s gang members, criminals out there who have these guns. they re wreaking havoc on our society. 200 million to 300 million guns on the streets. in many ways, the horse has left the gates. we ll see.