ceremony he had pushed for the move seeing it as a further act of ukraine s independence from russia but. the rhetoric of it will complete the assertion of the independence of the ukrainian state strengthen religious freedom and into confessional peace it will strengthen the rights and freedoms of citizens. but of all of paul s us who argue. but the break has provoked a furious response in moscow where supporters of the russian church see very different motives for the move. through what is happening in the church now is because parra shango and his circle want to divide the wealth of the church it s the only reason and not because of faith. with her but they did give me a break you know i knew better. but bartholomew the first said that ukrainians had desired ecclesiastical independence for centuries and never accepted they were part
supper pope francis traveled to a prison outside rome thursday night watching the feet of young inmates as he stretches the importance of reaching out to those in need. general at vatican announced this week that pope francis will join bartholomew the first in a trip to the who he leland later this year maybe in the next year or so. the vatican describing that trip as a sign of christian unity, a very big deal here. jenna: conor powell live in jerusalem today, connor thank you. jon: well, one of the big stories of the week the supreme court hearing arguments in two key cases involving gay marriage, so how did the news media cover the story? our news watch panel joins with us that. judith miller is a pulitzer prize winning investigative reporter and author. kristen powers is a khrol um necessary fokhrol um tph eus for the daily beast. both fox news contributors. the supreme court may be divided on gay marriage but the media is
the taxpayer, all in the name of doing good, no oversight, no management and a misdirected compassion for something that you couldn t actually accomplish. the biggest problem with fanny mae and freddie mac is that they are financial institutions with a social mission, lower income homes have a tougher time paying mortgages, and when the housing market started to go under that was the first to go. reporter: fannie and freddie had traditional here been restricted to prime loans or high quality loans, from the 1990s on congress has eroded the standard allowing them to make more and more are risky loans exsecretary of the trerb tee john snow said they were trading on shakey financial ground as early as 2003. few headed the warnings. there are concerns that fanny and freddie may be making the same mistakes of the past. they have tight end lending
demographics are helping drive this recovery. in washington, utah, colorado all have seen gains, texas and california are expected to add a million jobs each in the next five years. jon: william la jeunesse reporting from los angeles. thanks. jenna: christians today marking the solemn holiday of good friday around the world and pope francis is presiding over his first good friday service tkae services today in rome commemorating the crust fix of jesus christ and leading the cross ceremony. we find conor powell joining us live from our jerusalem bureau. tell us about what happened today. reporter: jenna, the holy land is plagued by violence and conflict. it was a different scene in gerald where thousands of christians sunk hyms and walked in the footsteps of jesus. christian pilgrims filled the