Coming up, fred de sam lazaro reports on the fears of the alawites, an offshoot of shia islam and the religion of syrias president assad. If he is overthrown, will all alawites become targets . And bob faw on what some Catholic School systems are doing to try to survive . Our educational system was imploding. Enrollmentwise, finance wise, something radical, radical surgery had to be done. Announcer major funding for religion ethics news weekly is dedicated to i founders interest in religion, Community Development and education. Additional funding also provided by mutual of america, designing customized individual group and retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. The january henson foundation, and the corporation for public broadcasting. Welcome, im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. Arguments continue over the socalled fiscal cliff deal approved this week in the fina minutes of the 112th congress. And religious groups are among those weighing in. The Fami