foundation. dedicated to community development and education. additional funding by mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that s why yourretirementcompany.com. al also by the corporation for public broadcasting. welcome, i m bob abernathy. it s good to have you with us. pope benedict named 22 new cardinaled this weekend. the list includes two americans, archbishop raymond burk, the former archbishop of st. louis. he also increased the percentage of italians in the college of cardinals as well as the number who come from the vatican s bureaucracy. the new cardinals will receive their traditional red hats at a ceremony in rome on november 20th. we get analysis from father thomas reese, a senior fellow at georgetown university s woodstock center and authority on the vatican bureaucracy. tom, welcome. thank you. reporter: what do you see? what s the message in this list? well, i think there s two. one is continuity and one is
additional funding by mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that s why yourretirementcompany.com. al also by the corporation for public broadcasting. welcome, i m bob abernathy. it s good to have you with us. pope benedict named 22 new cardinaled this weekend. the list includes two americans, archbishop raymond burk, the former archbishop of st. louis. he also increased the percentage of italians in the college of cardinals as well as the number who come from the vatican s bureaucracy. the new cardinals will receive their traditional red hats at a ceremony in rome on november 20th. we get analysis from father thomas reese, a senior fellow at georgetown university s woodstock center and authority on the vatican bureaucracy. tom, welcome. thank you. reporter: what do you see? what s the message in this list? well, i think there s two. one is continuity and one is change. the continuity is the fact that we see pope benedict a
america, designing customized and individual retirement products. that s why yourretirementcompany.com. also by the corporation for public broadcasting. welcome, i m bob abernathy. it s good to have you with us. the u.s. supreme court opened a new term this week, and on wednesday dualing protests took place on the court steps as oral arguments began in the closely watched first amendment case. the dispute centers on the highly controversial west bureau baptist church in kansas, a small religious group that travels around the country, protesting at military funerals. members carry signs that millions find repulsive. they preach that america is being punished for toleration of homosexuality. in 2006, albert schneider, the father of a marine killed in iraq sued west borrow, claiming the church inflicted emotional distress on the family by demonstrating near his son s funeral. at the court on thursday, schneider called the actions intolerable. all we wanted to do was bury m
america, designing customized and individual retirement products. that s why yourretirementcompany.com. also by the corporation for public broadcasting. welcome, i m bob abernathy. it s good to have you with us. the u.s. supreme court opened a new term this week, and on wednesday dualing protests took place on the court steps as oral arguments began in the closely watched first amendment case. the dispute centers on the highly controversial west bureau baptist church in kansas, a small religious group that travels around the country, protesting at military funerals. members carry signs that millions find repulsive. they preach that america is being punished for toleration of homosexuality. in 2006, albert schneider, the father of a marine killed in iraq sued west borrow, claiming the church inflicted emotional distress on the family by demonstrating near his son s funeral. at the court on thursday, schneider called the actions intolerable. all we wanted to do was bury m
than protestants and catholics. the pew forum on religion and public life did a representative telephone survey of 3,400 people. out of 12 questions about the bible and christianity, mormons got more correct answers than everyone else, including white evangelicals. of 11 questions about world religions, jews, atheists and agnostics did best. and on four questions about religion and the law, atheists agnostics and jews also scored higher than all other groups. the number one predictor of the scores was how far people had gone in school. many observers pointed out when it comes to religion, knowledge isn t everything. greg smith is a senior researcher at pew. many people are religious themselveses in the way they live their life and the way they approach faith. but that doesn t necessarily mean they have perfect knowledge of religion or even of their own faith. the survey also found that many people think the restrictions on religion and public schools are tighter than they