it s good to have you with us. as the country observes the ninth anniversary of the september 11th terrorist attacks, there s been an extraordinary national conversation about the challenges of religious boundar tolerance. there were protests and condemnations from around the world over a small independent florida church s threatened plan to burn the koran. secretary of state hillary clinton called the plan disrespectful and disgraceful. and general david petraeus, the top u.s. and nato commander in afghanistan and defense secretary robert gates said the act could endanger american troops. the debate came on top of another controversy over plans to build an islamic cultural center near the site of ground zero in new york. at a news conference on friday, president obama called for religious tolerance. we have to make sure that we don t start turning on each other, and i will do everything that i can as long as i m president of the united states to remind the american people
ninth anniversary of the september 11th terrorist attacks, there s been an extraordinary national conversation about the challenges of religious diversity and the boundaries of tolerance. there were protests and condemnations from around the world over a small independent florida church s threatened plan to burn the koran. secretary of state hillary clinton called the plan disrespectful and disgraceful. and general david petraeus, the top u.s. and nato commander in afghanistan and defense secretary robert gates said the act could endanger american troops. the debate came on top of another controversy over plans to build an islamic cultural center near the site of ground zero in new york. at a news conference on friday, president obama called for religious tolerance. we have to make sure that we don t start turning on each other, and i will do everything that i can as long as i m president of the united states to remind the american people that we are one nation under god an
that is why we are your retirement company. also by the henley luse foundation and the corporation for public broadcasting. : welcome. it is good to have you with us. the vatican issued new rules for the handling of clergy sex abuse this week. the statute expanded limitations and increased penalties. many of the policies for handling abuse were already in place, but the new document makes them official church law. the document called attempting to ordain women a grave crime against the church. provoking criticism as equally serious offenses. argentina has become the first country in latin america to legalize same-sex marriage. new law narrowly passed. it grants gay and married couples the same protections as heterosexual couples. in uganda, religious leaders are cautions against retalllation against people in the city of kampalo. a man from delaware and a volunteer was among those killed in the attacks. several missionaries from a church in pennsylvania were wounded. a ter
that is why we are your retirement company. also by the henley luse foundation and the corporation for public broadcasting. : welcome. it is good to have you with us. the vatican issued new rules for the handling of clergy sex abuse this week. the statute expanded limitations and increased penalties. many of the policies for handling abuse were already in place, but the new document makes them official church law. the document called attempting to ordain women a grave crime against the church. provoking criticism as equally serious offenses. argentina has become the first country in latin america to legalize same-sex marriage. new law narrowly passed. it grants gay and married couples the same protections as heterosexual couples. in uganda, religious leaders are cautions against retalllation against people in the city of kampalo. a man from delaware and a volunteer was among those killed in the attacks. several missionaries from a church in pennsylvania were wounded. a ter
company dotcom. also by the henry loos foundation and the corporation for public broadcasting. welcome. i m bob abernethy. it s good to have you with us. muslim-american groups were among those condemning the attempted bombing in new york s times square. the muslim public affairs council and the council on american-islamic relations welcomed the arrest of faisal shahzad, a pakistani-american. cair said it would work with police to gather more information about the attempted attack. the united nations opened a month-long conference in new york to review ways to contain the spread of nuclear weapons. and for the first time, the u.s. officially released the number of its nuclear warheads 5,113. may peace prevail on earth. prior to the conference, leaders from several religious traditions gathered at the u.n. to pray for the abolition of all nuclear weapons. christians, jews, muslims and buddhists were among the participants. also there was the roman-catholic archbishop