This is the day when billions of people around the world celebrate the birth of jesus christ. Thousands flock to Christmas Services in the biblical town of bethlehem where jesus was born, and thousands more went to the vatican last night where pope francis celebrated the annual Christmas Eve midnight mass. Anna matranga is there with the popes christmas message. Reporter pope francis celebrated the traditional Christmas Eve mass at st. Peters basilica. The crowd filled the pews while maint. Testing net03 f1 in his homily francis spoke of the tenderness of gods live and the need for more tenderness in the world today. He said gods message of peace is stronger than darkness and corruption. This is the message of christmas night. The plight of Christian Refugees is very important to pope francis. Earlier today he called a group of Iraqi Christians forced to flee by muslim militants and he told them, i bless you and im close to you. Noncatholics also heard his call. Jin lu came all the way
Now joining us on booktv is robert george, professor of Juris Prudence here at princeton, university. Way want to talk to him about his recent book conscience and its enemies confronting the dog mas of liberal secularism. Dr. George oh, do you you define liberal secular system. Guest a view about human detonation and dignity that competes with other views some secular but not liberal, some religious. Its a view that is very common in places like the one where we are right now university communities. I would venture to say its the predominant view in the elite sector our our culture and prominent in europe, which has become a very secular society. It embraces ideas about liberty and the personality, about the nature of human beings about ethics that are distinctive in our own time. Its associated with socially liberal views about matters of sexuality, abortion life and death issues. Generally identity issues. Kind of the spectrum of socalled hot button morally charged issues in our own
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Eisenhower administration. I spent close to a decade trying to understand the unique character of poverty in the United States and i think i think of this research in this book as reflecting processes that are typical of cities throughout the nation. It is baltimore that tells an american story not just an accident of nature but about how our government and our society interacts with impoverished people a a disproportionate number of whom afferent happen to be africanamerican after one what are the demographics . Guest the neighborhoods where i conducted my research are predominantly black, more than one 3rd of young women are in their teens and that had at least one child, income levels never surpass ten to 15000 per year and where most significantly government institutions are repressive. I believe we show for the 1st time the extent to which poverty in the United States is characterized not just by material but also the overwhelming precedent of government officials and the likes of
I joke around that i started writing this book on the eisenhower administration. I spent close to a decade in trying to understand the main gear of poverty in the United States. I think of this research in this book as reflecting that are typical of cities throughout the nation. It is baltimore and it is an american story. It is not just a freak accident of nature. Its not just about baltimoreans living in poverty. It is about how our government and society interacts with impoverished people and a disproportionate number of whom happen to be africanamerican. What is the population in west baltimore and what are the demographics . Neighborhoods by conducting a research arm neighborhoods which are predominately black, where more than a third of young women have had at least one child in their teens, where income levels never surpass 10,000 to 15000 per year and where most significantly governing institutions, what i call minimal institutions are ever present. I believe one of the contrib