products. that s why we re your retirement company. and the corporation for public broadcasting. welcome, i m kim lawton, sitting in for bob abernethy. thank you for joining us. there were new questions this week about the american effort in afghanistan. a report from senate democrats urges the administration to re-evaluate assistance programs there. the report says although the u.s. has spent almost $19 billion on aid and nation building, there has only been limited success. and as the military prepares for this summer s troop drawdown, some liberal christians and jews are ramping up their calls for an end to the war altogether. in syria, as the government crackdown intensified this week, humanitarian concerns mounted. hundreds of syrian refugees have fled to turkey. the united nations reports that more than 1,100 people have been killed since anti-government protests began in march. 10,000 are believed to have been detained. the top u.n. human rights official condemned
abernethy: welcome. i m bob abernethy. it s good to have you with us. top vatican officials strongly defended pope benedict the sixteenth and the roman catholic church this week amid growing controversy over allegations of priestly sex abuse in europe and of inadequate oversight by some church leaders. two senior cardinals claimed that many of the accusations have been motivated by what they called an anti-catholic hate campaign. the crisis has also created new tensions between two religious communities. archbishop of canterbury rowan williams issued an apology after he claimed in a radio interview that, because of the scandal the that, because of the scandal, the catholic church in ireland was losing all credibility. many irish and british catholics were deeply angered by the remarks. williams office said, the archbishop had no intention of criticizing or offending the roman catholic church as a whole. meanwhile, the vatican named archbishop jose gomez to head the l
abernethy: welcome. i m bob abernethy. it s good to have you with us. top vatican officials strongly defended pope benedict the sixteenth and the roman catholic church this week amid growing controversy over allegations of priestly sex abuse in europe and of inadequate oversight by some church leaders. two senior cardinals claimed that many of the accusations have been motivated by what they called an anti-catholic hate campaign. the crisis has also created new tensions between two religious communities. archbishop of canterbury rowan williams issued an apology after he claimed in a radio interview that, because of the scandal the that, because of the scandal, the catholic church in ireland was losing all credibility. many irish and british catholics were deeply angered by the remarks. williams office said, the archbishop had no intention of criticizing or offending the roman catholic church as a whole. meanwhile, the vatican named archbishop jose gomez to head the l
abernethy: welcome. i m bob abernethy. it s good to have you with us. top vatican officials strongly defended pope benedict the sixteenth and the roman catholic church this week amid growing controversy over allegations of priestly sex abuse in europe and of inadequate oversight by some church leaders. two senior cardinals claimed that many of the accusations have been motivated by what they called an anti-catholic hate campaign. the crisis has also created new tensions between two religious communities. archbishop of canterbury rowan williams issued an apology after he claimed in a radio interview that, because of the scandal the that, because of the scandal, the catholic church in ireland was losing all credibility. many irish and british catholics were deeply angered by the remarks. williams office said, the archbishop had no intention of criticizing or offending the roman catholic church as a whole. meanwhile, the vatican named archbishop jose gomez to head the l
abernethy: welcome. i m bob abernethy. it s good to have you with us. top vatican officials strongly defended pope benedict the sixteenth and the roman catholic church this week amid growing controversy over allegations of priestly sex abuse in europe and of inadequate oversight by some church leaders. two senior cardinals claimed that many of the accusations have been motivated by what they called an anti-catholic hate campaign. the crisis has also created new tensions between two religious communities. archbishop of canterbury rowan williams issued an apology after he claimed in a radio interview that because of the scandal the catholic church in ireland was, quote, losing all credibility. many irish and british catholics were deeply angered by the remarks. williams office said, the archbishop had no intention of criticizing or offending the roman catholic church as a whole. meanwhile, the vatican named archbishop jose gomez to head the los angeles archdiocese when