this morning listening live at the vatican as the pope delivers his easter blessing. thousands gathered, and we want to bring in father john morris who is sitting here listening to the message along with us. a few countries left untouched by his message. most of all iraq and syria with the roar of violence calling on that may cease. what stood out to you, father? he had a great the happiness of easter morning. right. and pope francis gave a nukeless of the gospel saying easter is about the fact that god would choose to take upon himself our own sin. take our place for the punishment we bought rightly deserve top in order to reconcile us for god. and this is what the message is. and he said jesus was res recollected and came and said peace be with you.
doors were closed in the room were the disciples were for fear of the jews. jesus came and stood among them. he said to them, peace be with you. he showed them his hands at his side. the disciples were filled were joy when they saw the lord and he said again, peace be with you. as the father sent me, so am i sending you. after saying this, he briefed them and said, receive the holy spirit. with those whose sins you
house christmas tree a holiday tree. fox news as it does every year, went crazy. i think the bearded guy you re protecting might be the wrong bearded guy. but i admit, the season wouldn t feel the same without people going out of their way to be offended by nothing. fox news likes to bring a touch of holiday fear to their viewers with endless coverage of the completely bogus war on christmas. bill: sure. so we here at the factor are look forward to the christmas tree lighting in providence, rhode island. in fact, some of my staff are going to attend as soon as governor chaffey and his spokeswoman tell us when it will be. should be a joyous occasion. celebrate ago federal holiday that honors a man of peace. and peace be with you, governor chaffey. that s a memo. now for the reaction, joining us from chicago, thomas brakier, president of the thomas moore society, fights against some of these christmas intrusions. and from providence, doreen
okay? nice sentiment. just nice, peace be with you, governor. absolutely. bill: and the next time you see the governor, i want him to come on the program and talk to me cause i think he should. i think he should. bill: yeah. cause he wants to do the right thing and the right thing is talk to me in the christmas season. all right. thanks very much. we appreciate it. directly ahead, crowley and colmes react to the war on christmas. later, john stossel and bad food and what the usa should do about it because it s hurting us and it because it s hurting us and we re coming right [ malannouncer ] it that time of year again. time for cii price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you really don t want to pay more than you have to. only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. and it finds one, you get refunded the difference. just use your citi card and register your purchase online. have a super sparkly day! ok. [ male announc