We begin with a visit by pope francis to cuba. First a message for those that attended the mass. First, meetings with raul castro and former leader fidel castro. David ariosto is live for us. The visit comes on the heels of a major historic announcement from the u. S. Departments. How the u. S. Companies will do business. Hiring cuban employees. Feddism, ups taking the practice of whether or not the announcement was and put into play here. The person behind a lot of that is the man visiting, pope francis. Who showed up before an audience of several hundred thousands, touching on a variety of topics, it was clearly an historic moment. Its early on sunday morning in havana. What usually is a quiet relaxed time in the capital is filled with music and celebration. The reason pope francis is here in cuba to preside over mass for the faithful and those hoping to hear more from the man who helped form relations with their old enemy, the United States. We are in revolution plaza, waiting for t
Important, i cannot fail to mention the servant of god dorothy day, who founded the catholic worker movement. Her social activism, her passion for justice and for the cause of the oppressed, were inspired by the gospel, her faith, and the example of the saints. How much progress has been made in this area in so many parts of the world. How much has been done in these first years of the Third Millennium to raise people out of extreme poverty. I know that you share my conviction that much more still needs to be done, and in times of crisis and Economic Hardship , a spirit of Global Solidarity must not be lost. At the same time, i would encourage you to keep in mind all those people around us who are trapped in a cycle of poverty. They too need to be given hope. The fight against poverty and hunger must be fought constantly and on many fronts, especially in its causes. I know that Many Americans today, as in the past, are working to deal with this problem. It goes without saying that part
Pope francis has left washington and traveled to new york city. Tomorrow he will address the United Nations general assembly. Following his u. N. Speech he will attend a religious service at the 9 11 memorial museum. It begins at 10 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan 3. The cspan Networks Feature weekends full of politics, nonfiction books and American History. The popes visit to the United States continues saturday as he travels from new york to philadelphia. Live coverage starts at 4 30 p. M. Eastern as pope francis speaks at independence hall. Then at 7 30 p. M. The pontiff attends the festival of families, part of the world meeting of families. Join us sunday evening at 6 35 eastern as harvard professor and president ial connecticut Lawrence Lessig talks about his decision to run for president and changing political system. And on cspan 2s book tv saturday night at 10 00 p. M. Fox news Host Bill Oreilly speaks with Babe Buchanan on his latest ook killing reagan. On sunday afternoon at 1 00,
Good morning. You are going to hear two statements. One in spanish, one in english. Thank you for your efforts to ake this meeting possible. Here i think of a person whom i ve, someone who is and has been very important throughout my life. An s been a support and inspiration. He is the one i go to whenever m in a bind. You make me think of st. Joseph. Your faces remind me of his. Joseph had to face some difficult situations in his ife. One of them was the time when mary was about to give birth to ave jesus. The bible tells us that while they were in bethlehem, the time came for her to deliver her child. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth and laid him in a manger because there was inn. Ce for them in the the bible is very clear about this. There was no room for them. I can imagine joseph with his wife about to have a child with no shelter, no home, no place to stay. The bible the son of god came into this orld as a homeless person. The son of god k
Announcer live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. As hundreds attend a vigil, we are getting only late breaking details on a deadly campus shooting in oregon tonight. We learned the suspects identity and we heard from his father. Veronica and ken, the gunmans name is Chris Harper Mercer. Hes 26 years old, and up until two years ago he lived in los angeles. He made a statement about 90 minutes ago. I cant answer any questions right now. I dont want to answer any questions right now. Obviously its been a devastating day, devastating for me and my family. All i ask is for you to just please respect our privacy, and so far, you have done that. Shocked. Im shocked is all i can say. The shooting rampage took place on the campus of Umpqua Community college in the small turn to of roseburg three hours south of portland. Tonight we know ten are dead, including the gunman. Seven people are recovering from dpusht wounds. And the man smooind behind the latest shooting rampage warn