When he sees the world is unified. The u. S. President sends a warpi warning to stop meddlig in eastern ukraine. And a celebration to mark democracy in south africa how much have things really changed. First, a billion roman ka catholics around the world have two new same time. A celebration started at the vatican for john paul ii and john xxiii. This is the scene in st. Peters square. Event began with a mass led by pope francis and his predecessor, benedict xvi. 2 million are expected, including dozens of world leaders. Its a day of prayers, hymns and celebrations. A canonisation mass was held in the past two hours. Pope francis started to recite the special prayer, at about this time. Its, as i said, a day of four popes, including Pope John Paul. Theres a doingent from poland. A day of unity from the vatican watchers, a conservative and reformist coming together, an event unprecedented in the 2,000 year history of the church. Giant screens, which you may not be able to see as we watc
Thousands of pilgrims gather at vatican square for an unprecedented double canonization. We begin in south korea where Chung Hongwon, the Prime Minister, resigned over the handling of the ferry disaster. 187 are confirmed dead after the ferry capsized and sank a week ago. More than 100 people are missing. Harry fawcett reports from se l seoul. Reporter 11 days, anger and recrim nations. The Prime Minister decided to resign. Translation the right thing for me to do is take responsibility and resign as the person in charge. Cabinet. On behalf of the government i apologise for the problems, from the prevention of the accident to the early handling of the disaster. A day after it went down, south koreas president put Chung Hongwon in charge of the rescue effort. It put him in the firing line. At one point when parents of missing children threw a water bottle and scuffled with him, and tried to stop his car leaving the island. Rely ties were furious about delay relatives were furious about
The government handled the ferry accident. Out of bounds an investigation into the owner of the l. A. Clippers caught on tape makeses racist remarks good morning to you. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im Morgan Radford, live in new york. Its an event unlike any other in the history of the Catholic Church. Two popes entered saint hood today. A short time ago pope francis bestarted the title to john paul ii and john xxiii. They were connonized under the gaze of a billion catholic around the world and at vatican square. Nick schifrin joins us from there. What makes todays event unlike any other, and so unique . Let go through the first time in the it 2000 year history of the Catholic Church that we have two popes canonized together. The first time in history that we have two living popes having a mass, celebrating a mass in st. Peters square, pope francis and Pope Benedict, pope until he resigned. This was an historic day. Another first, according to the interior ministry. There was some
Century. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki rejected calls to create a more inclusive government. Hes facing criticism that he instigated the sunni insurgency by favoring the majority xia. So hes being urged to form a National Salvation government as a way to stop islamist militants. U. S. President barack obama last week challenged him to present a unified front among iraqs three main groups. And some Political Parties are urging him to step down to establish a National Salvation government. Maliki says he represents a coup against a constitution. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry is to meet with Foreign Ministers this week to discuss iraqs crisis. He will talk with ministers from the uae and israel and saudi arabias king abdullah. Government forces in iraq are countering attacks by sunni militants. Insurgents hit a military air base wednesday north of baghdad. Theyre fighting Government Forces around baiji, the site of the countrys largest oil refinery. Sunni residents in Northern