the first time in 30 years the pope has landed here in ecuador. what the pope is doing is generating a kind of internal movement in the church to build on that foundation, he says. but it s too soon to talk about impact. first, priests have to embrace the pope s message. and parishonners have to feel motivated to return to the fold. a generation ago more than 90% of latin americans were catholic. now it s just 69%. it s hoped this visit will fire up the bases and get people capacita excited about being catholic again. after a few failures and a long wait, the international space station is receiving a welcome wake up call from a russian rocket.
adult outreach for the archdiocese of new york rejects the idea. if i become a priest i mary the church as my bride and my main priority would be the parishonners and the people in the pews.n if i become married a woman my wife with be my priority. i think it would be difficult to maintain two families. pope benedict left a church beset by scandal and a increased competition by other faiths. still a billion strong most catholics are convinced the church will rally and prosper. those are serious issues here in the united states we he have seen the effects of the sex abuse crisis and we have to be vigilant in the protection of children and how we deal with priests who have done criminal acts. but i don t think that if we are trying to narrow it down to who will theext pope be and how will they change that? i think it comes down to a much more local level. when confronted by his own
adult outreach for the archdiocese of new york rejects the idea. if i become a priest i mary the church as my bride and my main priority would be the parishonners and the people in the pews.n if i become married a woman my wife with be my priority. i think it would be difficult to maintain two families. pope benedict left a church beset by scandal and a increased competition by other faiths. still a billion strong most catholics are convinced the church will rally and prosper. those are serious issues here in the united states we he have seen the effects of the sex abuse crisis and we have to be vigilant in the protection of children and how we deal with priests who have done criminal acts. but i don t think that if we are trying to narrow it down to who will the next pope be and how will they change that? i think it comes down to a much more local level.
slinging fight. the nation s most prominent implementing a new and controversial policy. the washington national cathedral will soon begin allowing same-sex marriages. the church will be among the first episcopal congregations to unemployment lement the new right of marriage. it care areries huge symbolism and advocates of traditional marriage say in their opinion it is the wrong move. joining us is john eastman and reverend gary hall dean of the national cathedral. we will be he begin the conversation with dean hall. thank you for joining us. why this decision, why now? the episcopal church has gone through a 20 year process trying to decide what to do how to offer gay and lesbian parishonners the tools for living a faithful life and at last year s general convention it approved this right that we are going to use which could be adaptable for areas where there
attorney both of whom had visited the temple back in 2011. they noted that there was a discussion with parishonners there about public safety issues in the sikh community. businesses and workers had been the victims of robberies and vandalism. they the sikhs are because of religious tradition they wear tour been as many of them and they are often mistaken according to the newspaper article for muslims. they he have been the target of racially motivated crimes by antimuslim people and groups. again, i m reading and summarizing here from the oak creek patch. epithets apparently shout the at them. whether this is related to the shooting we don t know. there is another shooting similar to this it incident in march of 2005 in brookfield where a gunman killed