they may be your neighbor. they may be next to you at the grocery store checkout line and they may be experiencing a lot of stress that lead them to this tragedy. how do you really get a handle on it. the army is trying to look at trying to identify people, offer people help long before they even get to the war zone. but right now, the statistics show the war may not be one of the central problems. carol? just sad, sad and fascinating. i hope they figure it out. i do. barbara starr reporting live from washington. thank you. in ireland, victims groups say a letter from 1997 is evidence that the vatican ordered bishops to protect pedophile priests. the hottest stories online. we have them right here so you don t have to spend a lot of time looking for them. and we want you to watch television instead of doing that. jacqui jeras. you can do both. it s all about the multitask. okay. i grant you that. what s trending online?
abuse, public apologies. and finally, an acknowledgment that the crisis did not come from enemies of the church on the outside but was, quote, born from the sin within the church. while the pope has evolved and taken some strong measures the deal with the crisis, there is unfinished business that haunts the victims of pedophile priests and that is what about the bishops, the bishops that covered up priestley abuse and moved those priests from parrish to parrish? bishops like cardinal bernard law of boston that covered up the crimes of priests this assaulted dozens of children. he eventually was forced to resign. only to end up as a cardinal in rome. he has this grand title, great apartment, and real power, real authority in the vatican and yet he is one of the most notorious bish ps from this whole era of scandal. reporter: gibson believes the pope will never publicly rebuke
pope s visit to the uk. the pope is wrong, put a condom on and the pope protects pedophile priests. george is the author of the end and the beginning, pope john paul ii, the victory of freedom, the last year, the legacy. good morning to you, george. good morning, alex. how damaging are these protesters to the pope s visit and to his message? i don t think they re damaging at all. there was an enormous fuss before the pope got to britain over the last month. the media atmosphere in the uk was simply poisonous. but he s taken the poison out of the atmosphere over the last three days. 10,000 people in the city of 10 million people isn t a terribly large turnout it seems to me. and i think the pope has redefined the agenda of this visit. it s now about the place of christian conviction in the britain of the 21st century. he s also re-introduced himself to the british people as a genuine pastor.
23 minutes past the hour. just into cnn, new pictures of the pope, pope benedict touching down in scotland in the past hour. it is the first stop on a history-making four-day visit to the united kingdom. it will be the first paperle trip to britain in 28 years and the first ever state visit by a pope. the pope telling reporters on board a flight from rome that the catholic church was not vigil enough in dealing with pedophile priests. drew? time now for an a.m. original. female catholic priests, the vatican opposed to the idea, calling it a crime similar to pedophilia. more women are pursuing the calls of the priesthood. carol costello has the story. good morning, carol. you heard kiran mention that pope benedict is in great britain, there to appeal to the
elizabeth. on the flight from rome, benedict told reporters that the catholic church was too slow in dealing with pedophile priests, calling it a great sadness. well, controversy is following the pope on his visit to britain. they re calling that a crime. that s the same word used for women as priests. care costello is live from washington with an a.m. original. reporter: you guys mentioned that pope benedict is in britain this morning, as you said, his visit is without controversy. many tickets remain unsold there which suggests many of britain s catholics are indifferent to his presence. you could argue many american-catholics feel the same way because of the way the vatican handled the sex abuse candle. some say it s time for change in leadership. a big change. that includes women. reporter: for most catholics this is curious. women in priestly robes.