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As far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all but make no peace with oppression. strengthen the faint hearted. support the weak. help the afflicted. honor all people. love and serve your god whose spirit working in you can do infinitely more than you can ask for or imagine. and may the blessing of god almighty, our creator, sustainer and giver of life, be with you and remain with you this day and forever more. amen. >> go forth from this place in

Just looked at his twitter feed talking about the "new york times." this time, this was the more amenable trump, "the new york times" was a jewel, a great institution, this is the guy who that morning tweeted about the failing "new york times" and had misrepresented why he canceled the meeting to begin with. there is a dr. jekyll and mr. hyde quality to president-elect trump. i worry that somebody who is as thin skinned as he is, who is as quick to react to any kind of criticism -- he is going t...

Side. we have to give them a voice. >> ill give you another line. you afflict the comfortable and you comfort the afflicted. then why werent you doing that for eight years during president obamas administration? >> letting people speak for themselves is not actually social justice, it is journalism. one of the biggest mistakes or one of the things that have been exposed one of the biggest failures, one die mentional and the perfect example is how we mess that disability was the most important is...

A really bad prank. in both cases, it needs to be punished and exploited. >> michael, thank you. i appreciate your expertise. shorten that title. no, just kidding. >> i sure will. >> thank you. >> take care. been hearing a l about the heroin epidemic in america. in new york, in the new york city borough of staten island, theres been a tragic increase in death. but one dedicated nurse is trying to save lives in a new way. molly has this inspiring story. >> hi, eric. drug overdoses have increased ...

The next few years, but in the mid 1990s, the group splits apart due to internal disagreements. in the end, the coalition is considered groundbreaking for the attention it brings to aids. >> we got the drug companies and federal government to develop treatments that were extending lives and stopping the immediate carnage. >> by 1996, a drug cocktail is introduced that brings about dramatic improvements for many of the afflicted. >> those of us who had under 100 "t" cells and were really sick, ou...

Afflicted, welcoming children and those who have been victims of abuse, and this morning we see him talking with prisoners. but also he wanted to bring a message, stirring the consciences of those of us who are quite comfortable, whether that be around climate change or income inequality or our willingness to take in those who have been displaced and are now refugees. so i think hes done both of those things. >> bishop robinson, do you think this air of inclusion is something thats because of th...

John boehner has decided against discussing his decision. well bring you news out of washington on that while we watch this. security extremely tight in lower manhattan as it has been since the popes arrival in new york. >> one of the things that were told is going to happen at this visit at ground zero is the pope is going to meet personally with families killed on 9/11. hes going to be doing that direct pastoral work that we associate with parish priests and deacons, but as the head of the chu...

Program right now. anyone suspected credibly is removed from ministry. so i think he was being encouraging and saying yet we have further to go. >> i only have 30 seconds left. you can tell me, both of you, first to you, bishop robinson, tom hes going to speak in front of congress. what will you be watching for? >> well, amongst the clergy we have a saying that our job is to show compassion for the afflicted and to afflict the comfortable -- to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. ...

He used that word in his opening remarks. so i expect it to ibe very warm. i expect that they will be talking about global challenges. as i was listening to the pope talk, i couldnt help but call to mind the words of dorothy day, founder of the catholic worker movement, who talked about how what were called to do is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. and that is -- was his message with that, yes, poverty should be front and center. but hes also come to challenge those that are...

The reformed nature, and the welcoming sense, and how he is bringing more people back into the catholic fold, and yet, there are those within the vat kin who are not thrilled and what is the problem? >> well, he has said that he has come to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable, and he sees those in the vatican as the comfortable, and he is saying, stop being administrators and get out to be the shepherds, and he is shaking it up that they are threatened and they dont like the job in...