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>> you know, mike, i struggle with english every morning but it doesnt have the same effect as the pope struggling with english yesterday. i was moved by something that you said, mike, last hour when you talked about being a catholic going to one mass after another seeing dust build up on the pews, seeing more and more young people leave and going through scandals. its been a hard long slog for a lot of practicing catholics but you talk about the spiritual pay off youre getting now. this was wor...

>> its a remarkable shift in tone, too. church teaching has not changed, the tone, the approach, his attitude towards people, i think who am i to judge a lot of people, dismiss that as unimportant. i think it was very important and marked a water shed by a lot of people who felt judge and feel very welcome. >> then you get his spec actions with other cardinals, cardinal burke, cardinal raymond burke, very conservative. opposed the pope verbally, vocally, a head of the vatican supreme court. gone...

Experiencing something of an identity crisis, catholics now have twice voted for a president who one might consider to be the most liberal on right to life issues that we have ever had. is that catholic identity crisis in the united states of kern to the vatican? >> it should be of concern to everyone, although i would underscore that catholics who are regularly practicing catholics, mass once a week catholics voted overwhelmingly for governor romney the last time. so the catholic vote such as i...

If i want to be religious. i think that is what society is missing. >> you dont think the . ears would be some what. >> what do i do if the manager said you will do. >> put tinsel around your neck. >> and i am going to look at the presents and tree. what if i had that. i want to be at home. >> for some people a quarter founder is religious. and last time i worked in they wanted to work with the employees . happy employees help the environment of a workplace. yoining that managers are going to lo...

Catholics are also lapsed catholics and ex-catholics. there are many practicing catholics who are not rigidly locked in to the leadership of the bishop so there isnt anything new in that. and the controversy about abortion is, certainly, a minor part of the religious freedom issue, when the united states government can presume to tell a bishop that he has to perform abortions in his hospital, you are going to have a problem on your hand. i dont think the vast majority of people are seeing presid...

Vanderbilt university newly tightened nondiscrimination policy which prohibit as student organization for applying a faith based criteria for organization. one organization at vanderbilt had enough. it is pulling out of the campus. the president of vandy catholic. here is what he said. >> that is simply not what our organization. if we didnt have the qualifications. if we said, oh, it doesnt matter, catholic faith and practice doesnt matter for organization and our leaders we would be compromisi...

Taking its 500 members and leaving campus. the president told us that the school left them no other choice. >> we are, first and foremost, a catholic organization. we require our leaders to be practicing catholics who know the faith, and were striving to live it out. ,and the university has made it clear in their nondiscrimination policy theres simply not a place for an organization that has these qualifications for leadership. >> reporter: now, for its part vanderbilt university is saying dont ...

Rules to those who dont share their faith? that is the rule at vanderbilt and it could mean the end of the clubs. senior national correspondent explains. >> protest is growing louder. a religious student group at vanderbilt university says it has had enough. catholic organization vandy catholics says it cant sign on to the newly tightened discrimination policy that prohibits religious group to set faith-base requirement for leadership. >> we require our leaders be practicing catholics and the un...

Will either be quiet or not listened to. >> listen, im getting phone calls from catholic small businessmen. i own a restaurant. who elected obama to tell me what kind of a health care policy i have to have for my employees? so this has to be resolved at that level as well. these people have insurance policy. i think to some extent that obama played a devious role. they began to peel off some of those liberal catholics who were joined with us in a tenuous coalition. so now you have the likes of s...

about. when they look at exactly what may have caused whitney houstons death, the autopsy is complete. the results are on hold. theyre waiting for toxicology reports which they say could take up to eight weeks or longer. whitney houston was found in a bathtub at the beverly hilton hotel on saturday late afternoon. there were some reports that maybe she drowned an there are some sources who said it could have been a combination of drugs and alcohol. radar online is saying that police fo...