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>> pope francis tries to quash those 60 critics when he approves of the way bishops in buenos aires handle communion. argentine bishops sometimes allow it when remarried catholics examine their conscience, pray, talk to a pastor and strive to live a more christian life. >> this controversy has been raging now for two years in the church, and its not going away. >> coming up -- >> what did the pope say? i like the pope. was it good or bad? because if its good, i like the pope. if its bad, i dont ...

♪ >> he is the first named francis, the cardinals of the catholic church voting in secret, elected a 76-year-old colleague as the head of their church of over one billion people worldwide. >> the first jesuit pontiff, and the first pope from latin america, where 40% of the worlds catholics live. >> cardinal jorge bergoglio never expected to step on the balcony. he even turned in his retirement papers in 2011. >> he was totally convinced that he would go back to buenos aires. >> instead, at 76,...

Stirring the rules and creating ainge attorney right. >> disputes can be eternal. and if the pope is in effect encouraging people, catholics to break the churchs teaching on adultery, it could incentivize sin in such a way that souls could be lost. >> it is saying that one size does not fit all. its saying black and white rules in some of these very complex cases just dont work. >> pope francis guidance is so controversial, a group of catholic academics and clergy write whats call a correction, ...

>> im here to announce the program known as daca that was under the obama administration is being rescinded. >> president trumps former chief adviser a high profile catholic, goes on 60 minutes and accuses bishops of supporting daca for institutional reasons. an accusation they deny. >> they need illegal aliens to fill the church. >> to think the catholic church needs undocumented people in the pew in order to pay bills, is non-sense. we need undocumented people in the pews because theyre a part...

What are they going to do with this information. thats really been the question since pope francis was elected. are they going to stay down this my optic path with an op session, pope francis words, on abortion and gay and lesbian rights, or are they going to find this new balance with pope francis and progressive catholics like us. it will be interesting to see and i hope they work with us to find the new balance. >> its always great to have you on the program. ill be curious to hear if groups ...

Table, bibi netanyahu and mahmoud abbas, and secretary of state john kerry who worked hard to get this far. and of course to the president behind the big push, barack obama. blessed are the peacemakers. and thats "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "all in with chris hayes" starts right now. good evening from new york. im chris hayes. tonight on "all in" workers are walking out at major fast food chains in multiple states. there is a real movement to increase wages across the country...

1890s, john paul ii called unions indispensable. whats different about pope francis and whats exciting for progressive catholics like me is that hes standing on the side of the poor and hes wearing sensible shoes to stand in. hes walking the walk. and you know, he said he wants a poor church for the poor and i think that progressive catholics like myself would add we want a just church for justice seekers. were excited that hes looking at justice in the world and speaking out so passionately and...

So he cant change any of the substance, but, boy, can he ever change the way thats presented? i think hes shrewd enough to say, you know what? i love the traditional teachings of the church. im as loyal to them as the day is long. im also recognizing that a lot of them arent going over. now, i cant change them. i dont want to change them. they come to us from the lord as part of revelation. we better work on a more tantalizing attractive, compelling way to present them. i think hell do that bril...

Now we dont trust each other very much across these divides and thats creating real problems for our country and for those of you who are catholic for our church. >> a lot of american catholics are progressive. theyre for married priests, women priests, gay marriage. it was really interesting, though, when we started talking about benedict stepping down, i had kate childs graham stepping down. shes gay. shes active in progressive catholic groups. and i asked her if people asked her why shes cath...

>> the cardinals that will be making these decisions are conservatives, in that they were very concerned about the secularization of european culture, but their answer to that was ratzinger. i dont think this should be a presumption that theyre going to move in a more liberal modern direction just because of these demographic shifts that youre talking about. >> e.j. brshgs we let you go, why is there not more of a constituent outcry in terms of these politics? i mean, i think its almost painful ...