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Is it any wonder that people ask how many representatives of the Church are even interested in God rather than power, prestige or pet peeves?

We look at njohn paul ii and sad his life was testimony of holy and god and revered. >> you like it. you think its progressive and re-enforcing the right things? >> i wouldnt have put him on the fast track myself. john 23rd ushered in something so new with vatican two. some would say john paul ii closed him down a little again. there are some controversy with john paul ii that he tried to undo some of the advances of vatican two and more progressive, more liberal leaning catholics dont like that...

Vatican 2. both he and john paul ii saw their papacies an attempt to interpret vatican too properly. not so much a modernization of the church, vatican ii was an evangelical missionary council. to some degree modernizing to make the church a more apt meaning to that. hence the wide travel for example of john paul ii, hence the great teaching of benedict xvi. i think thats his major legacy. >> theyre very different at least in their style and in their i guess pastor abilities in some way, althoug...

Relativism, and the real problem in the church itself, in the priesthood was moral relativism. >> that leads us to the question of, what will these 115 cardinal electors be looking for? do you grow with what carl has had to say as the to what they will think is their mission? >> we barely handled vatican 2, barely begun the implementation of vatican 2. i think certainly the addressing of the sex abuse problem, a need for more governance in the church, more accountability and transparency. theyll...

Of john paul ii. they were both men of the council. they were at vatican 2 and contributed and i think both saw an attempt to interpret vatican 2 properly. i would say thats the major contribution of pope benedict. he wanted to read vatican 2 as a an evangelical council, a council to get the message of the faith out to the wider world and i think in koont knewty with john paul and thats probably the major legacy. >> father, this will kick off sort of the ultimate insider political battle if you ...

He might because he might want to make his argument that its kept the country safer. >> right. well see. >> isnt his official position, whats a drone? >> what drone program? >> he will not drone on. >> michael, thank you very much. in case you missed that, thats thanks very much. toure was yelling over it. here ats msnbc were asking yo to fill in the blank. i say its full of promise. but we want to hear how you finish the statement. gregory dean says its great political theater. >> true. >> su...

Cardinal turkson is sometimes mentioned. and i think of cardinal maridiago of honduras. hes mentioned last time. last time around, a cardinal is mentioned and certainly a possibility and there are a lot of people in the church who realize how much the church has changed and how its growing very much the third world. that might be reflected in the papal election. >> well, yeah, father, im hearing that the insider pick is a sort of a safer bet. angelo scola. i watched last fall because im a dork a...

chairman of the homeland security committee, also with us this morning, cnn national security contributor frances townsend, former bush homeland security adviser. congressman king, give me some more details of this plot as you know this and the man at the center of the plot whom we havent heard much information about. >> soledad i really cant give you all the details. this is an ongoing operation. it was an unmetallic device, i can tell you it involves a number of countries and that at...

>> neil: he started out rich himself and this was a cardinal, a bishop, a priest who never came from money. but once he grew to be a power in the church, he was afforded power. >> hes a man of the people and thats something the left will rally to him for but theyll be stuck. what do you do when a man of the people who is a traditionalist on cultural irish. conservatives will embrace him more than those with one foot out the door. >> neil: hes 76 and -- he was going to be a interim place setter a...