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Ceremony at the vatican today, the end of a very difficult meeting where bishops failed to agree on some of the churchs most challenging issues. allen pizzey is in rome. >> the mass that elevated the pope paul sixth to sainthood wrapped up also latest synod of bishops a concept he created. in his homily pope paul is saying the synod must make every effort to adapt ways and methods to the growing needs of our t mes and the conditions of society. it was a clear allusion to what the synod fell shor...

To an agleemt. >> and an international meeting in the 1960s attempted to modernize the catholic church. both of those topics failed to reach the two third authority approval in the senate hall on saturday night.

,, >> axelrod: tonight, a win for vatican conservatives. in a setback for pope francis, bishops back off calls to welcome gays. the c.d.c. is about to issue new guidelines for health care workers handling ebola patients. vicente arenas has a look at them tonight, while carter evans tracks the false alarms. the officer in the ferguson, missouri shooting says he feared for his life that day. vladimir duthiers on darren wilsons account of his fatal encounter with michael brown. >> welcome to the ro...

More good news -- its friday! woo! [ male announcer ] ship a pak via fedex express saver® for as low as $7.50. pope francis is inial beania for the first trip to a european country outside of albany. he called for coexistence among religions and no one can act as armor of god. >> no one considered themselves armor of god while carrying out acts of violence and oppression. may no one used violence as an action twens dignity and the free rights to every man and woman and the right of everyone t...

In baton rouge, louisiana. ♪ ♪ the silver fox >> reporter: but the man preaching to the choir is no minister. >> my god is not finished with me. >> reporter: hes edwin w. edwards, ex-four-term governor, ex-four-term congressman, and ex-con. >> i may be old and rancid butter, but im on your side of the bread. ♪ i love the lord ♪ he heard my cry >> reporter: unrepentant and unapologetic, edwards is in church not looking for forgiveness but for votes. because at 87, after almost nine years ...

Ex-four-term congressman and ex-con. >> i may be old but im on your side of the bread. ♪ i love the lord he heard my cry ♪ >> reporter: edwards is in church not looking for forgiveness but for votes because at 87, after almost nine years in prison, the flamboyant showman of louisiana politics has a fresh act, running for congress. co-starring his new 35-year-old wife and their 1-year-old baby. can you tell the story of how you two met? she began as a prison pen pal which led to love at first...

>> he was immediately sentenced to six years hard labor, miller is one of three americans currently being held by north korea. >> 20 couples were married at st. peters basilica today and look who was leading the ceremonies. >> the couples were married by pope francis, some of the couples already lived together before marriage and even had kids, it is part of an effort by the vatican to be more inclusive. >> will scotland leave the united kingdom? that story when the cbs evening news continues.

Past. thank you both. >> thanks. >> pleasure to be with you. >> hope francis marking 100 years since the start of world war i this morning visiting a monday sumt in northern italy near the border. addressing a large crowd including war veterans and delivering this powerful message. >> translator: after experiencing the beauty of traveling throughout this region where men and women work and raise their families and children play and the elderly dream, i now find myself here in this place able to ...

>> the same way i think we are at war with al qaeda. >> reporter: war or not, secretary kerry is crisscrossing the middle east to build a coalition to battle isis. today he was in turkey. >> turkey and the united states will stand together against any challenges in the region including all terrorism. >> reporter: but turkey wont allow the u.s. to use its territory for air strikes in syria. arab nations have expressed some support, but its unlikely well see their large and well-armed militaries i...

Speaking to a group of bishops the pope said bishops dont come to asia as conquerers trying to erase national identities, instead, the catholic church wants to walk together with these nations. entering into a dialogue with countries the vatican doesnt enjoy full relationships with could help everyone. he urged the young people to bring the wisdom of the faith to every aspect of their social life and in english, a language he is clearly becoming much more comfortable with, the pope embraced the ...