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We have never witnessed the retirement of a pope. the leader of an institution that dates back to the first century used 21st century technology to say good-bye: a modernday tweet in ancient latin with a timeless message. "may you always experience the joy that comes from putting christ at the center of your lives." for catholics, who believe the pope is christs representative on earth, the symbolism of the day could not have been more powerful. the church teaches that when his work on earth was...

Pope benedict. anything he was doing was not communicated in the right way to the press. >> reporter: after those leaks, pope benedict formed a commission which delivered its report just before christmas. the pope ordered the report sealed, said it would remain secret, to be seen only by he and his successor. but some of the cardinals who must now choose that successor want to know more, including today in rome, cardinals from boston, houston and chicago. >> it wont be given to us as a report. w...

Weather talent appears at wx center with generic >> pelley: the president and congressional leaders today unveiled s the president and congressional leaders today unveiled a statue of civil rights pioneer rosa parks, the first black woman so honored in statuary hall. she is seated, a tribute to her refusal to give up her seat on a bus to a white man as the law then required. terrell anderson is a fourth cousin of rosa parks, and this is a moment he will never forget. but theres also an unsung ...

Public situation? >> we talked to bob about that. he said one of the things that concerns him is just this era where we have so much happening on cable and on the internet that people dont seem to care about facts anymore and reporting and he feels like if you want to have a vibrant free press and you have a white house trying to sbintimidate reporter he says ive been around forever. i wont be intimidated but imagine young reporters here only a couple years, they can be intimidated. he got it ou...

Spell out his middle name or because he abbreviated a word on the application. and if he manages to fill out an application, he is given a test. the registrar is the sole judge of whether he passes this test. he may be asked to recite the entire constitution. or explain the most complex provisions of state law. and even a college degree cannot be used to prove that he can read and write. for the fact is that the only way to pass these barriers is to show a white skin. in such a case, our duty mu...

Of whether he passes this test. he may be asked to recite the entire constitution. or explain the most complex provisions of state law. and even a college degree cannot be used to prove that he can read and write. for the fact is that the only way to pass these barriers is to show a white skin. in such a case, our duty must be clear to all of us. the constitution says that no person shall be kept from voting because of his race or his color. we have all sworn an oath before

In peoples minds which is a great lead-in to doing a series about them. you have to understand that most of what was written about the vikings written by hostile witnesses. that is christian monks. they, of course, were nonliteral, pagans and didnt write anything down. and their culture was destroyed after it was christianized. but what i found in the research was some extraordinary things. very briefly, that they were far more democratic than saxon western and francish culture. they had regular...

Simple cap and not the cape were used to seeing. his red shoes will be traded in for a pair of brown loafers. in the modern church, this is the first time there will be two living popes. its a potentially awkward situation, but few expect benedict to interfere with his successor. brian? >> anne thompson at the vatican in rome for us tonight. anne, thanks. the first video is now emerging from a terrifying moment today in egypt, the fatal incident involving a hot air balloon. 19 tourists were ki...

Former pope in six centuries. the vatican announced today that his title in retirement will be pope emeritus. earlier today, we asked long- time vatican reporter delia gallagher, senior editor for "inside the vatican" magazine, how the vatican will cope with two popes. >> well, a lot of this will be unchartered territory and will depend, i think, on common sense of the pope emeritus, benedict who has said he would like to live hidden from the world a life of prayer, a life of silence and one has...

But said he didnt want to be the focus of media attention in rome. the news came as the pope accepted a report into what is likely to be his successors greatest burden. an internal investigation into power struggles and corruption within the vatican hierarchy. the pope ordered the investigation after his butler was found to have stolen papers off his desk. john thavis is author of "the vatican diaries: an inside look at the church." >> it all forms part of the burden, i think, that was placed on...