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Ja the groups petition, with 6,000. signatures, calls on mahoney to6, recuse himself from the vote.o >> the conclave should be an opportunity to celebrate the future of catholicism. op with the cardinals participation, we are reminded of the sins of our leaders, and second were reminded of the general lack of accountability. >> reporter: church filesaccoun released last month show mahoney concealed from police the names of priests accused of sex abuse. in 1988, he wrote to an aide:8, he wr mahon...

May involve job loss and making them more efficient in the long-term. that has to be true for government agencies as well. that doesnt mean its smart. its a macro economic matter to create more job loss at the federal level now. >> right. politico had a piece write being how legislators are getting nervous about cuts that can hit their district specifically and had a quote saying i am almost relishing the moment they say can you help me with my base? its somebody elses district, its good governm...

Over 1 billion catholics around the world are still adjusting to the knowledge to the announcement pope benedict will be stepping down and new leadership will follow. and today the man who says he lacks the strength to go on as leader of the church led his final public mass as pope. nbcs anne thompson with us tonight from the vatican. anne, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. today we finally saw the man who is causing all the commotion here. in two public appearances, pope benedict ...

To another front, we are learning more tonight about the weeks and months that have led up to the popes surprise resignation, a closely held secret that was apparently planned for quite some time. we are also getting new details about how this transition will work involving, after all, the abdication of a living former pope, something the church hasnt experienced since the middle ages. nbcs anne thompson has made her way to the vatican tonight. anne, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, bria...

Eyes and started a year ago when he was in cuba and mexico on that visit and he said since then, he just is deteriorating mentally and physically and thats the reason hes doing this for the good of the church. he cant do all he believes the catholic church needs him to do so hes stepping aside. i think hes going to, i dont know, chill for a while and relax and pray and write. >> my last question for you, i actually studied abroad and spent almost a year living in italy. and how do you get sent t...

But any american candidate wouldic have to overcome the churchsrcom traditional reluctance to elect a superpower pope. if the church reverts to anrc italian, cardinal anglo scola, 71-year-old archbishop of milan is a popular figure, but the choice will likely have to do more with the approach from thel issues than to geography. >> its a complicated world the new holy father faces, as it wasrl with the last two holy fathers. but the complications do not ease up, they seem to multiply.t >> reporte...

The first phone to step down since the 15th century, leaving, the church in search of a new leader. we have a team of correspondents covering this historic day and the future of the catholic church beginning with allenn pizzey in vatican city. >> reporter: the surprise announcement was delivered to a gathering of cardinals in latin. citing his age, pope benedict said to do his work both strength of mind and body are necessary and that his have deteriorated "to the extent that i have to recognize...

For 1 billion catholics around the world. no pope has resigned in 598 years. and its happening just 48 hours before the holy season of lent begins. abcs jeffrey kofman is in rome with what we think happened. jeffrey? >> reporter: good evening, diane. its as if an earthquake has hit the vatican. the lights are still on, the buildings are still standing, but people here rocked by the surprise resignation of benedict xvi. it began as a routine vatican ceremony, but the popes announcement in latin w...

And we should respect those. >> reporter: political analysts say the measures will be hard to get through congress. >> and thats just not because of republican opposition to it. there are many democrats up in swing states where gun rights are quite important and are seen as part of the culture. >> reporter: but on chicagos south side today, young voices called on adults to do something. >> we have to stop the violence. it sounds different coming from adults than it does from another teen, and i ...

Writing with president clinton. what was that like? >> each one of these speeches is a place where presidential personality and politics and policy all come together. and bill clinton, as you can imagine, loved this format. he loved the chance to talk. >> there you are. look at that. >> with now justice elena kagan, supreme court, who worked on the speeches. you can see she was a policy aide and a lawyer. but she was working on the state-of-the-union address because its not just a speech. its re...