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Example that is historic. >> i think most liberal catholics that i know about, including one i know very well, me, happens to like him a lot. and we wonder, a lot of jewish people i know who -- well, they're religious in some cases, but maybe not even religious at all. >> right. >> find this guy wonderful. >> i'm really struck by how timely his remarks are. rather than get hung up on issues that they know the church is not going to move on like abortion or gay marriage. >> that's doctrine. that's hart to touch. >> exactly. >> talking about things like income inequality, and the environment, bo...

A mountain lion roaming a milwaukee neighborhood any closer to being solved this morning? the very latest on some pretty serious concerns for people who live in this heavily populated neighborhood. plus this -- >> next the u.s. astronaut. >> after a two-month delay, another american astronaut arrives at the international space station. it's one of the stories we're updating around the "news nation" this morning. but first, there's a lot going on this morning. here are a few things we thought you should know. pope francis' favorability rating has dropped in the u.s. it dipped to 59%, down f...

Archdiocese in the country, has always been a place where -- >> conservative catholics too. >> traditional. >> bernadine. >> bernadine was not. >> thank you. half dozen presidential candidates for 2016 are themselves roman catholic. and the pope's views on climate seems at odds with many of them. on the eve of the encyclical on climate, jeb bush told campaigners while campaigning in iowa he respected the pope but he would not take political guidance as he put it from the head of his church. >> i don't go to mass for economic policy or things in politics. i have enough people helping me along t...

Influential popes of the 20th century. john paul ii, most people don't remember him. he served for five years but they were five dramatic years in the history of the church because he initiated the secretary vatican council and that is the process that reformed the church, that modernized the church. you can see it if you've ever gone to catholic mass. it's said in english today. before vatican 2 it was said in latin. vatican 2 turned him around and had him face the congregation instead of giving the mass with his back to the masses. conservative catholics say it was the beginning of the downf...

Legislation that required all health insurance plans to cover contraceptive drugs and devices as well. his exemption was actually narrower than the exemption in the affordable care act. >> i think what this all comes down to honestly is abortion. it goes always back to that. the christian conservatives like mike huckabee, their religious beliefs have nothing to do with all of this. it's the catholic church they're playing to, they're playing to the pitches and this is one of the things that the bishops has extracted from the christian conservatives to get them to say we will fight this contrac...