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Yea years. bergdahl is now charged with misbehavior before the enemy and dee desertion and that could get him a life sentence. >> kelly wright live for us in the studio. thank you, kelly. catholics all around the world are awaiting a big announcement from the pope. one hour from now, pope francis is set to announce new procedures for marriage annulment. the changes are expected to stream line the process, allowing divorced catholics to fully participate in the church. there are 1.2 billion catholics around the world. right thou, the church does not recognize divorce. lawyers for the kentuc...

Field hospital that binds up the wounds of people, and i think he wants people who have suffered through some kind of a marriage breakup to be able to have some way of being reconciled with the church. and this speeding up of the annullment process, making it simpler, i believe, is a step in that direction. it's going to cut the amount of time it takes to have an annullment by, you know, by six months to a year. and it looks like it could set up a process that would even bypass the whole tribunal system and allow a bishop to annull a marriage. >> 62% of catholics say the church should allow di...

Different entree into that situation. and the second thing is he's extremely clear that government has a positive role to play in protecting the least and the most vulnerable and he's really challenging governments to stand up and to do the hard work that they're called to do. that is using catholic social teaching which we usually keep on a shelf. it's putting it front and center and saying we need to do hard work of taking care of those who are left out. that's the change and emphasis i think. >> i'm curious, too, about, you know, the pope sort of called this conference late in the year, lat...

Because they are gay, i wouldn't feel comfortable going. that's the problem i'm having with my church right now. >> martin, he's a fascinating man in many ways. he's the first latin american pope, the first noneuropean for centuries. he's somebody who today made a real statement. he refused to get in the papal limousine, he chose a very ordinary car instead. he then made it go back to the hotel where he had been to pick up his own possessions, not sending one of the vatican staff, and he paid his own bill. three statements of intent. i am a man of the people. but mia's got a point, hasn't she....

Because they are gay, i wouldn't feel comfortable going. that's the problem i'm having with my church right now. >> martin, he's a fascinating man in many ways. he's the first latin american pope, the first noneuropean for centuries. he's somebody who today made a real statement. he refused to get in the papal limousine, he chose a very ordinary car instead. he then made it go back to the hotel where he had been to pick up his own possessions, not sending one of the vatican staff, and he paid his own bill. three statements of intent. i am a man of the people. but mia's got a point, hasn't she....