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Billion catholics. they lobbied for the deal. the vatican hosted the final meeting in the two sides that led to the breakthrough. last wednesday the pope celebrated his 78th birthday, thousands danced a tango in the square, because he comes from argentina. this week, he blasted the church's hierarchy, calling it a sick body. it was a sort of state of the union speech for the church itself. this headline says it all. pope frannis, merry christmas you power-hungry hypocrites. amazing stuff. he's nbc's jim masseda. >> in his traditional christmas speech, the pope lashed out at the vatican bureauc...

It that once the constitution is written and passed by a referendum, everything else will fall into place. there will be a judiciary, and a parliament because it will be the rule of law. again, that's based on sheer faith at this point. people just aren't trustful of people in power who are given power to expect them to relinquish it after x number of weeks or months. it just has never been seen before. >> right. all right, jim maceda updating us on all that's happening in tahrir square, and elsewhere in cities like alexandra. jim, thank you so much. from there we head to gaza where we find ...

Moving forward. >> now, jim, if he does this, it's been reported he says he will do this just as long as he needs to do it, that it is a temporary situation. what are the guarantees, if any, that are in place that after getting used to that level of power he would then seed that's what he's trying to get today? >> reporter: and that's it. that is the whole question and the whole issue in a nutshell. egyptians who are so used to power grabbing in this country are just -- they're just not buying it. we're talking about the liberal secular groups who, by the way, even are boycotting the writing o...

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