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ago, they lifted the ban of excommunication imposed on the penetant. it depends on the amp bishop of each diocese. >> so they can decide if they want to do it past december 8, just to clarify? >> correct. in my diocese, it has no effect. every priest can dissolve it and has been able to for 20 years. what the holy father has done is extend it to the whole church and actually offered -- it's quite extraordinary -- because the society of st. pius the 10th do not have the faculty to absolve. he has even granted this faculty to them and allowing those priests to also lift the ban of excommunication. so it's quite an extraordinary announcement. >> it is a shift there. we're talking about women who have had abortions, but does it
jodi, and, sure, he was a sinner and everybody saw that in the courtroom, but he also was a penetant, humble guy, trying to repent and improve and have the full grace of christ in his life. that just didn't come out. this is more of a validation for travis and who he was what wasn't really shown in the courtroom. >> you call it a validation, the big question is what happens next. the sentencing phase begins today, jodi arias, after the guilty verdict was delivered, gave a television interview where she said the sentence she might like to see. listen to what she said. >> i said years ago, i would rather get death than life and that is still true today. i believe death is ultimate freedom, i would rather have freedom as soon as i could get