and spent several years in rome working at the vatican. a bishop in the diocese of san diego for several years, he was named bishop of the diocese of oakland in 2009 and became archbishop of san francisco in 2013. archbishop, thank you very much for being here. >> you're welcome, thank you for having me. >> i wanted to ask you, we just ended something called a year of mercy. it it was initiated by pope francis. it's officially called, i believe, an extraordinary jubilee year. now can you help us understand that? what is a jubilee? >> why is this one extraordinary, and what sort of year are we dealing with? it's not a calendar year, it's some other sort of year? help us understand this whole structure. >> a long title. , extraordinary year of jubilee. the church celebrates every 25 years. it started way back in the year 1300. when people, many people were making pilgrimage to rome at the end of the 13th century because of so much suffering that was caused by car and by plagues and so they were flocking to rome to pray at the sacred places t

anna matranga is in vatican city with what he had to tell the world. (pkg) (nats) "buon natale" ("merry christmas") the pope deliver mas day me >>> pope francis in vatican sited today with a message. >> buan natale. [merry christmas ] >> [speaking in foreign language] >> reporter: for iraq, libya and yemen to end their wars. he called for a stop in nigeria and south sue dan saying venezuela should stay on a course of reconciliation. can his words make a difference? >> i hope so. but i think that maybe the people here believe in that message. so, not necessarily the people that need to be hearing that message are listening. >> reporter: people seem to listen to him carefully. i admire him. i believe he has something to offer for the world. >> reporter: high on the pope's list was a syrian city of aleppo where fighting has been raging. he said far too much blood as been shed there. >> her husband and young son were among 12 syrian refugees pope franceis brought to rome in april while on a visit to greece. [speaking in foreign language] >> we need men of

here you see a letter of recommendation from the vatican , the coat of arms, from the vatican commission of refugees. and here you have his application form for travel document for the international red cross. the address that he states here where he lives in rome is the official residents of the bishop. i'm not sure you can see this ere. this ormation here in travel document is confirmed by the bishop. the bishop most notorious was by no means the only catholic christian or dignitary helping nazis. the leadership was appalled and shocked by the crimes, the nurembourg trials they said is the wrong way to deal with issues of guilt and responsibility. catholic bishops and cardinals were outspoken and active in criticizing the allied war crimes trials and intervened. christian notions of mercy and forgiveness, neutral humanitarian and also anti-communism play add role in all of this. catholic leaders worried that for war crime trials would only weaken the german-austrian, and italian societies and facilitate a communist takeover. i come to my fifth and last finding -- because i'm slowly run

the vatican archives, i mean. the other thing is south america, yes, the catholic church there was accommodating and helping these refugees for a number of reasons. because, one obvious reason, refugees and people, you know, on the run, as well. one obvious reason is many of these people were catholic. one thing that you probably noticed that these applications forms for travel documents of the international red cross, whenever it asked a question, what religion, it's always catholic. >> we have a question in the back center. >> this is a question for dr. steinacher. how did the nazis finance their travels, and was there bribery involved? >> this is also very good question. and i have very little time to answer that, but as i said, there was no central secret organization with unlimited money and gold in swiss bank accounts. this is fiction. it really depends from case to case. i give you a good example. two examples. one is the case of josef mangale, probably well known to everyone here and his crimes that he com

in september, mother teresa was declared a saint and cranonized by pope francis in the vatican. october. we had hurricane matthew hitting the southeast united states and rain over the bahamas. that was a big weather event for us. in november, the chicago cubs break the curse, 108 year curse. you saw that here on fox. in december, the u.s. navy commemorates the 75th anniversary attack on pearl harbor and john glenn passed away at 95. speaking about a year in review. join us on new years eve next saturday, we got a special fox 29 year review, we took a year back, it's going to air at 10:30 after fox 29 news. still to come, unexpected issues, some lawmakers clashing with trump. christmas for a sick little boy, how one town gave him the present of a lifetime. >>> cause of fire in delaware county is still under investigation, flames broke out at a home in glen mills. delaware county. just after 1:30 this afternoon. the home has extensive damage but thankfully no one was injured. >>> president-elect trump and republican lawmakers are gearing up for january when they will control both

from the vatican to bethlehem tens of thousands gathered for christmas around the world to mark jesus's birthdays out of deadly truck attack in berlin we hear more now from fox's john hudy. >> in a world be set by violence and terrorism the message today was about peace, safe and coexist from bethlehem to the vatican. notes is once again the faithful attended mass at the church of nat activity and birth place of jesus the big draw being midnight mass with latin patriarch of jerusalem made special in addition of abas. he was one of several lead others to log passage of un resolution friday and it was on the mind of those who completed mass today flix aside tourism is in bethlehem because of the relative quiet compared to last year when there was wave of terror attacks in parts of israel including jerusalem and west bank leading up to christmas and on christmas eve and day. so while it may be calmer this year there's always underlying continues to plague the middle east and that was part of the message today at the vatican. >> thousands packed st. peter's square to hear appropriate franci

the main street leading up to the vatican has been closed to all traffic. and the police are asking for identity documents from everybody who goes near saint peters square, and they are putting them through the metal detectors as well. i've also seen quite a number of armed soldiers on the street leading up to the vatican this morning. david, always good to see you, thank you for being with us this christmas day. let's remind you of the headlines on bbc news. the queen will miss the christmas day service at sandringham as she has a heavy cold. the duke of edinburgh and other members of the royal family are attending church on the norfolk estate. the pope has been giving his christmas blessing in front of thousands of spectators. a search—and—rescue mission is underway in the black sea after a russian military plane bound for syria crashed with more than 90 people on board. britain's senior anglican and catholic archbishops are addressing uncertainty in their christmas sermons. later this morning, archbishop of canterburyjustin welby will talk about fear

and he said, "you're from london. ( laughs ) well, welcome to the vatican," like this. and i was expecting, you know, sort of... i was so welcomed by this. i... it was very surprising and very impressed by quite how... what a personal touch he had. ♪ ♪ >> rose: as it tours italy, performing in some of the country's great cathedrals, the choir sings in harmony. ( cremona concert, allegri's "miserere" ) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ but until recently, the pope's choir wasn't worthy of the name or the settings where it sang. for decades, the choir lacked cohesion. many members came from opera and made sure they were heard. ♪ ♪ the choir was called the" sistine screamers." >> catarci: we were aware that we were singing too loud. >> rose: vittorio catarci remembers the era of the booming voices. he's been with the choir for 30 years and three popes. can you sing for me the difference between the way it was and the way it is now? >> catarci: oh, for example we used to sing: ♪ sicut cervus. and now we sing: ♪ sicut cervus. it's completely different because we are looking for a

tim coming up, thousands flock to fo the vatican to celebrate christmas mass under ms unde heightened security.igec >> a family who nearly lostos everything is able too celebrate christmas thanks to the g >> a live look outside across ar th dmvv. time is five.ive. 08. temperature is 40 degrees.degr back in a moment. ent. >> from the vatican to bethth hen hem 10s much thousandse of people gather to celebrate christmas. >> security was we hear more from fox's john huddyism a world beset by violence and terrorism thece a message today was about peace, a faith and co-existence from bethlehem to the vatican. >> ♪♪ >> reporter: the faithful attended mass at the church of the nativity the birthplace ofpe jesus. the big draw always being midnight mass where the latin patriarch of jerusalem made special attention of mahmoud abbas.s. abbas was one of several palestinian leaders to laud to the passage of the un resolution friday. it was certa finly on rithe min of people who attended mass m daday. politics aside, tourismou numbers were up in bethlehem bel because of the relative quietui comp

he walked into a roomful of cardinals and then blasted the vatican bureaucracy denouncing the, quote, malevolent resistance he's encountering in reforming there. the deviling fire's nasty intentions often dressed as lambs. that stern message as part of the pontiff's usual christmas greeting. it's the third year in a row that he's used the greeting to admonish those who make up the curiae. >>> joining me from rome, she's written extensively about the vatican and host of the busted halo show on the catholic channel. so liz, heallet me start with y. this is not a pope who pulls punches, so okay. but he's said there has been hidden and malicious resistance that sprouts in distorted minds. what did you make of it? and where is the resistance coming from, to what? >> well, the pope was, to begin with, it comes after a dual part of this curiel message. he begins on a subject as you said in 2014, 2015 and now 2016, he defined three types of resistance. first one is a very open resistance a good will type of asking, i don't understand why we're doing this. then you have a second one where you

and that wasn't the only celebration at the vatican this weekend. pope francis celebrated his 80th birthday by hoping a group of homeless men and women for breakfast. >> a man who lives his faith. >> exactly. what a humbling and kind and jerrerous thing to do -- generous thing to do. he could have dinner with anybody in the world. the least of these. >> we knew things would be different in the vatican and we underestimated it. >> that is it for us from washington. >> fox news sunday is right now. >> i'm chris wallace. with the electoral college set to meet tomorrow, democrats say they need to know more about russian hacking before the electors cast their votes. >>> there is ample evidence that was known long before the election about the trump campaign in russia. >> and it is remarkable. that is breathtaking. he's auditioning to be a political pundit. >> today the war of words over russia and the election. we talk with the incoming white house chief of staff reince priebus, it is a fox news sunday exclusive. >>> then, what are the chances trump elec

. >>> cheers at the vatican as pope francis comes out to celebrate the traditional christmas day mass from the balcony of the saints basilica. an estimated 40,000 people gathered in saint peter' square to hear the pope's message of hope and peace. >>> and with the recent terror attacks impacting civilians across the globe, peace and faith were the main themes of christmas events across the globe especially in bethlehem the birthplace of jesus. fox's john huddy has more. >> reporter: in a world be set by violence and terrorism, the message today was about peace, faith and company existence from bethlehem to the vatican. ♪ >> reporter: once again this year the faithful attend mass at the church of the nativity birthplace of jesus the big draw always being midnight mass latin patriarch of jerusalem made special mention of palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas. abbas was one of several leaders to law the passage u.s. resolution friday on the minds of people who attended mass. politics aside tourism numbers were um in bethlehem this year because of the relative quiet at least com

he will be running the new vatican office, charged with issues facing migrants, the poor and all of those in need. he is also the expert on laudato si, the pope's encyclical on the ++++++++++++++++dangers of capitalism in an era of climate change and global poverty. he spoke friday morning at the fortune/time global forum in rome. here is the conversation. charlie: i have the great pleasure of introducing to you -- i said to him, cardinal turkson, what do i call you? he said how about peter? i will not use peter, i will use cardinal turkson. he is at the forefront of the ideas we have been discussing this morning in the few minutes we have gotten started as we have laid out the imperative of this conference.

we couldn't actually film in the vatican, but we, you know -- i didn't realize is the vatican owns -- a thir -- i think, it's like a third or two thirds of rome, so all the buildings were vatican owned. we were in these incredible pallazos and halls and gardens. >> jimmy: wow. >> but, the lavish costumes, it was beautiful. >> jimmy: well, speaking of the costumes, i saw a lot of people were like, "oh, you have" -- i always think you have good fashion sense. and a lot of people are saying, like, "he's trying to bring back this new" -- [ light laughter ] i do. i like, i like -- you have good style. you're trying to bring back this thing called, like -- they're, like wide legged pant -- wide-legged pants, and i can get onboard maybe. >> but, i want to try to bring -- [ laughter ] hold on a minute. >> jimmy: this is, like -- it looks like you're wearing shaq's pasts. [ laughter ] no, no, no. i like it. i think it's cool. >> i'm not trying to bring anything back. >> jimmy: you brought sexy back. >> i was -- yeah, i'm really working hard. i'm just trying to change the world to come back to

the team is new forms of energy for the future, and the vatican accepted to participate. suddenly, we go in there not because we can display new technologies about energy, but we're going there to try to tell a story about energy that is about the world being of humanity. so that's why we go there. about human life, and emphasize the positive side of lifting people out of poverty and conclude with something that normally is not considered, that's energy within all of us, and we identify that as spiritual energy that leads us to pray, to meditate to do all the good things. >> rose: cardinal turkson, thank you for coming. >> thanks to you all. ( applause ) >> rose: here's what i want to know -- who is watson? what is watson? >> well, you know, charlie, most people think of watson as that game machine on jeopardy, the infamous match become five years ago. but watson is much, much more of that. watson is the beginning of a whole new era of computing. when you step back and think about computing which has almost a century of technology, started with mechanical switches that co

we couldn't actually film in the vatican, but we, you know -- i didn't realize is the vatican owns -- a thir -- i think, it's like a third or two thirds of rome, so all the buildings were vatican owned. we were in these incredible pallazos and halls and gardens. >> jimmy: wow. >> but, the lavish costumes, it was beautiful. >> jimmy: well, speaking of the costumes, i saw a lot of people always think you have good fashion sense. and a lot of people are saying, like, "he's trying to bring back this new" -- [ light laughter ] i do. i like, i like -- you have good style. you're trying to bring back this thing called, like -- they're, like wide legged pant -- wide-legged pants, and i can get onboard maybe. >> but, i want to try to bring -- [ laughter ] hold on a minute. >> jimmy: this is, like -- it looks like you're wearing shaq's pasts. [ laughter ] no, no, no. i like it. i think it's cool. >> i'm not trying to bring anything back. >> jimmy: you brought sexy back. >> i was -- yeah, i'm really working hard. i'm just trying to change the world to come back to a a wide-legged pant. [ laughte

the vatican has been celebrating christmas all week. according to vatican radio, the pope delivered christos —— christmas greetings to all employees and families on thursday. he also met his predecessor, benedict xvi for an exchange of christmas greetings. president obama has delivered his last christmas message from the white house. sitting alongside his wife michelle, he said it had been an honour to serve as america's president. merry christmas everybody! one of the best parts of the holiday season is spending time with the special people in your life and for me that means getting some help from my best friend for our annual christmas weekly address. given how our first christmas weekly address went, i realised that barack needed all the help he could get. this is our first christmas in the white house and... what?! stop! you know what? you got to stop it! laughter. all right, you got to get it together. you are going to have to pull it together, potus. celebrating the holidays in the white house over these past eight years has b

message, pope francis denounces the suffering of children around the world as security is tight at the vatican. and hard—rocking status quo guitarist rick parfitt has died at the age of 68. donald trump's announced that he will be dissolving his charitable foundation. the president—elect says it's to try and avoid any conflicts of interest with his presidency. the trump foundation has been under investigation by new york's attorney—general since september over suspected impropriety. us media says the foundation is under scrutiny over a donation it made to a group backing a republican politician in 2013. mr trump released a statement saying: lynn sweet is a journalist for the chicago sun times, based in washington. i spoke to her a short while ago about the foundation and why the president—elect has decided to close it. it has been a big controversy triggered by stories in the washington post and the bottom line here is that donald trump does not give any of his own money to the foundation. he has not given any of his own money, between 2009 and 2014. so at the heart of this is a founda

. >>> from the vatican in rome, christmas eve in st. peters basilica. this broadcast is presented in consolation with the united states conference of catholic bishops. the pastor of immaculate conception church in chicago. >> merry christmas from the vatican. i am father manuel, pastor of immaculate conception parish in chicago's south side and i am honored to join nbc to bring you tonight's celebration of christmas eve mass with pope francis. tonight marks the

this was about ten years after vatican two. you have liberation theology roiling in central and south america. a lot of folks thought that was communism and they were going to overthrow the established governments. you had what was going on in nicaragua, guatemala, and the beginning of the dirty war in argentina, their civil war. >> rose: but correct me if i'm not wrong, isn't latin america and africa the greatest growing areas of the world today for the catholic church? >> yes. and he was sent into ex compile. >> rose: what happens there? you clean and feed old jesuits and listen to confessions. so he went to being the most important jesuits in the country to take care of dying jesuits. he came back different. the dark night of the soul. he didn't get knocked off his donkey like saul on the road to damascus, but he went through a transfer might. then in the 1990s, in argentina, there was a great depression, made him nor sensitive to the needs of the poor and vulnerable. so the book is a collection of stories of people who are

cardinal turkson: concretely now, i came to the vatican in 2010. this was the middle of the financial crisis. we thought it was our responsibility to provide a way of looking at this financial situation for business because of banking and all of that. one of the first things we did was help and encourage the church to stop pointing, accusing the world of business. we produced a small booklet called the invocation of the business leader. we invited business leaders to come and tell us what they do. vocation for us, when people want to become priests, brothers or nuns. it is a invitation to businesses for the resources available as cocreators, partners with god. making the resources of nature set of rules of humanity. we say that god created the tree, not furniture. we have business transform trees into furniture and minerals. that is what we think a business is. it is a partner with god in bringing the resources of nature to the contribution of humanity. i think business -- not only those who enable business, who go to work, so the investors, but al

he said welcome to the vatican. i was expecting sort of. i was so welcomed by this, it was, very surprising. and very impressed by quite how, what a personal touch he had. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: as it tours italy performing in some of the country's great cathedrals the choir sings in harmony. but until recently the choir wasn't worthy of the name or where it sang. for decade the choir lacked cohesion. many members came from opera and made sure they were heard. the choir was called the sis tesis teen screamers. >> we were aware that we were singing too loud. >> victorio remembers the era of the booming voices. he has been with the choir for 30 years and three popes. >> reporter: can you sing for me the difference between it was and it is now. >> for example, we used to sing -- now we sing -- it's completely different. because we are looking for -- a very -- spiritual sound. not another sound. >> the choir turned around after he was hired in 2010. only the sixth man to be appointed director of the pope's choir in 200 years. >> translator: i did

. >>> from the vatican in rome, christmas eve in st. peters basilica. this broadcast is presented in consolation with the united states conference of catholic bishops. the pastor of immaculate conception church in chicago. >> merry christmas from the vatican. i am father manuel, pastor of immaculate conception parish in chicago's south side and i am honored to join nbc to bring you tonight's celebration of christmas eve mass with pope francis. to

also in the next hour: the pope uses his christmas mass at the vatican to call for an end to the war in syria. pope francis tells thousands of spectators that "it's time for weapons to be still for ever", and urges world leaders to negotiate a peace deal. and in half an hour, i'll be looking back at a diverse year in film, from hollywood superhero is the home—grown hits and fabulous foreign—language films. that's with me, mark kermode. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. merry christmas. for the first time in almost 30 years, the queen has missed the christmas day church service at sandringham. buckingham palace say she's still recovering from a heavy cold. later today, in a pre—recorded christmas broadcast, she will speak of drawing strength from meeting ordinary people doing extraordinary things. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. morning service at sandringham — part of the royal family's christmas day routine. but with one significant absentee this year — the queen. while other members of her family, including the duke of edinburgh, gathered at th

peter's with sill ca at the vatican where the baby jesus is placed in a mainjer. >> let us also allow to be challenged by the children who today, aren't laying in a couth and aren't being dressed >> the vatican heavy of the berlin where a terrorist random a truck there have also been additional threats made against holiday gather -- but worshippers are saying they're not allowing that to deter them >> of course, we are, but especially with christmas, we hope that peace will come. >> i don't think isis will go up against the catholic church. i think the pope attacking the pope would be very stupid and so i don't think anything is going to happen here. >> reporter: a mass the church and the nativity led by the latin patriot arc of jew reduce lump. >> it's christmas time and here's where everything started, and yes. so i'm enjoying it. >> reporter: pope francis will deliver his annual christmas day message from the saint peters basilica. i'm will carr for fox news. have a wonderful christmas eve. >>> happening today, christmas day mass will be held at the basilica of the national shrine

. >>> pope francis met with martin scorsese at the vatican. it comes a day before the film silence makes a world premiere at the vatican. it documents the persecution of joseph missionaries in 17th- century japan. two paintings with the same hidden christmas and the pontiff gave rosaries to scorsese and his family. >>> the remains of fidel castro being returned to his revolution began. his ashes are just about to be taken across cuba on a journey that will we trace the path he took seizing power. the general and with castro's funeral in san diego to go but sunday and host of world leaders are ppanning to attend that service. >>> 19-year-old somali american muslim to compete in the miss minnesota usa pageant. she wore an falluja and berky me and headscarf. she was to break barriers musselman and show they are not oppressed and she wants to be an inspiration for other girls. >> i like the fact that people are talking about it and i've been getting lots of messages from was some girls telling me about stuff they overcome like bullying are people

. >>> so starting next week a woman will be in charge of the vatican museums for the first time. the new director of the vatican museums takes over the job on january 1st just a few days from now. she was appointed to the deputy director position back in june. she started in the library system back in 1996 and she will become the first woman in charge. >>> dramatic video out of peru where a volcano is spewing smoke and ash right now thousands of feet into the sky. before this month the last time it erupted was in the 1990s. all this activity could impact people who live near the volcano. >>> so if you have a real christmas tree in your home it could be longer you leave it up. dry trees can burn faster than newspaper. if you plan to leave your tree up longer make sure you're watering it every day. typically it's good to recycle your tree as soon as it starts dropping its needles. >>> if you are among the millions of people returning gifts this week, get ready for tighter return pollicis. some major retailers are scaling back their open ended return policies. you can also expect sp

those >>> pope francis denounced the practices at the vatican for the resistance of trying to reform thing. uber and lyft. the ride sharing apps are now leaving maryland. the maryland public service commission just sited in their favor. it put the brakes on what some call more thorough fingerprint background checks. commissioners say uber's existing checks are as comprehensive and accurate. >> uber's self-driving car experiment has run into roadblocks in california. the ride sharing service pulled the fleet after the streets in san francisco after their registration was revoked after uber failed to maintain the proper permits. they argued they didn't need the permits because there was a human driver inside those vehicles. >>> still ahead on wusa 9, thieves make off with holiday decorations but couldn't kill the christmas spirit in one maryland community. we'll go there next. >> but first the typical lifetime for a barte credited with saving a man's life. those stories and more straight ahead. zero really can be a hero.ds) get zero down, zero deposit, zero due at sign