March 8, 2013

Conclave Update; Same-Sex Marriage and the Supreme Court; Nones: Political Implications

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March 8, 2013 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly

Premiered March 08, 2013

March 8, 2013

We talk with Rev. Thomas Reese and Sister Mary Ann Walsh in Rome as the cardinals meet behind closed doors for the March 12th papal conclave. We also revisit our December 2012 story about the Supreme Court's decision to take up the issue of same-sex marriage, and our October 2012 report on the political implications of the rising numbers of religiously unaffiliated Americans.

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