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All eyes on Brett Kavanaugh hearing; Vatican and China create historic agreement on appointment of bishops.
Sep 23, 2018 (17:47)

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MILLION CATHOLICS HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN SPLIT:
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ONE BRANCH IN CHURCHES RECOGNIZED AND CONTROLLED BY THE OFFICIALLY ATHEIST CHINESE GOVERNMENT, THE OTHERS IN " UNDERGROUND ," OR SECRET CHURCHES, LOYAL TO THE POPE. PREVIOUSLY, EACH SIDE HAD APPOINTED THEIR OWN BISHOPS. FOR THE FIRST TIME NOW, THEY'VE ANNOUNCED THEY APPOINT THOSE CHURCH LEADERS TOGETHER. HOW THAT WOULD WORK AND HOW MUCH POWER THE POPE WOULD HAVE IS NOT YET CLEAR. IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THE POPE MAY HAVE VETO POWER. AHEAD OF THIS WEEKEND'S ANNOUNCEMENT, FATHER BERNARDO CERVELLERA EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT ALLOWING CHINA TO CONTROL THE CANDIDATES FOR BISHOPS, POTENTIALLY PUTTING POLITICS ABOVE FAITH .>> SO, THEY COULD-- THEY COULD CHOOSE THE CANDIDATES WHO ARE WEAK, CANDIDATES WHO ARE EASILY MANIPULATED. SOMETIMES IT CAN BE ALSO CANDIDATES WHO ARE CORRUPT .>> Reporter: THE HOLY SEE AGREED TO ONE OF THE MAIN POINTS PUSHED BY BEIJING, RECOGNIZING EIGHT BISHOPS, ONE OF THEM DECEASED, WHO HAD BEEN APPOINTED BY THE COMMUNIST PARTY, BUT WHO HAD BEEN, UNTIL NOW, EX- COMMUNICATED BY THE CHURCH. VATICAN SECRETARY OF STATE SAID THE CHURCH IS PUSHING FOR UNITY .>> TODAY, FOR THE FIRST TIME, ALL THE BISHOPS IN CHINA ARE IN COMMUNION WITH THE BISHOP OF ROME .>> Reporter: BUT THE STATUS OF OTHER BISHOPS, WHO HAD BEEN IN " UNDERGROUND" CHURCHES AND CRITICAL OF CHINA'S GOVERNMENT, IS NOT CLEAR. THE VATICAN AND CHINA HAVE NOT HAD OFFICIAL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS SINCE 1951. THIS STEP PUTS INTO MOTION WORK STARTED BY POPE FRANCIS' PREDECESSORS, BUT THE DIRECTOR OF THE " HOLY SEE" PRESS OFFICE SAID, " THIS IS NOT THE END OF THE PROCESS, BUT THE BEGINNING ." SETH DOANE, CBS NEWS, ROME .>> Quijano: A SURVIVOR HAS BEEN RESCUED FROM INSIDE THAT TANZANIAN FERRY TWO DAYS AFTER IT CAPSIZED ON LAKE VICTORIA. THE MAN WAS FOUND BY DIVERS WHO HEARD HIS KNOCKING. MORE THAN 200 OTHERS DIED. STILL AHEAD, THE STORY OF BABY IVY AND THE MIRACLES OF MODERN MEDICINE .>> Quijano: NOW, THE STORY OF A ONE WEEK OLD BABY, HER YOUNG PARENTS, AND THE MAGIC OF MEDICINE. HERE'S " CBS EVENING NEWS" ANCHOR, JEFF GLOR .>> Reporter: GEOFF AND RACHEL FINN WERE ECSTATIC TO LEARN THEY WERE EXPECTING A SECOND CHILD, WHEN THEY GOT NEWS NO PARENT WANTS TO HEAR. THEIR DAUGHTER HAD RARE CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS, THAT MEANT IT WAS UNLIKELY SHE WOULD SURVIVE AFTER BIRTH .>> THAT WAS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT. AND I COULD JUST SEE THE ULTRASOUND TECHNICIAN'S FACE COMPLETELY CHANGE, AND WE KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG RIGHT AWAY, JUST BY THE LOOK ON HER FACE .>> Glor: THEIR LITTLE GIRL, IVY, WAS DIAGNOSED WITH HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME. HER HEART WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PUMP OXYGEN TO HER BODY. SHE ALSO HAD A CONDITION CALLED INTACT ATRIAL SEPTUM, WORSENING HER CASE. BUT DOCTORS TOLD THE FINNS THERE WAS A SURGERY THAT HAD NEVER BEEN PERFORMED IN THE WOMB THAT MIGHT GIVE IVY A CHANCE .>> I WAS JUST VERY THANKFUL THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ATTEMPT .>> Reporter: LAST MONTH THE FINNS MOVED FROM THEIR HOME IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA TO HOUSTON WHERE IVY COULD RECEIVE CARE AT TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL .>> IT WAS PURE JOY WHEN SHE WAS BORN. THEY PLACED HER ON MY CHEST AS SOON AS SHE WAS BORN. SHE CAME OUT SCREAMING, AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WEREN'T SURE WE WOULD EVER HEAR. AND SO IT WAS... IT WAS AMAZING .>> IT WAS AMAZING, IT WAS AMAZING .>> Glor: IVY HAD HER FIRST OPEN HEART SURGERY TODAY, ONE OF THREE THAT ARE PLANNED .>> IT IS OUR FAITH THAT HAS GOTTEN US THIS FAR, AND JUST HOLDING ON TO HOPE KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS LIFE ISN'T EVERYTHING. AND SO, WE'RE JUST THANKFUL FOR THE TIME WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN SO FAR, AND WE PRAY THAT WE HAVE MANY, MANY YEARS AHEAD OF US WITH HER .>> WE'VE KIND OF MADE IT ALMOST A PACT SINCE WE FOUND OUT WHAT THE DIAGNOSIS THAT WE KIND OF SAID, " IVY, IF YOU LIVE FOR TEN SECONDS, OR IF YOU LIVE FOR A HUNDRED YEARS, WE ARE GOING TO BE THERE AND LOVE YOU WITH ALL OF WHO YOU ARE, THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TIME .">> Quijano: THAT'S THE " CBS WEEKEND NEWS" FOR THIS SUNDAY. LATER ON CBS, " 60 MINUTES ." FOR MORE NEWS ANY TIME, DOWNLOAD THE CBS NEWS APP. I'M ELAINE QUIJANO IN NEW YORK. FOR ALL OF US AT CBS NEWS, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND GOOD NIGHT.

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