OF THE UNITED STATES, THE POPE. >>> JOINING US LIVE FROM LONDON,
CHIEF FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
RICHARD ENGEL.
RICHARD ENGEL. GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING. YOU’VE GOT NEW REPORTING ON
STEVE BANNON, A MAN YOU GOT TO
SIT DOWN WITH.
>> Reporter: WE DIDN’T JUST GET
TO SIT DOWN WITH HIM, WE WALKED
AROUND ROME WITH HIM.
STEVE BANNON IS ANYTHING BUT
AMBITIOUS.
AMBITIOUS. YOU KNOW, HE WAS OBVIOUSLY VERY
INFLUENTIAL AS THE CAMPAIGN
CHAIRMAN TO HELP PRESIDENT TRUMP
INTO THE WHITE HOUSE, AND NOW HE
HAS HIS SIGHTS SET ON A NEW
TARGET.
TARGET. HE IS GOING AFTER THE POPE.
HE WANTS THE POPE TO CHANGE, HE
WANTS TO REFORM THE VATICAN.
HE SAYS UNLESS THE VATICAN DEALS
MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE SEX
ABUSE CRISIS THAT IT IS GOING TO
GO BANKRUPT.
GO BANKRUPT. IT IS NOT JUST STEVE BANNON, A
LOT OF THE SAME PEOPLE, THE SAME
MOVEMENT, THE SAME TACTICS THAT
WERE USED TO PUSH PRESIDENT
TRUMP INTO THE WHITE HOUSE ARE
NOW BEING USED AGAINST POPE
FRANCIS.
FRANCIS. WE HAVE A LONG REPORT ON THIS
COMING UP THIS WEEKEND.
HERE’S A LITTLE BIT OF OUR
REPORTING.
REPORTING. >> Reporter: WHY YOU?
WHY IS STEVE BANNON NOW TAKING
REFORMING THE VATICAN, REFORMING
THE PAPACY?
THE PAPACY? >> BECAUSE NOBODY ELSE HAS
STEPPED UP TO DO IT.
>> Reporter: HIS GOAL IS TO SAVE
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH FROM THE
POPE, WHO HE SAYS IS FAILING TO
DEAL WITH THE BIGGEST CRISIS
FACING THE CHURCH TODAY.
>> MY PROBLEM WITH THE POPE
TODAY IS ABOUT THIS CRISIS ON
PEDOPHILIA, THAT THEY ARE NOT
TREATING THIS AS A CRISIS.
>> THEY WEAPONIZE THE SEXUAL
ABUSE CRISIS TO TRY TO UNDERMINE
HIS AUTHORITY, HIS LEADERSHIP
AND THE AFFECTION PEOPLE HAVE
FOR HUM ASIM AS POPE.
>> Reporter: BANNON SAYS HE’S
SPENDING ABOUT $1 MILLION OF HIS
OWN MONEY TO LEASE AND RESTORE
THIS 800-YEAR-OLD MONASTERY.
BANNON PLANS TO BUILD AN
APARTMENT FOR HIMSELF HERE AND
LIVE HERE PART OF THE YEAR IN
THIS MONASTERY OF BANNONISM.
HE WAND TO CHANGE AMERICA FIRST,
NOW THE PEOPLE AND BEYOND.
HOW BIG IS THIS CAMPAIGN?
>> IT’S BIG.
IT’S KIND OF SHOCKING.
THIS DON’T LIKE LGBT PEOPLE,
THEY DON’T LIKE PEOPLE OF COLOR.
THEY DON’T SEEM TO LIKE THE POOR
VERY MUCH, EVEN THOUGH JESUS
SPENT MOST OF HIS TIME WITH THEM
AND THE GOSPEL.
>> EXCUSE US, WE’RE HAVING A
LITTLE BIT OF A FIRE ALARM TEST
HERE, WHICH YOU MIGHT HEAR IN
THE BACKGROUND.
THE BACKGROUND. BUT THIS MOVEMENT IS HAPPENING.
IT IS BIG, WELL FUNDED AND
ORGANIZED.
ORGANIZED. AND DID YOU JUST SEE THAT
MONASTERY?
MONASTERY? IT’S INCREDIBLE.
IT’S INCREDIBLE. BANNON WANTS TO TURN THAT INTO A
SCHOOL TO TEACH A NEW GENERAL
RACE OF POPULIST, QUOTE, JUDEO
CHRISTIAN PEOPLE.
CHRISTIAN PEOPLE. >> AND THAT ALARM THERE, WE’LL
LET YOU GO.
>> BY THE WAY, ON ASSIGNMENT
WITH RICHARD ENGEL AIRS SUNDAY
NIGHT AT 9 A.M. EASTERN.
>> IS HE GOING TO BLOCKS IN THE
MONASTERY AND PUT AS UDCID THERE
TOO?
TOO? >> MIKA?
>> MIKA? >> YES.
>> YES. >> THIS IS YOUR CHURCH, THIS IS
MY CHURCH.
MY CHURCH. >> I KNOW.
>> THIS GUY, STEVE BANNON, HE
CLEARLY SO OPPOSES DOING
ANYTHING TO HELP THE POOR, THE
DISENFRANCHISED, THE OTHER.
THAT’S THE BASIS OF HIS ATTACK
ON THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE
PEOPLE BECAUSE THIS PARTICULAR
POPE STANDS FOR THOSE PEOPLE.
>> I LOVE THIS POPE BECAUSE HE’S
DOING THIS WORK.
>> THE INTERESTING BETWEEN --
>> STILL AHEAD, PRESIDENT TRUMP
HASN’T EVEN FORMALLY NOMINATED
HIM BUT A GROWING NUMBER OF
REPUBLICANS ARE VOICING