be introduced to a world of challenges facing the church not the least of which are financial and we ask mark phillips to fill us in. >> reporter: the vatican is more than the world's largest religious institution, it's a business-- a business in trouble. there are back room financial scandals at vatican inc.. in an old stone tower behind the papal apartment is the vatican bank, the church's various departments, its priests and employees keep accounts here secret accounts hidden from the prying eyes of international regulators. an italian court investigating the bank found documents showing some accounts had been used for money laundering and other illegal and, for the church, highly embarrassing activities. vatican watchers like marco politi have studied the court documents that verified the bank's transactions have not always been kosher. >> there was many of the mafia who would recycle it through the

channels of the vatican bank and also bribe money to political parties in italy went through the vatican bank. >> reporter: with dark financial clouds hanging over the vatican, the european union insisted the bank open its accounts to public scrutiny. when it was too slow, tourists felt the pinch. when european bankers suspended the vatican's credit card facilities, visitors couldn't use plastic to buy sistine chapel tickets. $30 million of vatican money in italian banks was seized and only released when the church promised to reform. now swiss lawyer rene bruelhart, who helped clean up other secretive european banks, has been brought in. but still the bank keeps many of its dealings private, and not just from outsiders. south african cardinal wilfred napier, who sits on a committee that's supposed to sign off on the vatican's books, told us he still can't get the information he needs.

>> i'm one of those 15 partners on the committee, we sign our names on the report, i want to know that i'm signing something that is the truth. >> reporter: former pope benedict issued a papal edict to get the bank to modernize but it's still secretive and remains one of the issues the pope will face. >> pelley: mark, thanks very much. the vatican has been briefing the world every morning in the days leading up to the conclave. among those who are a face and voice of the vatican is father tom rossier. we talked about the voting today and the oath sworn by those involved. >> there are 90 people who work on the conclave behind the scenes. everybody from the liturgical masters of ceremonies, the cooks in santa marta, the drivers of the mini buses, the medical personnel. all of them have to swear the oath of secrecy, the same oath the cardinals would take and if they break that oath and start talking about the conclave there's an automatic

excommunication called latae sententiae excommunication. you don't fool around with that. >> pelley: perhaps one of the most important things in being elected pope is not appearing to run for the job. and yet there must be some sort of process that's happening here behind the scenes. how does all that work? >> if any one of them is seeking the job, he better not enter that sistine chapel tomorrow. he's mad to be seeking such a huge responsibility. i don't believe that any one of them is standing up tonight and saying "here i am." several of them i know who are the so-called leaders of the group are scared. >> pelley: scared of what? >> this is a daunting mission, to be the leader of a world religion of over a billion people in a world that's constantly changing, in a church that's suffered much over the past years because of difficulties and scandals, a government that the church --

that needs some adjusting at present, that's no secret. and so anyone who's going to come into this job knows what's before him on this table. >> pelley: well, with the bells of st. peter's tolling behind us father tom rosica, thank you very much. >> it's a pleasure to be with you. >> pelley: in afghanistan, two americans and two afghans were killed today in an attack in wardack province. an afghan wearing a police uniform opened fire on them at a joint military base. he was killed in the shootout. ten americans were wounded. this appears to be the latest in a series of insider attacks adding to rising tension between the afghan and u.s. governments. charlie d'agata is at our bureau there kabul tonight. charlie you've just come back from a mission that involved both u.s. and afghan forces working side by side. what's the relationship like? >> reporter: scott, things seem a lot more relaxed than they did a few months ago. we joined them on a joint

mission, there is a lot of interaction between the american and afghan forces and they did have guardian angels, these are u.s. military personnel whose specific job it is to keep an eye over u.s. forces as they conduct their business. they're armed and keeping watch over the u.s. forces as they engage with afghan forces. >> pelley: charlie, the new u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel was just in afghanistan over these last few days and it was a rough trip for him. >> yes, scott. aside from a couple bombings-- one not far from where he was here in kabul-- there were political crises involved as well. at one point hamid karzai suggested that the united states and the taliban were colluded to destabilize afghanistan and one key element we're expecting a joint press conference between those two men, that never happened and it sort of

underlines the tensions involved between the u.s. administration and president hamid karzai. >> pelley: charlie d'agata reporting from our bureau in the afghan capital kabul tonight. charlie, thanks very much. last night on "60 minutes" we went inside the drug maker new england compounding center known as n.e.c.c.. it was the one that produced a contaminated steroid that has so far killed 50 patients and sickened nearly 700 others with fungal infections including spinal meningitis. n.e.c.c. outside boston was a compounding pharmacy and in 1998 congress exempted compounding pharmacies from the oversight of the f.d.a. today there are thousands of them making high-risk drugs. we asked the commissioner of the f.d.a., margaret hamburg, about that. so if a patient goes into a clinic and the doctor or the nurse pulls out a vial of something, that patient has no way to know whether that drug

has been approved by the f.d.a. or not? >> well, i think that's right under the current system and what i think emerged in the meningitis outbreak was that many patients and their health care providers didn't realize that they, in fact, were using a compounded product. >> pelley: as commissioner of the f.d.a., then, you can't tell us sitting here now that every drug being used in the united states is safe and effective. >> no, i -- i really cannot. >> pelley: compounding pharmacies are supposed to make drugs for individuals by prescription, but n.e.c.c. shipped 17,000 vials of toxic steroid to 23 states. dr. hamburg now asking congress to return oversight of the compounding industry to the f.d.a. tonight, jim axelrod continues our investigation and finds that the trouble in the industry extends far beyond new england compounding center. >> reporter: when the f.d.a. raided the new england

compounding center last october, inspectors found major violations including visible specks of black fungus in drug vials. >> that is indeed unusual in the professional pharmacy to see such blatant disregard for human life and for the professional standards that we hold dear. >> reporter: david miller is the head of the international academy of compounding pharmacists. the i.a.c.p. represent these companies that tailor or compound medicines for specific patients. are you satisfied with how safe the industry is? >> this misbehavior of this one compounding pharmacy in particular, the benefit to that is that that has enabled all of us to ask that very question and say "what can we do to make sure an n.e.c.c. tragedy never happens again?" >> reporter: but in january, massachusetts finished conducting 40 unannounced inspections of different sterile compounding pharmacies. only four passed. all or part of 11 of those pharmacies were shut down.

sarah sellers is a former food and drug administration safety officer. >> this is an industry that absolutely escapes and avoids regulation at both the state and federal levels. >> reporter: take the case of paul franck's pharmacy. in 2009, 21 horses died after compounds by franck's. after a reprimand and fine he continued doing business. three years later, 47 human patients contracted a fungal eye infection from the same pharmacy. franck voluntarily closed the pharmacy last july. three days later he registered a new compounding pharmacy. currently in state records there is no mention of his past problems. good afternoon, my name is jim axelrod, i'm with cbs news. we made dozens of attempts to contact mr. franck but got no response so we visited his pharmacy. is it possible for you to call him?

>> no, it's not. please leave. thank you. >> reporter: eight years ago paul franck was honored by the i.a.c.p. this was a pharmacist who was an i.a.c.p. fellow in 2005. for upholding the highest standards of ethics in the profession. so if it can happen to an i.a.c.p. fellow, what does that tell us about the safety of an industry? >> an individual pharmacist, the best pharmacist, a fellow, someone recognized for their outstanding contributions to science, research and the advancement of a profession can make mistakes. >> reporter: we contacted the florida department of health about paul franck, they told us his past disciplinary cases are on file but you can only find them if search big name. scott, searching his new company shows no prior problems. >> pelley: jim, thanks very much. what caused a crash that killed six teenagers? and we'll tell you how a mountain climber survived a terrifying fall when the "cbs evening news" continues.

>> pelley: as the cardinals in vatican city choose the new pope they face a church that is changing rapidly. 40% of catholics are in latin america and it's the same reality that is transforming parishes in the u.s. here's manuel bojorquez. >> reporter: the benson hurst section of brooklyn has been the

first stop for generations of immigrants. well-trimmed yards where icons of faith are common. monsignor david cassato is pastor of st. athanasius church. >> in the early days of this parish it was german, then irish then the '60s it became very italian. it's been a parish of immigrants for years and years and years. >> reporter: many of those italian american families have since moved away. the single italian language mass plays to mostly empty pews in the basement. the main event these days is upstairs. the three spanish masses are packed with new immigrants from mexico and guatemala. >> we started the spanish mass about 15 years ago maybe with about 50, 60 people and it has grown now to be almost one thousand people. >> pelley: what would your

church be like without the hispanic community? >> it would be a little quiet, i think. i think it would get a little too quiet. >> reporter: 20 years ago about one in five american catholics was hispanic. now it's more than one in three. 70% of new catholics are of hispanic heritage. you can't imagine what your life would be without the church here? >> absolutely not. i got no idea what can i do without church. >> reporter: he manages a popular diner four blocks from st. athanasius, he was among the first spanish speakers there when he came from mexico in 1985. is there a word in spanish you would use to describe the congregation there? >> ( speaking spanish ) >> reporter: so you're talking rich faith? immense faith? >> i've got no idea how we can build families without faith without church. >> reporter: 50 years ago, the typical st. athanasius school room looked like. this today the class size is smaller but its composition

gives monsignor cassato home. >> when i walk into the third grade class you see the diversity and i said we're doing the right thing. we're reaching out to all god's children in all different cultures and parts of the world. >> reporter: it's a new generation of american catholics that he expects will be the foundation of the church in years to come. manuel bojorquez, cbs news, new york. >> pelley: a judge has weighed in on a controversial ban on supersized soft drinks. that's next. once you try an oral-b deep sweep power brush, you'll never want to go back. its dynamic power bristles reach between teeth to remove up to 76% more plaque than sonic in hard to reach areas. oral-b deep sweep 5000 power brush. i have low testosterone. there, i said it. how did i know? well, i didn't really. see, i figured low testosterone would decrease my sex drive... but

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delicious! drawback that will impact officers and suspects. next on kpix 5 weather talent appears at wx center with generic pinpoint filling monitor then we take special earlier today, just around the corner, we dropped in on the pontifical north american college, where many of the church's most promising young americans are sent to study. we sat down with three men on their way to the priesthood. this seminary started in 1859. they called it north american because, with the civil war looming, they didn't know if the united states would survive. today, about 250 americans are hand-picked for the west point of catholic seminaries. we sat down with jeffrey brooke, jr., of missouri; tom

mcdonald from massachusetts; and gregory gerhardt of texas. tom, why did you decide to become a priest? >> personally, i was very much reluctant to follow the call because of celibacy, and i ran from the call pretty hard and tried to date my way out of the priesthood. but the "hound of heaven" caught up with me. >> greg, tell me, why did you join? >> at 14 years old, i came home telling my family, telling my pastor, i'm going to be a priest. and there was, hold on, slow down, slow down, you have four more years of high school left. >> what would you like to see in the next pope, who will lead the church through your early careers? >> one who will continue to work to not only just to defend the message but to give the message in a way that it opens and stirs up the heart of the believer. >> you want to see somebody who can light up a room? >> yeah, absolutely.

>> i'd like to see the pope continue the beautiful legacy of john paul ii and benedict xvi. >> you mentioned two popes who have a reputation for being doctrinally conservative. this is something you would like to see carried on? >> the church's mission is to transmit a message, to transmit a gift it received from christ. so it's not in our job description, as it were, to change that message. >> the concerns about the sex abuse scandal, the concerns about transparency within the curia, for example, are these things that the next pope is going to have to address forcefully and frontally in order to bring the church in the direction that you believe it should be in? >> yes, very much so. and i think honestly that america is in a great position to lead the church in that respect. the united states has gone through this scandal.

we've gone through the crucible, the devastating revelations of the wrongdoing of priests and the wrongdoing of certain bishops. but i think we've learned a lot from that. we've grown a lot from that. >> here at the vatican tomorrow, after morning mass at st. peter's, the cardinals go to the sistine chapel at 11:30 eastern time to open the vote known as the conclave. they are expected to take one vote, then two each morning and two each afternoon until a pope is elected. that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night from rome. >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com good evening, i'm allen martin.

>> i'm elizabeth cook. the san francisco skyline is about to get a little more crowded. a building boom unlike any other in recent history is transforming parts of downtown. and in time, this construction equipment will be replaced by the high-rises they are building. phil matier is in san francisco where construction on new apartments and offices is reaching a fever pitch. >> reporter: it is and there's no letup in sight for the short period. here's the story. >> this is unprecedented. >> reporter: that was urban planner gabe metcalf summing up one of the biggest building booms san francisco has seen in decades with 26 high-rises going up along the downtown corridor alone and at a speed that would have been both politically and economically unthinkable ten years ago. >> there are alway ups and downs. >> reporter: there are 4,000

new apartments going up plus 1.5 million square feet of office space. and there's another two to three thousand apartments in the pipeline, plus one to two million more square feet of office space, as well. >> the buildings we're seeing are 20 to 30 stories. >> reporter: and let's not forget the new transbay terminal project going up on this block which, when it's done, something going to be taller than the transamerica or the bank of america towers. all were approved years ago, but it wasn't until last year that the money and concrete started pouring in and making them a reality. >> it's the result of all that work and planning for that growth and that investor confidence catching up. >> reporter: let's not another get plans for a waterfront warriors arena and the high- rises planned for treasure island. >> it is about san francisco been a hub for investor dollars nationally. >> reporter: that has some of the adjoining neighborhoods nervous. >> if you add it all up over here, we're tripling the

population of this code 94107 in the next 20 years and right now we have zero plans for new parks, zero for new schools, zero for new transits. >> there's no question that transportation is an issue. but the benefit of doing it this way is that if those housing units were built elsewhere in the region a lot more people would be driving a lot farther. >> reporter: and that's one of the arguments that's been used in the development of this downtown and one of the reasons why it doesn't have the opposition that past developments have because environmentalists have come to the conclusion that one of these tall buildings is worth a lot more than the sprawl that would be elsewhere. liz? >> phil, i'm curious, how does san francisco mayor ed lee figure into all this? >> >> reporter: good question. he is one of the biggest boosters. he is going to china next month to try to get more financing for more development and let's not forget a little while ago we did that story about tearing down the freeway