christ has died, christ has risen, christ will come again. holy father will be celebrating cardinals the mystery of christ, his death, resurrection and ascension. the cardinal unites our prayers with all of the prayers of saints and martyrs today, and john paul ii, asking that we may share in their inheritance. cardinal prays for the church for pope benedict and as well as for those who died. >> . >> through him, with him, in him, in the unity of the glory spirit all honor is yours almighty father, forever and ever, amen. more than 500 priests and momentarily there should be communion into the square. holy father begins the rite of communion the prayer taught to us by jesus. ♪ >> our father who art in hefsh. hallowed be thy name, give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. deliver us lord from every evil and grant us peace in our day. in your mercy, keep us free from sin and protect us from all anxiety as we wait in joyfu

christ is...he redeemer of man. this was the theme of of his first encyclical and the thread which runs through all of the others. when karol jozef wojtyla ascended to the throne of peter he brought with him a deep understanding of the difference between marxism and christianity. based on their respective... of man. this was his message. man is the way of the church. and christ is the way of man. with this message, this was is a great legacy of the second vatican council and of a townsman, the servant of god, pope paul vi, john paul ii led the people of god across the threshold of the third millennium. which, thanks to christ, he was able to call the threshold of hope. yes, throughout the long journey of preparation for the great jubilee he directed christianity, once again, to the future, the future of god, which transcends history, while nonetheless directly affecting it. he proclaimed the impulse of hope which had, in some sense, faltered before marxism and the ideology of progress and he resto

do not be afraid and then he he said open wide the door, wide the doors to christ. and he lived it.ved it during the nazi occupation of his homeland, poland and lived it in the death of all of his family members and lived it in being named a pope, and he lived it also in his suffering as we heard in the homily. he was stripped of everything he had by the very god who he had dedicated his life to and yet, he stood there and said, do not be afraid. and that great polish accent, said so well in english. >> and he in many ways paralleled the suffering of jesus some would say and he obviously suffered the 1981 assassination attempt and parkenson's. and the first attempt at sainthood and miracle with him, with marie pierre, the french nun who says she's been cured of parken son's because she prayed to the pontiff. father, what's the next step and what can we expect in the next couple of years? >> so, there's been thousands of apparent o-supposed miracles submitted to the congregation to the cause of the saints. house of letters saying, not only was there a big miracle like healing park so

it is too dangerous for the followers of christ to meet together. alex and his family are in the heart of a rebel-controlled area. >> the civilian population got caught up. when they couldn't find the guerrillas they would come into our houses and ransack them and try to find someone to kill. >> alex who says he always believed in god,. >> we tried to follow the lord and who he is. >> alex says the impact of the station made a big difference and that is why he is involved. >> when the radio station was first put in, a lot of opposition and threats. now most of the people are in agreement r.>> cristo russell stendal kidnapped in 1983 says the opportunity to put it on a mountain was as a result of helping some people. >> we got invited in to this area. then little by little, with the help of uim, we were able to give backpacks to all the children of the area and that helped quite a bit. we begin to reach out to each family giving them a solar-powered radio and install the radio station in the most hostile areas in this country. >> russell and his team

fighting allegations of anti-semitism again, as de with "the passion of the christ."arrest and his words became public, what was hollywood's reaction? >> well, hollywood got really scared in general. it went beyond just a a hollywood shocker. gibson's wife of 28 years filed for divorce citing irreconcilable difference. it-t reveals they had separated years earlier, in 2006, just after gibson's notorious dui arrest. gibson's family man image was shattered. less than three weeks after the divorce announcement, he stepped out publicly for the first time with russian-born singer oksana grigorieva. in an interview with cnn's larry king, oksana denied she had anything to do with the divorce. >> do you ever feel you caused the breakup? >> he explained to me over and over again that it was not the reason they separated, since 2006 for sure, and they were very unhappy prior to that. >> reporter: the couple soon announced they were expecting a baby. >> there's another dichotomy of mel gibson. he was this very strikt catholic with very, very strict views and yet he was having a

my prayer is that one day everyone in our nation will hear about jesus christ. there are tremendous stories about what god is doing in china, go to our website cwnews.org and find many links to the growth of christianity in china. we will have more of "christian world news" right after this. stay with us back in a moment. >> how would you react if you were a victim of a terrible crime? such a person and his act of unbelievable forgiveness. paul strand talked about the man that lived the story and written and produced the movie. >> brooks douglas watched his missionary mother and father gunned down before his eyes. >> they never got to see the age i am living and their grand kids. >> he, too was left for dead and his sister violently raped. he was 16 and sister 12. both survived and had to relive as the killers were tried and repealed. he hood a face to face meeting with the killers. heaven's rain is the result and available on the dvd. it is rated r where the rape of his sister is discussed graphically. no sex or nudity, any of that. >> if you are embarrassed by

fighting allegations of anti-semitism again, as de with "the passion of the christ."f his arrest and his words became public, what was hollywood's reaction? >> well, hollywood got really scared in general. it went beyond just a dui stop. had he kept his mouth shut, he would have been fine because people get dui's -- >> reporter: i want to apologize specifically to everyone in the jewish community for the harmful words i said to a law enforcement officer the night i was arrested on a dui discharge. and all that. but you know what, there isn't such a thing as bad press when it's so mean-spirited the things you're doing that it turns everybody off. >> reporter: as his public image was taking a beating, gibson entered a court-ordered alcohol problem. / warning loss of captions a hollywood shocker. gibson's wife of 28 years filed for divorce citing irreconcilable difference. it-t reveals they had separated years earlier, in 2006, just after gibson's notorious dui arrest. gibson's family man image was shattered. less than three weeks after the divorce announcement, he stepp

fighting allegations of anti-semitism again as he did with "the passion of the christ."f his arrest and his words became public, what was hollywood's reaction? >> well, hollywood got really scared in general. it went beyond just a dui stop. had he kept his mouth shut, he would have been fine because people get duis all the the time. >> reporter: if you're mel gibson everything you do everything you do will help your career. >> gibson tried to do some damage control. he released a statement. i wand to -- want to apologize specifically to everyone in the jewish community for the harmful words i said to a law enforcement officer the night i was arrested on a dui discharge. and all that. but you know what, there isn't such a thing as bad press when it's so mean-spirited the things you're doing that it turns everybody off. >> reporter: despite his second attempt at an apology, the damage was done. gibson decomplained our request for an interview. >> i think a lot of people thought mel was crazy. >> reporter: and gibson's career was in question. >> everybody says controversy s

if you decide to give up your whole life to christ, well, it's in christ's hand. curved walkway. the burial ground fills with practical sounds from tierce bell, drenching the dumb unheeding crosses. alone i skirt around this rim of destiny, stirred by the bell, till some day i'm left un-busied in that ground's silent keep. >> brother paul says that to be a monk is to live at the heart of a mystery, to live in a perpetual state of becoming. to him, that is both the power and poetry of monastic life. >> we never get there. as merton said, you know, if you think you have arrived, you're lost. people in the world come, you know, they come here on retreat. they ask me, "how long have you been here?" i answer as, what, another elsewhere, 52 years. but it is a fiction. how long have i been here? excuse me, i haven't gott here yet. >> for "religion and ethics newsweekly," this is judy valente at the abbey of gethsemani. >> we wish brother paul great fulfillment in his perpetual state of becoming. we have another story today about worship, this one about christian relics. in medieval time

in terms of looking at christmas communications retract just the number of references to jesus christ, not caught in general, but specifically jesus christ because certain members of the public have had a concern that christ has been taken out of christmas and we wondered if presidents had responded to this. it turns out that since reagan presidents have. they roughly quadrupled the number of times and christmas communication that they reference priced specifically. we saw this pattern again and again. what helped us make sense with some of the changes in the electorate that were happening just before ronald reagan took office, and those changes were largely driven by a group in society that for a long time felt like their views were being marginalized, and this group has come to be known as the religious right, politically conservative christian citizens who felt like they needed to start engaging in the political world in no way they had not been because they felt that was going to be a means to shape society in a way they felt was appropriate. groups such as the moral majority emer

. >> the country's christians see it as an opportunity to win them to christ. gary lane has more from sydney. >> >> 40 years ago, you would rarely see muslims on the streets of sydney or melburn. muslims having sought refuge and opportunity down under. >> many will settle into neighborhoods exclusively islamic. they have little chance to hear the gospel. >> life tv is an arabic television channel broadcasting christian programming in australia and other parts of the muslim world. launched in australia, former muslim michael austri. he started the channel with his own funds and feared persecution from the muslim community. they air christian programs in a way muslims understand. >> it is so important to muslims, we love him as a man andrew russo -- and her as a woman. the lord protects us and a special mission like that tlord will provide for them. he died for them. they deserve the message of salvation. who is going to give them the message? >> australian muslims are not only hearing it, they attend this church in sydney. ala bazi has pastored here for 2 years,

. >> i believe in jesus christ who has given his life for us, i know the following of the cross, and i'm ready to die for a cause, i'm living for my community and suffering people, and i will die to defend their rights. >> the commissioners are asking the u.s. government to blacklist egypt to respond to what they call a sharp deterioration of religious freedom >> there's a lot of attacks on the christian minority in particular, there's a lot of christian orthodox minority. >> they may see christianity disappear within their borders because of persecution. >> particularly because of what happened in the middle east, there's some countries who are facing extinction like in iraq. >> these are marked from the state department for severe violations of religious freedom and the commissioners want to add these six countries as religious persecutors. commissioners say nations will help themselves if they work to end religious persecution. >> there's civil rights and -- and there is security and stability. >> paul strand, cbn news, washington. >> jounbacker joining us now on our washington bu

just who was jesus christ and how does he fit in the 21st century? we'll ask yahya hendi, muslim chaplain, georgetown university. and mark edward dever, baptist, southern baptist church. ifwo t is rdckllpawa if i live to a hundred. if social security isn't enough. if my heart gets broken. if she says yes. we believe if should never hold you back. if should be managed with a plan that builds on what you already have. together we can create a personal safety net, a launching pad, for all those brilliant ifs in the middle of life. you can call on our expertise and get guarantees for the if in life. after all, we're metlife. >>> welcome, welcome, imam, and welcome pastor dever. i want to talk about and present the proposition that the economic condition of any nation has profound impact on all phases of social living, cultural living, and spiritual -- the spirituality of the era. and we'll develop that as we go along. in the 1960 we had a wave of economic expansion and it produced something called the "age of aware just." and the age of aware just spawne

i can find christ in your body. this too must be constructed and killed bike on television with pain and blood that's beautiful like a red refer. you made me into a woman and i surend erred into it a man-made into a woman and returned. but you don't want to my bed this is the metal cloth you are chained to in the polytechnic. and i do we do it slowly with timed extensions of christ, his face removed and his penis removed the maggets and the wounds the teeth and hair weeks before he is your christ in the black pit with you. each day becomes eternity of days the sun never sets or rises the light bulb on a wire as i burn you 117 times with my cigarettes while the other guards have gone out for a meal beef stake tomatoes and red wines then i will ask for your for giveness. you look at me or rather you stair at me, make a picture on my eyelids and my disks covering my ice to the pupils through the tinted lenses. iar

you know, christ would have, if he was here, he would have embraced the aids kids. he wouldn't have, you know, said, i don't want to get that disease. he haven't have put on a gown and mask and gloves. he would have embraced them. do you want to tell me a little bit about the baby? our role as physicians as healers is to relieve pain and suffering and to meet the spiritual needs of the families and children. that doesn't mean that you take on the role of their religious advisers, but that, first of all, you respect what their religious and spiritual beliefs are, and i think it's important for physicians to have some type of spiritual bedrock if they're going to do this. >> we can dim the lights according to the time of day. >> when i was first in aids, people would interview me and say you're a pioneer. i never knew what that meant. but maybe in a way circle of life is a little pioneering, but i'm hoping that instead of just being a pioneer, we end up being the standard of care. >> you have my bunny. i have the same one. we match. >> what circle of life does is to e

the added note for peterson is what pastors can teach. >> introduce them to a living christ, a christ who makes life livable in the terms in which you are living -- that everything in the gospel is liveable, not just true. >> although the mainline protestant churches have lost millions of members, peterson sees them as essential. >> i think the mainline churches are the ones who are kind of holding things together while all this faddy stuff goes on. >> i could not resist asking peterson how he and his wife, as christians, have dealt with the prosperity his books have brought them. >> we give it all away. our standard of living has not changed, not a bit. we just -- we know a lot of people we like to give it to. >> in retirement, peterson seems content with his writing and his sense of place -- of being, in his words, "at home." >> what makes me sure of what i'm doing is that virtually everything that seems to me that i believed i've been able to live. >> much as peterson likes stories and language, he made it cle thafor him as a pasr what matters most is not the words he preaches but

jesus christ our lord, amen. >> amen.h this ring i thee wed with this ring i thee wed.this ringi >> with my body i thee honor. >> with my body i thee honor. >> and all my worldly goodsoods with thee i share. >> and auld my worldly goods with she i share. >> in the namend of the father and of the son and of the holy. ghost, amen. >> amen. >> let us pray. outages ooh ternal god creator and preserver of all man kind,t the author of everlasting life send thy blessing been thesepot thy servants this man and this woman whom we bless in thy name that they shall keep the vow betwixed them made and forever remain in perfect love andant peace together and live according to thy lord through jesus christ our lord. >> amen. god has joined together let no. man put us under.r as much as william and catherine have consented together in holy wed lock andts witnessed the same before godea and his company and there to have given the pledge betothed either to other and declared the same by giving andg of rin receiving of a ring and byjoinf j

. >> all right now, she is attacking the whole notion of the virgin birth of jesus christ. when she points to this translaws, what do you say about that. >> where i would take issue professor sore fredriksen is assuming because of the greek text, because of that difference empty words between the greek and hebrew text that that's the reason why they included that in their gospels. we don't really know -- we can't say for sure what the reason for their including that element, the virgin birth, into their narratives. one could just as easily assume they were including it because that's what they thought happened. we know that the virgin birth was not a part of the earliest christian preaching. the earliest generation, the earliest decades of christian preaching had to do with the resurrection, the fact that this man who is crucified is our messiah and god raised him from the dead. that was the systems of the early preaching. it was in the succeeding decades as more questions began to arise as the notion of jesus' did i have vicinity began to really take hold that questions we

[laughter] you can't say jesus christ." and i said, "well, let's put that aside for a while, and i'll think about that one." then they went on to some others, like, there's a point in the first act of the play where george refers to martha's father, president of the university, and says to the guests, "she is his right ball, so to speak." they objected to "ball" as a slang term, and this really, really puzzled me. they said, "however, it will be all right if you say she is his right testicle." [laughter] i said, "but that doesn't scan. the rhythm is wrong there, so we can't do that." and on and on and on and on. they said, "well, we have to come back to jesus h. christ," and i was getting a little puzzled and annoyed by that point, so i said, as a joke, "well, how about mary h. magdalene?" [laughter] he thought and said, "yes, that would be lovely." and i knew there was not gonna be any real communication here. and so i took his 75 objections, and i took them to the theater, where the actors and the director were very, very

50s and 1860s-- is sending three caravans of r.v.s around america saying "save the date, return of christmay 21, 2011." (cheers and applause) save the date? save the date? like a wedding? (laughter) i wonder if the apocalypse will be chicken or fish? (laughter) folks, this means there are only 11 shopping days until there are no shopping days. (laughter) (cheers and applause) so, question is, is is god ending the world on may 21? yahweh or no way? yahweh! (cheers and applause) ♪ hall la♪ note hallelujah... folks, this prophecy was made by americans, i like my doom crying homegrown. not like that mayan 2012 crap that's been sneaking across our southern borders. it's the four horsemen of the apocalypse, not the four jorges of the apocalypse (laughter and applause) plus, family radio's leader harold camping is an expert at predicting the end of the world-- in that he's done it before. he previously said the world would end on september 4, 1994. now, in his defense, that was the year the first hootie & the blowfish album came out. (laughter) i think we all prayed the end was near. (laughter)

is the lord jesus christ. go to luke 13.re is a story, how these guys come up to jesus and mentioned that there were some jews offering sacrifices, as they ought to, under the law of moses, for their sins, and pilate murdered them and mixed their blood with theirs. and they told jesus that and ask that the worse than anyone else. and that these men, even though they were jews, were lost, and the wrath of god was going to fall on them, even though they were religious, and he gave them an illustration. said there were 18 people on whom the tower fell and killed them. unless you repent, you will all likewise parish. talk about getting under your skin. he said that. jesus said that. he was talking obviously about the wrath of god when christ returns, okay? not that a building was going to fall on anybody else or a government official from the roman authorities was going to kill anybody, but god almighty, i'm telling you, jesus is coming back soon. my bible said he made him to be sent -- [bell rings] supervisor chiu: thank you. n

you have to have christ's cricheseness imputed to you. -- christ's righteousness imputed to you. >> thank you. are there any other members whofe -- of the public who wish to speak in general public comments? seeing none, general public comments is closed. could you please read the adoption of the reference calendar. >> items 46 through 53 are being considered for immediate being considered for immediate adoption, they will be acted

we have a diary entry of a prayer he wrote in which he signs the prayer off to my lord jesus christ, savior of my soul. he's not a deiss. how much of a practicing christian is whether you believe church service is the end all and be all. what are these guys meaning when they talk about the freedom of religion. it's my view based what i saw in the documents, namely that all the colonial charters refer references to god and most to jesus christ, that many of the state legislators formed oaths of allegiance to their office in the name of jesus christ and all of the state legislators of pennsylvania had to swear such an oath in the name of jesus christ. it's hard to believe you can take that out of context of them all being christians. in other words, what do they say if a muslim walks in and says well, because of the separation of church and state, you have to fund a muslim foot bath in the university of michigan. they would find that crazy. well, you have to remove a cross on a public space such as a park? i think they would find that silly, but, again, it's all in the context, and you

you have to have christ's cricheseness imputed to you. -- christ's righteousness imputed to you. >> thank you. are there any other members whofe -- of the public who wish to speak in general public comments? seeing none, general public comments is closed. could you please read the adoption of the reference calendar. >> items 46 through 53 are being considered for immediate adoption, they will be acted upon by a single roll call vote. if a member asked for discussion of an item, it will be discussed separately. >> i would like to sever item 46. seeing none if we could take an

you have to have christ's cricheseness imputed to you. -- christ's righteousness imputed to you. >> thank you. are there any other members whofe -- of the public who wish to speak in general public comments? seeing none, general public comments is closed. could you please read the adoption of the reference calendar. >> items 46 through 53 are being considered for immediate adoption, they will be acted upon by a single roll call vote. if a member asked for discussion of an item, it will be discussed separately. >> i would like to sever item 46. seeing none if we could take an -- a roll call on items 47 through 53. >> supervisor elsburg. aye. supervisor kim. kim, aye. supervisor march, aye. supervisor mirkarimi, yea. supervisor weiner, aye. supervisor, avalos, aye. supervisor chu, aye. president chiu, aye. there are 10 ayes. >> thank you, madam clerk could you call item 47. >> item 47 is a resolution proclaiming maye 15 through maye 21 -- >> actually i had severed item 46. >> item 46, resolution supporting the filipino veterans fairness act of 2011. >> i want to thank the veterans who came

who shall separate us from the love of christ, shall tribulation or distress or persecution or damages or danger or sword? no, no. in all these things we are human conquers in things that love us. i am confident that neither death, life, angels, rulers, or anything that comes to powers or anything else in all of creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of god in christ jesus our lord and now with the hymn of promise, the chancellor choir of the first united methodist church under the direction of larry sandler. >> you're watching live the joplin community memorial service taking place in joplin, missouri. 143 people died in the tornado that devastated the community one week ago. now a special service to honor the dead and the survivors. what's this option? that's new. personal pricing now on brakes. tell us what you want to pay. we do our best to make that work. deal! my money. my choice. my meineke. >>> back now at the joplin community memorial service. right now the first united methodist chancellor choir is singing right now. the president of the united states is als