the second temptation of christ taken from the gospel of luke makes it clear what's happening here christ determination to resist heresy and damned. the suicide of judas chose what happens when someone turns away from god the monumentally impressive knave signified to the believers that only god's word could help against old these temptations and human weaknesses. home. to him. heading southwards with the mansions just visible on the horizon lies one of the most important cities of the middle ages. the modern day demiraj was originally a burial place beyond the city wools the whole complex with its cathedral baptistry and compost some toll was begun in thirteen hundred. home and a half the campo son toll was the not just cemetery of the christian middle ages and that's a place where death damnation and redemption played a prominent role here we find a monumental representation of the love's judgment. this powerful fresco must have shocked its contemporaries it begins with the last judgment on to ruffle christ who reveals his wounds and flings his outrage like lightning in the direction of

gospel doesn't say when christ was born. we don't know in what sees them actually. pretty much traditionally selected. supposed to be celebrated in the day of the winter solstice. so wonderful that the fourth century the winter solstice was around what today is january the seven. but over time it began to shift so basically. by the sixteenth century quite a bit off so in the sixteenth century pope gregory the thirteenth ordered for a new calendar to become reformed to be shifted in accordance with our better knowledge of astronomy and everything else a new calendar was instituted the gregorian calendar. the orthodox didn't really want to hear anything about the catholic innovation for a very long time but in the twentieth century they began to shift the calendar so now the orthodox church has part of your truck church celebrates christmas on december the twenty fifth so that's if you have any greek orthodox or romanian orthodox or bulgarian orthodox or syrian friends. many of them. you should do wish them. every christmas ok

umstead park church of christ are unlocked, but eliseo jimenez is trapped within its walls. the 39-year-old is an undocumented immigrant with a standing deportation order, meaning immigration and customs enforcement want him returned to his native mexico. but he's not going. >> i'm not going to give up on my kids. i'm not going to take them away from their own country, take them away their rights to be here, their rights to better education, better life. >> reporter: instead he's chosen sanctuary in this church, relying on an ice policy that says federal immigration agents won't apprehend people in so- called "sensitive locations." it's part of a strategy to buy time to reopen his immigration case and to find a legal way to stay. umstead park united church of christ is just one of a growing number of churches around the country that have publicly declared their opposition to existing u.s. immigration law by offering sanctuary to undocumented people facing deportation. reverend doug long is the pastor here. >> i want to be able to say to

and i said no, they bring christ to me. so when you introduce christ to the gang member?and immediately and the power of the relationship and to see jesus? and then you choose to take seriously what jesus took seriously, inclusion, nonviolence, unconditional compassion, and acceptance. then you try to stay anchored in that. it isn't a set of beliefs that authentic gospel living. so when will be goldberg is asked name a living person you most admire and she said pope francis and said he goes with the original program. [laughter] you want to introduce the original program to kids because it is pretty compelling because it is radical and beyond a system of beliefs to go into the mortgage and where the stranger is there to be the trustworthy guide. >> were there any other stories that really made you emotional? >> what a good question. yes. a lot of stories make me emotional. do you want me to get emotional? laughmac i can do it if you want me to. i remember when two of our workers were gunned down about one month apart in the second one died. it was devastating i was at the

. >>> do you accept the light of jesus christ?i accept the light. >> klansman, do you accept the light of jesus christ? >> i accept the light. light of jesus christ?cept the >> i accept the light. >> whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. we're not going to the cross burning yet. no, no. not in the middle of the show. i'm not dumb. that's the big closer. [ laughter ] i can't just throw the cross burning out there in the middle of the show. you can't follow a cross burning. what follows a cross burning? i actually don't want to know. i don't want to know, actually. i'd rather never know. i don't ever want to know what follows a cross burning. [ laughter ] >> don't worry, we'll get to the cross burning later. but first, if you search the internet for kkk, some of the top stories you'll find are about a small town you've probably never heard of. so i'm headed back to arkansas. the town of harrison has a population that is 96% white. and it's known for still having an active ku klux klan presence. what kind of vibe will i get here? will i see some k

who wants nothing more than to look at you and see jesus christ. but they walk every day and they are told every day, that they are different. then your friends. then those wonderful gentlemen and women in your book. if you could channel christ again, what do i say? seventh graders? i say, i want to do that. my parents won't let me. i need them, but my parents won't let me. what can we do as a community to allow this little one to feel completely comfortable being who she is? and loving everyone who are in your books exactly as she is? so here and you can tell her because i think she needs to know more than i do. thank you. >> well, you know, that is a question today i don't know what was on larry's show but i did a podcast. asking about jesus and i can remember preaching at this huge christian church you know with the big screens behind you. i like 10,000 people. and afterwards a woman said to me, yeah, your stories were all well and good. the only question worth asking is, do you bring christ to gang members? and i said, no. they bring christ to

with the exception of the christ child paintings of children were rare.in italy during the renaissance the catholic church commission paintings designed to encourage the faithful to take basically an abandoned children. apart from representations of jesus paintings also featured the neediest of all children. while the girls a picture to the rise of the witan the boys a place to the left indicating they perceived superiority. of god's right hand there in the position of privilege. from now on iconographic tradition would dictate that imposing figures were placed on the left of a painting. it's. the church still exerted a powerful influence on our two in france and sixteen forty artists tentatively began exploring secular subject matter. painted joseph at work. and jesus stands before him. joseph is the central figure that it is his son who holds the light. because of this and despite his arduous labor the father of his his son symbolic protection. and its pared down beauty the painting underscores the importance of teaching a child a trade. in this work to

christ joins us live to explai >> well, nancy pel but she also took time to reject what she called a vile statement out of washington. >> so we cannot be misled. >> described it as >> 83% of the benefits of the bill g the top 1% in that he touched on issues like worker bonuses as an example years. and the richest people in the benefi >> in de, president trump repres tries to get answer >> worried. how mu i'm going to pay this year. it's important then you have >> and today, leaders weigh ed n again, on martin luther king weeken >> now pelosi also calleded it joinin with the congressional christ smith, nbc bay area news. >>> still to come, a man under own mother. how a video game played a role also, chelsea manning settin the big announcemen from the what he's doing now to try to evenin when rain will make a comeback the virginia man is now charged city leaders hav called a addres community concerns. >>> new at 5:00, a shocking kill ed his mother in a ranl o about game he had just lost. his 68 mother lydia came to erupte that's when he allegedly grabbed one the bullets struck his the

is. >> hey, google, who is jesus christ? >> sorry, i don't know how to help with that yet. >> okay. >> political correct less gone too -- correctness gone too far or a glitch, is this going to be a pr nightmare for google, we bring back or panel, jannette? >> i guess that going el needs a software update. i don't knowen to we have bigger thins to worry about in 2018, i am looking to the bible. not google or alexa. bill: do you think it has anything to to with placal correctness, we heard this time again with the big companies, a lot of left wingers, a lot of people negative on religion, would it surprise you if a tech said we don't know that. >> nothing surprises me any more, that would be foolish on their part, i am going to go with a glitch. so, sometime the technology is fouled up. bill: in my car, same problem with my blue tooth, it calls towing services. >> but suri knows who jesus christ is. bill: she is the ball. >> thank you. >> great to see you. happy birthday bill. and we check in with your meteorologist dan zarrow

the eastern orthodox faith follows the old ways of jesus christ on the seventh of january. after counting the. documentaries. at this time. i'm adrian finnegan this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week post sanctions iran is still a hard place to find a job we'll look at the economic reasons behind the rest of the middle east second largest economy also this week. these are the two major flaws discovered in the hardware of nearly every computer and digital device worldwide the race is on to fix the.

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this is a whole day that has a focus on the village and just behind me you can see the cathedral of christ the savior where crowds have been pouring into attend those services that are actually being held by the head of russia's orthodox church patriarch keel and as the people have been coming to attend the services we have talked to a few about what the holiday means to them let's take a listen just first of all christmas for me is a family holiday my grandmother was a very religious person so i'm here for her to one of my family traditions and i have always dreamt of celebrating this holiday at christ the savior cathedral and my dream has come true i may start crying now. if you see me that you didn't know which was my family always meets a christmas so it's a family holiday for me and once it's a bring my son with me when he went to sleep early i'm hey on behalf of my family and i will pray for them so while the majority of the western world is finally winding down from the holiday season orthodox christians all over the world are still in full swing celebrating christmas day by the fir

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three kings arrived in bethlehem but it's also the date on which john the baptist baptized jesus christ which is why christians in some countries marked the day with watery events sells and stuck to the chilly waters across bulgaria in a traditional epiphany ritual the priest throws a cross into the water to symbolize the baptism of christ but retrieving the cross brings this woman good luck for the year ahead. of the christian faiths observe appear to need to recall the legend of the three wise men who followed us to find the infant jesus in germany children dressed as the three kings of orient and go door to door singing collecting money for charity not even germany's president could escape. the feast of the appear fanie falls on the same day as the start of the orthodox christmas at the vatican pope francis marked the catholic festival and also reached out to orthodox christians. some eastern churches catholic and orthodox are celebrating christmas today. may this glorious celebration be a source of new spiritual vigor and of communion among us christians who recognize him as lord an

pictures from christ the savior cathedral the center of orthodox christianity in moscow with the service has been ongoing for more than two hours we've got updates from our correspondent coming. around the clock across the world this is our team international from the team and myself you know neil welcome to the program a fourth day of pro-government marches has been held in iran tens of thousands of people have been rallying to show their support for the countries of the. it comes in response to a seven day off pricing triggered by poor living conditions that engulfed over eighty six. god. i. rock rock. rock rock. while on a friday night the united nations security council at washington's request held an emergency meeting to discuss the situation in iran russia criticized the move saying that iran should be left alone to deal with its own internal affairs that sentiment was echoed by a number of other members of the security council to. in the past week what has happened on the ground throughout the nation of iran is something the world must take note of. however the worrying given for

christ the savior cathedral in moscow the city's center of orthodox christianity. jaclyn to grasp. by the cold it's an extremely warm and silver tory atmosphere here on the streets of moscow where this is one of the holiest days of the year being recognized christmas day the holiday falls on january the seventh and not december the twenty fifth for orthodox christians due to an issue of calendars and for them this is a holiday that has a focus on religion just behind me you can see the cathedral of christ the savior where crowds have been pouring into attended services there actually being held by the head of russia's orthodox church patriarch heal and as the people have been coming to attend the services we have talked to you about what the holiday means to them let's take a listen just first of all christmas for me is a family holiday my grandmother was a very religious person so i'm here for her to one of my family traditions. which is my family always meets a christmas so it's a family holiday for me and wanted to bring my son with me when he went to sleep early i'm him behalf

around the world are not included in russia where we just saw president putin joining the service the christ the savior cathedral in moscow these are live pictures from the center of orthodox christianity we'll go live to our correspondent in. for a feeling of how things have been going on there for the last hour. we are churning in from around the world this hour welcome to moscow onto our team international good to have your company i mean and only a fourth day pro-government marches has been held in iran tens of thousands of people have been rallying to show their support for the country's leaders it comes in response to a seven day opera icing triggered by poor living conditions that engulfed over eighty cities. i. look. well on friday night the united nations security council on washington's request held an emergency meeting to discuss the situation in iran russia criticized the move saying that iran should be left alone to deal with it so minturn leffers that sentiment was echoed by a number of other members of the security council to. in the past week what has happened on the ground t

anyway, ultimately truth is jesus christ. and this verse has to do with the ascension of christ and 40 days after his resurrection and how the gospel preachers proclaimed the gospel. it also has to do with judgment day and has a third application to what i believe took place in 1996. in a sense, you can sense the regeneration happened in 1996. what i mean by that, the bible teaches that -- how can i put this? well, eventually, someday christ will come back and the bible teaches that since his birth, we've been in the last days, but we haven't been at the time of the end of the last days until the times of the gentiles ended, 25, 30 years, when jerusalem was destroyed in the days of babylon. that's how they were able to say the sixth trumpet would sound on 9/11. the genius of the christian faith is found in prophecy. if i was to say on valentine's day george soros will die eating a cheesburger in new york and that happened, that would be a prophecy. we have guys that didn't know each other, that brought different details about

the jefferson new testament includes death of christ but no resurrection.so my father wanted to use those that st. thomas moore is a great model for you. because to impart wisdom it is already wise in christ he regarded with stupidity and we are fools for christ sake and if we are to be easily led or childish instead should not have that, as we become like little children. it was a reminder to a specifically christian audience with a secular environment he thought that was crucial to him he delivered it often. the relationship between the faith and the law that there was some fear he was a theocrat although he takes his religion seriously as a justice is not to impose his religious beliefs or preferences and he gives the example of abortion. just like no catholic way to cook a hamburger no way to interpret a text or analyze a tradition for to discern the legitimacy of judicial decision to do this honestly and perfectly and how that applies to his attitude to abortion law. i find myself somewhat embarrassed for catholics or other opponents to think we earnes

foundation of man, the original plan foreman, the directive and the instruction of the lord jess christthy kingdom come on earth, we are removing the boundaries, how do we restore god's honor on earth? >> has the church been effective in teaching it? absolutely. the church has preserved that fr 2000 years. the church has a branding problm and a communication problem. how it's delivering that message to a new generation, that's the challenge that the church has. these principles of human digniy and human responsibility have been part of christianity for 2,000 years, whether it's expressed in catholicism, whethr it's expressed in eastern orthodox, it doesn't matter, tht is the core. but how the message than conveyed, that's different. now, what has happened over thoe 2000 years is schools of the theologian stands between te tension of a more sacred scripture and the present day situation. how to take that sacred traditin and now apply it to the circumstance and situations in which we exist today. so you have schools of thought that are traditionalists who wat to preserve the past. you hav

paul wrote to the corinthians, we're fools for christ's sake, are we lead to be childish, and christ did say we were his sheep and we would not get to heaven unless we became like little children. so, it was a reminder to a specifically christian audience of -- that they would be seen as peculiar to non-christians, particularly in secular environments, obviously. he always thought, that speech was crucial to him and kind of his set of speeches. he delivered that one often. and there's another speech he delivered called faith in judging, which, i think, is really important because it clarifies the relationship between his faith and the law and i think it will disspell a lot of preconceptions people have of the fear that he was some sort of theocrat. in this speech he makes it clear although he takes his re ligs seriously, his job as a lawyer or as a justice is not to impose his religious beliefs or policy preferences on the law. and he gives the example of abortion. so, let me read a little bit here. first, he says, just as there's no catholic way to cook a hamburger, so, also, there'

christ says she has reached out to students working for his release. the chancellor is being criticized for waiting a week to issue a statement saying christ has not reached out to them, quote, to this day chancellor christ has not sent any message directly to any of the students who have mobilized in support of luis mora. her silence has been absolute. >>> at the live desk we are tracking this story. search and rescue efforts under way in santa barbara county after heavy rain caused severe flooding and mud slides. at least 15 people are now dead and that number could still grow. at least two dozen others are still missing. flash flooding, debris flow and mud slides hit communities that were devastated by the fires last month. officials say several dozen homes have been destroyed or damaged. an advisory was first, you'd last night after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake hit in the caribbean near honduras. no reports of damage from the quake. >>> adopting a new drone use policy that could help inspect pier damage after earthquakes. >> drones could have been us

explicitly set that in a political contest between donald trump and quote a candidate who expresses christ's values he would choose donald trump and by the way it's not just a cult it's a doomsday cult. it's a cult that is currently facing what any objective observer would recognize to be the slow deterioration of the trump presidency and that's very dangerous because i've hung out with a lot of cult members and i can tell you that cults don't deal well with reality that the only thing more dangerous than a cult leader is a cult leader facing martyr and we're starting to hear now already from his followers that robertson just a four weeks ago warned that anyone who. is disobeying. speaking of course the news of the day this is a tweet we've got several like this asking for your opinion on this from him it says what are the global implications for trump stack liberation of jerusalem as the capital of israel but before you answer that another person sent us this on twitter simple says quoting you in an interview with mother jones obama has been the single worst president in modern american his

saw people hammering on top of the statue, trying to wipe a cloth or touch the head or the foot of christtees who told me they had been there since one in the morning. one person told me he had been there for the last ten years hoping that by seeing the statue it would bring good fortune to his family. there are health and safety issues every year with the transfer of black nazarene. busier authorities said there looked at the root to make sure there were no bottlenecks that could create crashing. they also looked at the bridges and stress tested them along the route to make sure that they could hold the devotees. in a small section i saw i saw at least five people being carried away. there was a very hot day and people were dehydrated. at the same time i saw a heavy army, police and red cross presence on hand carrying away people who had fainted during the procession. more than 170,000 people are expected to visit this year's consumer electronics show in las vegas. the tech companies' latest developments include driverless taxis and new advances in artificial intelligence, including some

and vices until of course in the person of jesus christ literally becomes a human being and. you know i truly believe i mentioned this in the book a truly believe that are the reason why christianity is the largest most successful religion in the history you will very likely will need or are present on is that it gives it is fully abandons itself to this unconscious impulse to humanize god christianity says god is not a human like god is a literally a human being if you want to know what god is like than just imagine the not perfect human perfectly kind perfectly compassionate perfectly loving that's god that is a very easy thing for people to do regardless of what culture they are from i mean this idea that this utterly inexpressible ineffable mysterious being can be known so easily simply by imagine him as a person is enormously appealing theological i've you know it was appealing to me but that's partly why i became a christian in high school for a couple of years precisely i think for that reason i don't want refer to it as it feels like scratching a cognitive is that we

the faiths in the holy land. 0n the banks of the river that —— river jordan where it is believed christice president had wanted to use his trip to talk about protecting christians in the middle east but thejerusalem decision, while delighting his evangelical supporters at home, now being shunned by church leaders at the very birthplace of christianity. mike pence's visit will still address his belief in his loss's ultimate deal between israelis and palestinians but for those opposed to the us strategy, there is unlikely to be a moment of revelation. —— boss'. here's our briefing on some of the key events happening later. first up — geneva, where dozens of russian athletes are appealing their doping ban at the court of arbitration for sport — less than three weeks before the start of the winter olympics. the former catalan leader, carles puigdemont, is leaving belgium for the first time since he fled from spain in october — to take part in a debate about the future of catalonia at the university of copenhagen. finally, in hollywood — some positive news in the gender equality movement. on

but why did they come from and why did they disappear some five hundred years before the birth of christ. so much still remains unknown a settlement has never been found. and they certainly did not live at the foot of the salt mountain on the site of present day how. this village which has a population of around a thousand wasn't as stablished until the middle ages when the soul train began to fire again. in mining is still a respected profession how even today for five hundred yes every family lived somewhere on the from salt. became very prosperous but it was able to grow in signs that was simply no more room which when the lake from the salt mountains that is one of the buildings in hushed up somehow locals if they had been stocked up on top of one another. the cemetery too long since became far too small. for centuries now the dead have rested here for a mere ten years or so. down their mortal remains on a gaap the bones bleached and the skulls painted generations of how families lie in the channel. and. traditions count for a great deal in how. even today the whole village that spot

king ramsay's the second live thirteen centuries before christ during his long reign he altered already existing temples founded a new capital city and covered the whole of egypt with huge stone figures and obvious and vast temple complexes. here in the king's mortuary temple the rama z m in the ancient town of thieves lies the head of one such statue originally seven thousand meters tall the figure would have weighed a thousand times. by the second year of his reign ramsay's the second was already adding to the great temple of amman in luxor he built this fifteen meter tall adorning the entrance. the king was obviously aware of the superhuman efforts he was demanding from his workers he paid tribute to them in these words you my workers chosen for your strength and the skill of your hands building monuments for me in great numbers skilled in working with precious stones you know the types of granite you know the secrets of sandstone oh hard working and faithful builders i shall live as long as the monuments you raise. ramsay's commissioned a huge pillar hole to be added to the great te

>> i do know christ talks an awful lot about forgiveness. he talked about repentance, also. i would like to know franklin graham's reference about trump is a changed man. in what respect? he's never asked for forgiveness, he's never asked for -- engaged in repentance. that's where it comes in, you repent and change your behavior. what has trump down to change his behavior. people are making excuses here? >> i'm not defending the behavior. i said this at the beginning. i'll say it again. this is the problem i have with evangelical pastors and others weighing in on politics. >> i get it. you don't want them to, but they do weigh in on politics. why don't you want to call that hypocritical? >> there's one thing to weigh in on a moral issue or an issue that deals with politics. abortion is a great example of that. i have no problem with a pastor talking about that issue. but if you're going to come out and use the word mulligan on an individual because either, a, you're close to him or, b, because you backed him and don't want to 'embarrass your

christmas the eastern orthodox faith follows the old julian calendar which puts the birth of jesus christ on or near january the seventh russians ethiopians and ukrainians are also marking christmas. q.n. is investigating last month's attack in the democratic republic of congo that killed fifteen of its peacekeepers and suspects the allied democratic forces ugandan the group was behind the attack as fighters are known to be active in congress north kivu province where the assault took place and says it will examine the circumstances surrounding the death of the towns and in the national and make recommendations. the a smell is a professor at the university of minnesota he joins us now from kosmo in somalia via skype thanks very much for being with us it's the worst attack on u.n. peacekeepers in recent history the un suspects the a.d.f. is behind it what do you think happened. i think it's very difficult to ascertain exactly what happened but it's quite feasible dating that feature of the congo and . western uganda that possibility exists but the united nations also been known for not bei

christmas for many orthodox christians around the world including russians these are pictures from christ the savior cathedral the center of also christianity in moscow. for more on these and all out of the stories. coming up max and stacy bring you the latest kaiser report and go away. kaiser this is the kaiser report happy orthodox christmas you know a lot of people en masse are shopping over the holidays and apparently they're suffering a big debt hanging over all was. yes of course it's an orthodox christmas today and that's why you look like a christmas present there. if you take the hat off. because that is not a new shank and i want to bring that up because moscow today while we record this thirty six degrees raleigh where we are is twenty three degrees and this isn't fahrenheit and this should be the case we should not be having a polar vortex is or more to seas or whatever however you plural are tat yeah the vortex well we should know how that is we don't have because here we're not allowed to show that big for the wear in moscow if there is warm yeah brain cogitating that's a gr

he emulated jesus christ in every particular. helping all of us draw closer to god by drawing all of us closer to each other. i'm so grateful for the life of my dear friend and for the example he left for everyone to follow. he was a friend of mine. he showed me great friendship, and at times stood up for me. i'll never forget one time he leaned over to me and said i vote for you. that meant so much to me. all i can say is that having his vote was really important to me. the man was one of the greatest men i've ever met on this earth. a man of humility, a man of effort, a man of distinction, a man of love and compassion, a man who really knew how to work with other people, and a man who loved men and women, a man who worked in a consecrated manner all the days of his life for jesus christ and his ministry. all i can say is that i'm going to personally miss him, and i believe that his imprint on not just the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints commonly nicknamed the mormon church, around the world he's going to be very dif

at canterbury cathedral, archbishop justin welby said that although christ was born without any politicalprovides more freedom to individuals than the world's most powerful leaders. pope francis praised the united nations, but he did not refer to the un's accusation that myanmar had been involved in ethnic cleansing. and while he said the future of this nation must include all races and religions, he did not use the word rohingya. well, martin bashir is with me now. welcome to the programme. the status of religion in news coverage has clearly gone up, as you are now editor and not just a clearly gone up, as you are now editor and notjust a correspondent. in admission perhaps that the bbc hasn't been doing enough on it? we have seen a decline in religious affiliation, a decline in attendance at church and places of worship, so i think that the bbc is responding in part in the way that religious groups have responded, by demanding more coverage, and the bbc is responding to that. but i don't think it is the bbc railing. i think you have seen a cultural change. some listeners and viewers mig

and orthodox believers commemorate the baptism of christ in the river jordan event and their needs are greenies below zero this year they were joined by one very eminent believer. welcome to the show my name sarah harmon it's good to have you with us saturday marks the first anniversary of donald trump's inauguration as the forty first president of the united states some said he wouldn't last till christmas but with the economy booming and his health reportedly good president trump is holding steady as unpredictable nature however has had his supporters cheering and his opponents cringing here's a look back. it was an audacious first week in office. gratian had been a central tenet of candidate trump's campaign within days of his inauguration president trump issued the first of what became known as muslim bands his supporters welcomed the move but thousands of people turned out at airports across the country to protest the executive order legal challenges against the travel ban came almost immediately even after trump signed a second and then a third ban later in the year courts preven

in moscow russian patriarch kirill held christmas mass in the city's opulent christ the savior cathedral in a ceremony rich in song like the other orthodox christian denominations the russian orthodox church also follows the julian calendar which is thirteen days behind the gregorian calendar used by catholics and protestants. russian orthodox christians celebrate christmas eve on january sixth. that will fans in germany currently having to make do without that week a fix as the bundesliga takes its mid-season break but they can still stay up to date with their favorite players who share snippets of their everyday lives on twitter facebook and instagram and it's not just a way to interact with fans but also big business for the pros. fans lined up to catch a glimpse of their idols but signing autographs and taking selfies isn't enough. social media is the most important point of contact for supporters posting daily updates is almost as important as training for stars like messi and cristiano ronaldo. was different and it's fun and fans want to feel close to them to have a connection they

in moscow russian patriarch kirill held christmas mass in the city's opulent christ the savior cathedral in a ceremony rich in song. like the other orthodox christian denominations the russian orthodox church also follows the julian calendar which is thirteen days behind the gregorian calendar used by catholics and protestants. russian orthodox christians celebrate christmas eve on january sixth. german chancellor angela merkel is set to host a fresh round of talks on possibly forming a new coalition government the five day exploratory talks will include anglo-american as conservatives and the center left social democrats the parties are hoping to find some preliminary agreements on sticking points including germany's migration policies as well as its approach towards europe if the talks fail germany could face fresh elections and with them an uncertain future for chancellor merkel. how germany proceeds and its relations with turkey could also be up for discussion in the coalition talks ties between the two nato allies have deteriorated since the failed coup against turkey's president ri

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lord, jesus christ, we know that all things and all people of all times share a kinship, a oneness thathey all have one life and one life only flowing through everything that breathes and everything that exists. when you came into the world you didn't just become human, you also took on this one life and clothed yourself in it, making it your seamless tunic. as life is one all violence of any kind is of the same essence, the tearing of the one tunic. the tearing of the tunic will take place in many forms, abortion, execution, war, racism, genocide, oppression, slavery and hatred of any kind, but the essence of all is one in the same. the the symptoms of the illness is self love. to be pro life means to understand that violence is not the sin of some but of all. that all violence of all time is the sin of all. the truth is that every human being is in your image and everyone's life finds infinite value in you regardless of our sins. lord, you show us that life has only one source and only one victory, self sacrificial love. help us to be self-sacrificial love for all and we will conquer