. >> founding believes date back to the founding of the early christian church. we came to this country looking for religious freedom as people who question some inherited truths of the predominant christian teachings of the day. both really found a home here in the united states early in the founding and then in 1961 like a bunch of denominations found they had a lot of shared beliefs and agendas. so in 1961 we became the unitarian universalist. >> what are the core values that we would find in a church or society? i go i would say through time it would be being willing to question inherited truth not saying that as a betrayal but all holy sacrament so that you are constantly revealing your own mistakes and coming to a full expression of truth together and the other piece would be always asking who have we left outside the circle of love. it is because of inherited small heartedness and how do we make that embrace of love wider . >> inclusive? yes. you welcome everybody to the table? >> yes. overtime that has meant different things. in the most recent 50 years it

the church involved into national city christian church on thomas circle and still includes a garfieldemorial window. across the city, garfield park in southeast washington at new jersey and virginia avenues was one of the original reservations of land set aside in the plans for the city, reservation number 17. it had remained unimproved for most of its existence up to that point. in 1874, the opportunity was saw to connect it to the capital grounds with a park along the site of the old james creek canal. that didn't happen. improvements began in 1882 and by 1883 the park which had been previously unnamed became garfield park. i did not find any documentation as far as a specific naming, but that's when they started referring to it as such. now, garfield was unusual in that he built a home in washington as a congressman. so his home was at 1227 i street. the house was immediately across from franklin square and down the block from franklin school which was dedicated october 2, 1869. the site was just a few blocks from the white house but still on the edge of developing washington. it w

card field memorial church itself involved into the international city christian church, antjuan the circle. and still includes a guard field memorial window. across the city, garfield park, at new jersey and virginia avenues was one of the original reservations of land set aside for the city, reservation over 17. it remained an improved for most of its existence, up to that point. in 1874 home states all the opportunity to connected with a capital grounds on the side of the old james creaking out. that didn't happen, improvements began in 1882, and by 1883 the park, which had been previously unnamed, became guard field park. i did not find any documentation for specific naming but that's when he started referring to it as such. now, garfield was unusual that he built a home in washington as congressman. so his home, was a 12:27 i street northwest, at the corner of ian 13. he built it in 1869, and expended in 1877 to. house was immediately across from franklin square, and down the block from franklin score, which was dedicated also on october two, 1869. it was just a few blocks on th

the church evolved into national christian city church on top of the circle, and includes a garfield memorial window. across the city, garfield park, in southeast washington at new jersey and virginia avenue's was one of the original reservations of land set aside in plans for the city. reservation number 17. it had remained unimproved for most of its existence up to that point. in 1874, he saw the opportunity to connected to the capitol grounds with a park along the site of the old james creek canal. that did not happen, improvements began in 1882, by 1883 the park, which had been previously unnamed, became garfield park. i did not find any documentation as far as a specific naming but that is when they start referring to it as such. garfield was unusual in that he built a home in washington as a congressman. his home was at the corner of i and 13. he built in 1869. it expanded in 1877. the house was immediately across from franklin square and down the block from franklin school, which also was dedicated october 2, 1869. the site was just a few blocks from the white house, but still

when you talk about this this recognition of evil i think that's a that's a big thing in the christian church in general all the evils of the world and i'm supposed to be fighting against that's your role as a christian but you know angelical church has largely not made any noise about societal problems of white supremacy or recognizing that as an essential evil why do you think it's so important right now in this nation's that at this point in this nation's history and what advice would you give church leaders who are grappling with how to speak to their congregation on this touchy issue. you know when i'm with white pastors we're doing this work i remind them that we have to take a historical viewpoint of it and the reality is christianity in america is really unique as opposed to other places because it's part of our origin story of white supremacy christianity grew up together here in the united states and so this isn't new for white christians to be turning a blind eye toward what's wrong to see as you did that powerful introduction we had to learn how to look the other way during coloni

church. so this isn't a story about christianity in general, it's a story about a set of taboos and proscription5r example, the church outlaws polygamy, it outlaws marriage to in—laws and increasingly outlaws marriages to cousins of increasing distances. so by about 500, 600, the church is banning first—cousin marriage. but by the 10th century, 11th century, the church is banning marriage all the way out to sixth cousins. right. itjust seems to me you're asking that idea of the change in familial relationships that was imposed by the catholic church in sort of medieval europe, you're asking us to believe that that did an awful lot of heavy lifting in terms of the transformation of europe, notjust, in the end, spiritual, but in every way — economic, social — in every aspect of life. you are suggesting that that change brought about by the catholic church transformed europe in a way that made europe fundamentally different from everywhere else in the world. well, what i'm — so the first thing is that it's a hypothesis, right? so we went out and we put together quite a bit of evidence and we looked

the sound of the double barrel shotgun and the cries of the priest so yet again another church christian church has been attacked police are arriving on the scene masses of police described by the people in the area. on that area around the greek orthodox church the assailant has taken off on foot he's presumably still on days of free in the city of leon at the moment so a massive security operation is going on there at this moment no claim has been made we don't know anything about the assailant how young he was who he was but he is free and armed and obviously dangerous in the moment what does this tell us about the security situation in france the country of course on a raised alert level. that's right i mean we've seen armed patrols by the police here increased around the basilica behind me where so many people are coming to pay their respects to those killed in the knife attack and beyond that they're trying to throw extra police cordons and armed armed units around all the places of worship in france that's a huge huge task and this is a case in new york where obviously there was nobody t

it happened but of course in the present tense atmosphere and the anything like that near a christian church does raise suspicions that it was a deliberate attack against a christian symbol david thank you very much indeed. but just as in pakistan's biggest city of burnt effigies of the french president emanuel mike hall they've been angry protests across several muslim countries all to michael defended the right to mock religion and vowed to crack down on what he calls radical islam and the rally in karachi follows similar protests in capitalism but on friday and hundreds of people have been chanting anti french slogans in the west bank city of ramallah thousands of people also took part in rallies in hebron and east jerusalem earlier this week palestinian shops have been removing french products from the shelves. when your macor sat down with al-jazeera to discuss the wave of anger against him the french president says what he calls radical islam is a threat to everybody including muslims. welcome pauli sentiments in a very i understand the sentiments being expressed and i respect them but

christianity and the racial integration. like the role that was not originally part of the church and they probably just saw it like as crazy people. >> absolutely. that was the dom.inant reaction. the sense that both the breaking of the social taboos, the christians were defying god's rule for how humans should associate. and all of this new testament, miraculous stuff, they thought was not believable. this couldn't be. this is not something that respectable christians did. it had to be the work of charlatans or the work of the devil. pence th pentecostalism was scandalous. even to most fundamentalists. if we did a diagram of pentecostals and fundamentali fundamentalists, they were funding their own churches but a lot of self-described fundamentalists wanted nothing to do with this pentecostal holy roller stuff, no way. by 1920, pentecostal revival had spread to every inhabited continent. it remains today the biggest and most vibrant strain of protestant christianity in the world. although despite the early hopes for unity, for equality, by 1920, pentecostals, too, had started breaking into different secreta sects and doctr

they probably thought it was some false form of christianity and the racial integration and the role of women was, like, not the original intention of the churchlike crazy people. >> absolutely. that was a dominant reaction, a sense that both in the breaking of the social taboos, these christians were defying god's rule of how humans should associate and all of this new testament, miraculous stuff they thought was just not believable, this cannot be. this was not something that respectable christians did. it had to be the work of charlatans or the work of the devil. pentecostalism, for much of its early history was totally scandalous even to fundamentalists, even to most fundamentalists. if we did a diagram of pentecostals and fundamentalists there would, of course, be some overlap because these pentecostals were doctrinally conservative and they were founding their own churches and all of that, but fundamentalists wanted nothing to do with this pentecostal holy roller stuff. no way. by 1920, pentecostal revival had spread to every inhabited continent. it remains today the biggest and most vibrant strain of protestant christianity in the world

to por draw the hear rowism of young people of hong kong, the leaders of underground chinese christian churches or tibetans trying to preserve their culture. there's also an increasing number of movies portraying beijing as a benevolent global leader even in areas such as space where, in fact, beijing very recklessly carried out a anti-satellite missile test back in 2007, littering low orbit with a lot of space junk. so we see the bullying of corporations. marriott, mercedes benz and many more to parrot ccp talking points let'ses they face -- lest they face boycotts impacting their bottom line. long-promised access to the chinese market would be cut short, curtailed or not materialize. meanwhile, west virginia got covid-19 -- we've got covid-19 disinformation, ppe shakedowns globally and -- [inaudible] all these things that are especially recently telling examples of all the things i'm describing. so all these manifestations of united front where they subvert interests is and principles that we all cherish, they all reflect the intertwined dangers of this coercive, covert and corrupting influen

da, and she covered up -- inphile ring in the oakland with the christian church, the catholic church.overed that out, so why are we talking about this? rob also right, supporting judge barrett. good morning. caller: absolutely. i think she is an intelligent, decent looking person. i think there will be nothing gained from waiting until after the election is scheduled. i think she will make a good addition to the court. i do very much. thank you for taking my call appeared i appreciate it. host: our line for those opposing the nomination, (202) 748-8000. richard is on the line, chestnut hill, massachusetts. good morning. tell us why. caller: good morning. can you hear me? host: yes. caller: well, let me just be brief. in the media, it has been portrayed that those on the right side of the spectrum care more about the court and the social "wedge" issues. i am a liberal democrat, and that is the most important issue, the fact that the president can -- with the senate -- have a supreme court for decades and decades, long after we are all gone, and with the death of justice ginsburg, put t

i met the former director of the christian reform church here, west michigan has a huge evangelical andistian reforms community and she is also planning to vote blue for the first time all the way up and down the ballot so this is a trend that i am seeing here from the voters that i have been talking to, chuck. >> well, that may be why michigan does look a bit more out of reach for donald trump this time than it did four years ago. dasha bushes, if kent county, thank you, enjoy those apple crisps, if you can get one. joe biden cated he would share his position before election day whether he would admit more members to the supreme court. he did na with a caveat. let's see how they treat this we go in depth on the war over the court, from amy to robert bourque and further back. we will take a deep dive over the institution shrouded in mystery. >> as frequent as a resilient institution. it probably helps they get to put on the robes and close the doors and most of the work they do, they do very quietly. they are not talking at us. they are not tweeting at us. they are not a part of our pub

i'm a christian and i know the church is diverse. ere are black people like me, latinos, and an increasingly vocal christian left. i wanted to speak to people we don't usually hear from. covid-19 andhe job losses it has brought have hit black and latino communities disproportionately hard. >> we started this about march. march 15. reporter: pastor michael offers drive-through meals for the needy at his church on the out skates -- outskirts of the state capital. demand have reached tenfold during the pandemic. >> the black christian group is more energized this election cycle because what we have seen his lives really do depend on it. reporter: he wants all of his congregation to vote. >> i do not believe that president trump presents christian values. i believe president trump preys on the christian faith in order to seek reelection. reporter: more than one quarter of all christians are black or latino and these groups generally vote for the democratic party, but republicans are hoping to win over voters like 19-year-old rose. >> some

christian, there are churches there.ly for 70 years this region was given as an autonomous region under given by joseph stalin. after that, with the soviet union -- i'm coming to your question very quickly alstom after the breakdown of the soviet union, the first war in 30 years of negotiations. territoryto free that . free from home? their ethnic army is 100% living there, so you are freeing from them? ethnic cleansing. so they want the land without armenians. they are fighting for their life, their heritage, their religion, and what they believe, and there housing and their parents and children. so there are two different approaches to the same problem. francine: i understand, but my question is would you consider independence, or under no circumstances would you do that? pres. sarkissian: yes. let me give the answer here. from the day one of the first war being over and established in 1984, there was of course on the table the question, should armenia and other states recognize the independence of the republic. but th

you see leaders in the christian churches talking a lot about the life issue.ng an important part of the republican vote but talking about the ethic of life being beyond just abortion and talking about in terms of how we treat our immigrants, how we treat children and this is what you are seeing the biden campaign highlight is the family reunification with 500 children who still have not been reunited with their parents. the immigration policy resonating. i think the humanity and just the general kindness and way that we talk being an important part of that faith-based community as well. the other point is -- >> trace: both the president and joe biden had op yesterday on foxnews.com. the president first. he says quoting here as a result of our efforts in the tremendous momentum of the prepandemic -- the american economy grew at an annual loo*ized rate of 33.1%. beating expectations under my leadership. this is a new record for quarterly economic growth and is nearly double the previous record set 70 years ago. do you like the message four days before election d

rio which is in the center of fronts in ringback this 7 hour dissolute now an orthodox christian of a group church has been shot we understand the suspect is all the run the perimeter has been set up outside the church where the priest was closing up the evening where the shot by that sort shotgun at the perpetrator is still at large so as you can imagine the national police and the n.t. terrorist plots are there searching this individual it's not known what this is linked to whether this is linked to the desk we saw in nice just a few days ago with 3 people stabbed to death in islam is terror attack at the moment we know the perpetrator is on the run we understand that the orthodox priest who was shot with saul upshot has been evacuated on a stretcher going to hospital and not knowing how serious that wound is doing to stand that the priest is all greek nationality and is still alive we're going to get more information on that as it's coming serious for them over the ministry of interior specify that security and the entire area has been locked down and they are holding people attend people to av

don't even have to step foot in a church they can talk to the local priest to stand in the world's 1st and only confessional cable car. the faithful flock to father christian there's masses at the parish church in the austrian spa town. yet the priests still feels it's his duty to carry the lord's message out to the people these assaults and even jesus didn't hide away in a temple or synagogue he went out and preached and healed the neemo and that's my understanding of what pastoral care should be today. so every other friday father their heads off on a special mission right across town. here in a stalled line ferries visitors up and down mt cotton it's a longstanding tradition but the idea of creating a confessional cable car is new and came about after a few beers at the summit guest house. first we had dismissed it as a joke. but then i got stuck in our minds and 4 years later we finally realized the project. now as the cable car operator i'm really happy to have the world's 1st gondola compassionate. father earlier takes matters into his own hands and helps get the gondola going here he welcomes everyone even those who have little time for the church l

christian group, that's disqualifying. she signed a pro-life statement to church, that's disqualifying. ievable, tucker, and it's not going to work. >> tucker: so the idea is that anybody with sincere christian beliefs can't serve in high office. is that standard operable for any other of the great faiths, i'mra wondering? >> not that i've heard. i think with the real standard is that the religious beliefs -t all religious beliefs must be cleared with the senate democrats, so you're welcome to come and submit your beliefs for scrutiny and if they sign off on it and they give you the blue slip, so to speak, then you're fine, but if they don't sign off on it, then you're a bigot, then you're not qualified and you can't hold office. this, by the way, tucker, it is exactly what the constitution prohibits, article six of the constitution says no religious test for office. here are all these democrats trying to impose a religious test to amy barrett and is it we are not doing it, we are not doing it. n guess what? when you say to somebody you can't go speak to a christian group, that's disqual

death in many parts to have the world, in the southern hemisphere, especially where the christian and catholic churchgrowing. there are laws that criminalize homosexuality and homosexual actions. for the pope to come out and put the church firmly against the criminalization, essentially, of homosexuality is really a powerful statement in the rest of the world. again, it's really a matter of life and death for gay and lesbian people. >> reporter: all ght, david gibson of fordham university, thank you very, very much. >> thank you. >> woodruff: one of the most criticized policies of the trump administration is its decision to separate families who were illegally crossing the southern border from mexico back in 2018. a federal judge put a stop to that policy and ordered the administration to reunify families. but hundreds of families are still separated-- with no likelihood of reunifying any time soon. amna nawaz has the details. >> reporter: judy, what many people don't realize is that before 2018, and the flurry of coverage as thousands of children were separated from their families at the border, the

in one of the city's most important catholic churches the basilica there this is happening before all saints day tomorrow an important date in the christian calendar are french christians nicolette did it feel as if they're being actively targeted. yes definitely did that and also i think they definitely feel that they've been abandoned it's such a paradox that today this afternoon. states the prime minister of france was insulted. where father who had been beheaded in his own church celebrating mass drunk aspects was there to show a symbol that the french authorities that the french government was there to protect the christians and at that same time a christian priest was was shot at i can tell you this i know that catholics tomorrow before tonight's incident were already organizing and this is the 1st time i see this their own self-defense groups we've seen these past years military defending churches and protecting churches were big feast like all saints day christmas easter there were military outsiders and this is something new or shocking to see this in france which is the darker the catholic church. the catholic faithful and now f

church official. we just learned from the television the toss a christian has been assassinated it's a huge shock. to the affluent families he was there all day long he wasn't somebody who would drop in and go again he was always there. the church is just a kilometer from the scene of a deadly truck attack which killed dozens in 2016 nieces mayor spoke to reporters at the scene he said the assailant kept shouting allahu akbar god is greatest as he was detained. for going to all the people of nice who are in shock i can say that nice like all of france but perhaps more than other parts of the country. is currently paying much too high a price and has now $1.00 small become a victim of islam or fascism. or the proceeds to a good level firstly. it's a threat that has france on high alert president mark hong called a crisis meeting in paris before departing for nice. the french president has angered many in the muslim world by refusing to condemn cartoons of the prophet mohammad. it's a long standing debate in france reignited by the murder of school teacher samuel patty earlier this month he was behea

christian group. she signed a pro-life statement at church. that is disqualifying. believable, tucker and it's not going to work. >> tucker: so, the idea is that anyone with christian beliefs cannot serve in high office. is that standard operable for any of the other great faiths, i'm wondering? >> not that i've heard. i think with the real standard is that all religious beliefs must be cleared with the senate democrats. so, you are welcome to submit your beliefs for scrutiny and if they sign off on it and they give you the blue slip, so to speak, you are fine. but if you don't sign off on it, you are a bigot. this is exactly what the constitution prohibits. article six of the constitution says no religious test for office. here are all of these democrats trying to impose a religious test and say, we are not doing it. we are not doing it. when you say you can't speak to a christian group, that's disqualifying. when you say that you can't be pro-life in accordance with your belief, that's disqualifying. >> tucker: that's a good definition. i appreciate you pointing it

don't want to give names and some non armenians friends and some of them are not christian are told there were muslim the church the christ the savior was restored the cathedral. and. then what happened after a couple of years the most was was restored so this is armenian approach so what happened with the war starting now. there is target of the church. the monster. and you know who was there inside women and children not weapons including journalists including russian journalists there were he there with. the number one motivation for friday's talks in moscow was to avoid a humanitarian disaster what's been done so far in that regard and what are the numbers for the refugees for the casualties that's the saddest part have all the refugees been moved to save zones have all the vulnerable people been evacuated from nagorno-karabakh while humanitarian has many layers here of course about the ferry means also stopping of the war on the on the front line allowing international organization humanitarian ones like the red cross that to help to withdraw the ones the that and the bodies and everything humanitarian als

that every single christian in the united states is going to vote for donald trump — that couldn't be further from the truth. it seems to me that for the longest time, the evangelical churchce, but there are plenty of progressive christians, like me, who say "not so fast". donald trump was able to mobilise a base in 2016 that included the evangelical vote. they really propelled him to victory and he's hoping to do the same this time. well, but, the unfortunate thing for him is we've had four years of president trump. many christians are not happy with the way that he is portraying not only our faith but how he is treating others in the name of our faith. but stronger competition for christian votes isn't the only thing that's different about this election. coronavirus may well shape the way many african—americans decide to vote. that no matter what we go through, no matter what the situation may look like, god is with us. this is what a church service in north carolina looks like these days, thanks to a pandemic. some of us, lord, tonight, have lost loved ones. some of us have dealt with unemployment and furlough, so lord, we thank you. mycal brickhouse is a pastor in car

church. through the decades that follow, christianity becomes proudly and irrevocably of the most significant elements of african-american life. too many, the religious expressions that have been brought together by slavery were now in a single faith. yet the important thing to remember is that the disappearance of the traditions doesn't always mean the end of the influence we can hear echoes of early american islam in early american christianity and even today and even in the broader culture, particularly in musical known born of the ritual as the ring shout, the primary ritual expanse of african-american religious observance, which bear some resemblance to muslim ceremonies and is thought by some scholars to have contributed not just to the common style of worship, but to the blues and jazz. in conclusion, i would like to say that i focused on islam here because it provides a stark example of the way religious and cultural practices can be forgotten, even if they were once common knowledge, but we could tell similar stories of many other traditions. i would like to think that like here 6487

christianity in vietnam is roman catholicism. vietnam, pe partition of hundreds of thousands more catholics came to the south, where the practice of religion was still free. [church bells ringing] as next as it's gods. as its cities wereves in full of cluttered patterns, students and merchants and lovers and shoppers met in the splendor of asian disorder.

church that would encompass everyone. covenanted instead congregations of true christians with the authority to elect their own leaders and discipline their own members, to govern their own affairs. the pilgrims thought about liberty, they thought about it first and foremost in the church context. the religion should have liberty and have the obligation churchesm their own based on these principles. libertyal of christian remained central to english english, with most settlers in the plymouth colonies for seven decades and beyond. but it was always tested. various english you came to the colony didn't understand this principle the same way. puritans, allther understood it differently. essential ritual was another christian's yoke of bondage. for instance, separatists objected to making the sign of youcross, and decades later had baptists who opposed baptism. you had quakers who got rid of baptism entirely. and there was others in the colony who wanted nothing to do with any of its churches and simply wanted the liberty to be left alone. was one aspect of oferty that was central, central importance to the pilgrims. and to

reality is that people and security personnel cannot be in outside every church cannot be at site every area that has christian symbol cannot be outside every school and i think people are now very concerned that what we've been seeing in the last weeks which are 3 confirmed terror attacks now what's unfolding in the all that really for us is going back to those dark days of 20152016 trying to miscarry live from front thank you. well as charlotte just mentioned there the incident in the un comes 2 days after a knife attack in nixon which 3 people were killed a 3rd man has been arrested now by french counterterrorism officers on suspicion of links to the perpetrator french prosecutors are trying to establish whether the suspected killer was in contact with extremist islamic groups his family intern is here have also come under scrutiny they deny any involvement in the murders. of them i started crying when he told me that he traveled to france and i asked him about what drove him to go and he doesn't speak the language or even though anyone there i asked his brothers to call him and his phone was switched off a

church bodies, organisations. i had an organisation that is largely made up of christian allies. consider myself these days more, i suppose you might call it a recovering member of the religious right. i've had a big change in my life, in my professional performance, if you will. i'm no longer doing what i did for 35 years, which was to advance a very conservative, religious, social and political agenda in washington dc, around the united states, even in other countries. but that has come to a big stop and a sort of new season has begun for me. you were great friends in your day and a very strong, active supporter of people like paul ryan, newt gingrich, a whole host of very prominent right republican politicians. are you saying to me with this notion of being recovering that you are no longer aligned with the republican party? that's right. i've left the republican party after campaigning for many republican candidates over the decades. the last time i voted for a democratic candidate was 44 years ago. i voted consistently republican all down the ballot, every office for those r

christianity in vietnam with solace in this. since the partition of the vietnam, hundreds of thousands of more catholics came to the south where the practice of religion was still free. [church bells ringing] the country was as mixed as its gods. of many were full of cluttered patterns. students, merchants, lovers, shoppers met the splendid nest of the nation.

i am a christian so i know the church is diverse. an vote is more energised. the selection cycle. because what we have seen is that lives really do depend on it. he wants all of his congregation to vote.|j depend on it. he wants all of his congregation to vote. i do not believe that president trump stands for christian values. i believe that president trump praise on the christian faith. —— mike praise on the christian faith in order to seek re—election. the christian faith in order to seek re-election. more than a quarter of christians are black or let you know and they generally vote for the democratic party. but republicans are hoping to vote over voters like rose. i think abortion is something i agree with as a christian. christian —— latino christians have been called the ultimate speak water. donald trump's stance on immigration can be difficult. rose's mum is from honduras and the temporary scheme that allowed her to be in the us is in limbo. temporary scheme that allowed her to be in the us is in limbolj temporary scheme that

church leaders having someone in and. they talk about the need to welcome people to remind them that god loves them as much as god loves any of christians or other people so it is sort of a welcome shift in our rhetoric that we're hearing from the vatican and the one that pope francis has been pushing now for going on 7 years so if we look at this as progress so should the pontiff prepare for backlash. i think that the ticket is scrambling a little bit there has been some push back in the united states from. bishops who are a little more conservative in their politics kind of saying that they want the pope to clarify what he means by this pointing out that the church's view on marriage is that it is a union between one man and one woman so there is some pushback and i think what we'll probably see in the cup in coming days is the vatican kind of weighing in saying you know the pope has talked about this before when he was archbishop what is are is he try to fight same sex marriage law by suggesting that maybe civil unions were the way to go that the church is not changing its teachings even if the pope wants pastors to be more welcoming