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and acts like jesus christ.nd there's an attraction and power to that. and i think people are very hungry for that, not just the united states but worldwide. >> sister janine, the being issue is not necessarily translating to american catholics getting back into the pews at church. what do you think about the studies that are coming up? >> well, that could be the case, i mean they're not coming back to the pews in the church but francis is setting the tone to get people to come back to the church we need to have welcoming parishes and francis is saying we need to shake things up. we need to get back to the gospel. we have to stop thinking about things that are doctrine ai doctrine, we have to follow, we have to participate. we have to be a welcoming community here in the united states. >> it seems like there's skepticism. . >> tremendous skeptic civic. this is good marketing for the catholic church for once she says. latino news hour, sure he has a pr team but his humility in buenos aires, video comment which is

to judge me as a christian than jesus christ? it had resolved a very critical question, and that is i did not feel that he was delusional or felt that he was the second coming of christ. i think that he was a conman and his chosen area of con was religion. zçjzmó >>> 46 days into the branch davidian standoff, fbi negotiators are stymied. there's still no progress. in a concession to davidian leader david koresh, the fbi lets him speak with his attorney from inside the compound. >> i'm hopeful that this is some real progress and that we can bring this thing to an end real quickly. >> after the attorneys went in, there was -- david said that he was going to write his manuscript of the meanings of the seven seals. >> supposedly the manuscript will be koresh's proof that he is the lamb of god. at first, koresh says it will take him two days to write about each seal. then it becomes two weeks, and then he says it will take a year. >> had there been serious preparation of the manuscripts, we would have waited. there was none. >> on t

and the deity of jesus christ.at he has done, people are reading it, and believing it. >> one way dan brown hooked his readers is by weaving in historical facts. he points out how the catholic church, more accurately pope gregory in 591 a.d. smeared mary magdalene by labeling her a prostitute. >> he said she was a prostitute. all of these were putdowns. the modern contemporary putdown -- >> dan brown in his novel says no she wasn't a prostitute, she was jesus' lover and wife. in each case they're sexual roles. i'm not a theologian so i don't get upset in the way that a theologian might. it's a fiction thriller. what is the problem with that? >> dan brown says that everything within it is accurate. and so this has caused a tremendous amount of confusion. the book says that when leonardo painted his last supper, sitting to the right of jesus is not john the apostle, as art historians have believed for centuries, but rather, sitting to the right of jesus is actually mary magdalene. and then, there is no cup on the tab

and presents, and people are remembering the real reason for the season, which is the birth of jesus christnd what is the theme of tonight's mass? >> tonight it's about remembering the things that are the most important to you. and the church wants you to know that is about your family, faith, and church. that is what christmas is about, and for so many people it is children, but what the pope and so many people are saying tonight is remember this is the season why christ is born and that's why we're celebrating. so for all of the chaos that might happen from the shopping season until now, they are saying of all the nights to have a quiet and silent night is tonight. >> all right. we're talking about the message tonight, but a little later in this program, we're going to turn our attention to shopping, and you are going to help us, right? oh, did we lose you. okay. we'll join you later in the program. >>> this evening michelle obama answered calls from children wondering when he, santa, and the reindeer will arrive at their house. it is part of a kind of tongue and cheek tradition that uses

. >>> a california church is turning heads with a controversy nativity scene that replaces jesus christ. abc7 news at 6:00 starts now. >>> good evening. i'm ama daetz. we are now down to 23 hours before children's hospital oakland can remove as'-year-old girl -- 13-year-old girl from a ventilator, doctors said jahi mcmath was brain dead. a facility in california cannot take her. reporter: john jahi's mcmath's family and friend are trying hard to line up a facility so they can take jahi out of oakland children's hospital and they now have less than 23 hours to do that. the deadline, tomorrow, 5:00 p.m. by text this evening, the family tells me these are critical hours. jahi's family learned that a facility in southern california they hoped would accept her, can no longer do that. at the church of august all faiths in oakland, the pastor for jahi others mother had hoped to raise money to pay for the transfer but the even was cancelled after news the facility could not jahi. instead the pastor led the church in prayer. >> i was informed via the attorney to not have the fundraiser because w

a christmas mass at the beijing church. >> i say christmas will be merry because our savior jesus christo those close at heart then we will be happy. >> reporter: it's expressed in many ways, called radish night in mexico, a traditional handed down from priests who carved radishs to boost sales now people commemorate christmas commentating radish sculptures. >> radishes. that will do it for this edition of al jazerra america, i am david shuster, remember, news at the top of every hour. thanks for watching, everything, hope you are enjoying the holiday. >> hi, i'm lisa fletcher, and you're in "the stream." is the war on christmas a myth or a reality? >> our digital producer, raj is here, and raj, it's a weird thing to say this, but christmas is a touchy subject in america. do you say merry christmas or happy holidays or nothing at all? >> we just watched elf and love actually, and paying for overpriced eggnogs, but we have

arrives to attend the mass held at the church of the need to be the place for poppers believe jesus christ was born among the attendees at the ceremony were palestinian president mahmoud abbas and european union foreign policy chief catherine ashton. as you the abc security council has voted to send more peacekeeping forces to be done to protect civilians from violence. the move comes as the security situation in the county seat deteriorates last week for american soldiers were wounded after their helicopter came under fire when they are trying to evacuate us to this instrument town for santa and presents out of here and we didn't get a second attempted military coup triggered the recent violence and former vice president of the nature and can take you where it was to blame other officials have since had a fight between began to wear presidential guards triggered the violence . i know the routine use. she and more ball ball ball. the ball. it all. the team. i can. woo hoo . eu. thousands of egyptians had attended a mass funeral for the victims of a car bomb blast earlier this week in which

then president rouhani, who waged offensives to the election added, may jesus christ, prophet of love and peace, bless all of us on this day, wishing merry christmas to those celebrating, especially iranian christians. even iranian's hard line supreme leader tweeted saying, jesus christ, the son of mary, of god's grace. >>> gay marriage comes to an unlikely state. will utah officials be able to stop it. >>> plus a christmas message from pope francis to atheists. we'll look at what he says and how significant it may be. just by talking to a helmet. it grabbed the patient's record before we even picked him up. it found out the doctor we needed was at st. anne's. wiggle your toes. [ driver ] and it got his okay on treatment from miles away. it even pulled strings with the stoplights. my ambulance talks with smoke alarms and pilots and stadiums. but, of course, it's a good listener too. [ female announcer ] today cisco is connecting the internet of everything. so everything works like never before. >>> utah's attorney general is prepared to ask the u.s. supreme court to put a halt to more

reza, you are a biblical scholar and written about the history and origins of jesus christ. he was emphatically not white? >> gjesus was mediterranean and middle eastern. he had brown skin. he was probably hairy and had a larger nose. but the point i was making earlier was that what megan kelly is talking about is jesus the christ. the christ is white as far as megan kelly is concerned. he has been an infinitely malleable character. when crow go to china, the christ is chinese. when you go to india i have seen pictures in which christ is blue as though he is a hindu god because as a character, as a spiritual character, he is always fit himself into whatever a particular community of faith wants him to be. if you are a white suburban american, then your christ is white and suburban and american. but the jesus of history was most definitely not white. >> so listen, bill, same thing. when i say the popular depiction of jesus is a white guy with the beard who looks like he is crunching granola. i put that on social media and said look who is selling christmas trees in my neighbo

and the songwriters of "jesus christ superstar" couldn't resist the idea either.i code's" thesis isn't new. but could it be true? even feminist theologians have trouble buying into that one. >> so for her to be standing in the text next to jesus and not be called "mary, wife of jesus," but to be called "mary of magdala" would be unique in all of ancient literature of any kind and as historians, we don't like unique. and in my mind that simply settles the issue right there. >> so what is behind the enduring fascination of a romance between the savior and the siren? >> in a jesus-haunted culture, everybody wants an approachable jesus. and one of the things that underlines things is the humanizing of jesus. remember the song -- ♪ what if god was one of us there is this motif in our culture of wanting to humanize god or make him more like us. bring him down to our level. >> the debates are not likely to end because the underlying issues, authority in the church, the role of women, continue to percolate. and so does the search for the real meaning of the two marys. >>

>> jesus christ. i'm sorry my machine -- anyway i hope everybody had a happy holiday season. unfortunately i wasn't there at the meeting i wasn't there unfortunately i was out of town but i'm here actually requesting respectfully that this agency consider having your next meeting in the western addition to show good gesture and good faith and good govern practice and it's all good. it would show that you have some sensitivity for our community and you care you hear and you understand and you see what's going down. it would be a great event to have the community involved to show exactly what's going on and show how we can move forward and understand that we're in a dilemma and in a part of history and you see we all see. hopefully you hear and it goes in your ear and in your mind and in your heart. yes, you have the power. on the panel here --

happens to be very, very popular in the united states. >> with the philosophy and teachings of jesus christstians. the message that pope francis is giving, the traditional message of the catholic church, the one we hear a lot and the problems the gop are having are somewhat parallel. >> and the democratic party too. >> i think what americans don't like about the gop, what moderates are not liking about the gop now is the feeling of judgment, the feeling of judgment on gay people, the feeling of judgment of women who choose to get abortions or see their doctors about contraception. and the judgment of the catholic church is what i think a lot of people who consider themselves catholic, but lapsed in some way, was the reason why they were avoiding the church. they felt -- >> that quote from him, who am i to judge, he's talking about the tone, that, to me, it sounds look a simple -- >> we address the social and economic justice, inequality. neither party that pope francis is talking about, so if anybody has some criticism, they can criticize american politics. and american partisanship. but wh

the kurdistan region of northern iraq christians come together to celebrate the birth of jesus christ. they sing in the ancient language, a tradition that has not changed in years. for the bishop, this is his first christmas day service. >> for me it was overwhelming. this is the first service that i do for christmas since 28 years that i left my family. and it was undescribable, honestly. that's what i told the people, the congregation when i first started the speech and getting the direction to follow for the rest of the service. >> after the service its time to catch up with new friends and old. >> well, i was excited. i felt it went very well. i see people from my church, from my nation coming together in a place that we meet here. >> for some this represents more than celebrating the life of jesus christ. although there is a joyous occasion i, there is sadness for some. many have had to move away from the danger of baghdad to the relative safety of this city. for them that's a big change. and it's not just the capitol of baghdad that christians have left. this man moved his famil

that is the biblical birthplace of jesus christ where thousands are gathered celebrate the birthplaceistians have flocked here to celebrate. there were families out having a good time enjoying the fess sifities in the manger square. the focus turned toward midnight mass. the leader of the catholic church here led the midnight mass. he also prayed for peace here in the palestinian on going conflict. asking for an equitable resolution. the spot where christians believe mary gave birth to jesus. it is needed serious renovations for the last decade now. the roman catholic the greek orthodox. they have planned to do $20 million worth of renovations there. they have gone in and seen repairs there. given the nature of everything here in the middle east. they have fought over the renovations of the nativity this has been seen of a sign of good things to come in the region. we'll take that. good sign of the region. >> ten minutes after the hour now, this just in. new video of the taliban hitting the compound the embassy says all americans are accounted for and no one was hurt. overnight cruise

this region of northern iraq christians come together to celebrate the birth of jesus christ.his father is it is a particular special day. he moves to chicago two days ago, and this is his first christmas day service sin then. >> for me it is overwhelming, this is the first service that i do for christmas since 28 years that i left my family, and it was undescribable, honestly, that's what i told the congregation when i first started the speech and getting the direction to follow for the rest of the service. >> reporter: after the service, it's time to catch up with new friends and old. >> well, i was excited. i felt very well. was -- i can see finally people from my church and nation coming here together. >> reporter: for some, though, this day represents more than celebrating the life of jesus christ, although this is a joyous occasion it is tinged with sadness for some. for those who have had to move from bagdad to this city, it is a big change. this man moved his family from mussel one of the worst-hit cities. he is happy they can practice their religion openly. >> transla

last and definitely not least, to my lord and savior jesus christ for this is the reason it's possible. god bless you. thank you. >> i didn't know you were actually building an empire. can i get a loan? so, i just wanted to thank a few people that help put this together. first of all emilio cruz, where is he? he's back there somewhere. also i would like to thank ma sood. ben, where is ben? here he is in the back. leman abram who is a consultant that works with us on the sewer improvement program. martin lopez who is helping us, tyrone. i just wanted to thank everyone. the success of the center is not only with the city. it's with partnerships, the contractors and consultants and the community. we are going to make sure we have plenty of food. food will be in the back. so stick around. there is food all over the place. enjoy yourself and have a wonderful day. one last shout out, if you see the lights on third street which is other than investment, something that we worked closely with the power and department of public works, we are really trying to do our best to make the bayview a gre

holy scriptures and, of course, you know, the ultimate revelation of god's truth was embodied in jesus christs christians believe and it's very significant to me that jesus christ never once mentioned homosexuality. >> as for your specific situation, you've now been defrocked for performing your own son's marriage to a man. you were asked to voluntary relinquish your credentials, and you said no. the united methodist church has thrown you out. when you performed your son's wedding, did you think the road would end up here with you being no longer a pastor in the methodist church? >> i certainly did not. i did it out of love for my son. it was an act of love and especially in his case where he had in the past struggled with his sexual orientation to a point where he was considering suicide. i thought for sure that the church would recognize that this was an act of love and that i would receive leniency. besides, i actually reported my intention to perform this wedding to my bishop and my superintendent and also afterwards, after i did it, i let them know in writing again i actually performed t

the birth of jesus christ has been celebrated for 2,000 years.he tradition continues today with a procession joyful music and thoughtful prayer. for christians around the world this is the god that became man and the mt. seessage of love ch the world forever. >> hark the herald angels sing glory to the newborn king. every year they celebrate the birth of our savior with songs of prayer. welcome to our special "the nativity." >> how much do we really know about the fnativity story? is it a complete and true history? is some of it tradition? is any of it myth? we take you to israel and palestine to trace the remarkable story of jesus' birth. you will see the spot in nazareth where word of a virgin birth first came to a girl. king herod the ruler who wanted to kill the newborn king. the road to bethlehem was long and dangerous for mary and joseph. to understand who jesus is we start where his life began. >> where are we right now? >> we are standing in the little town of bethlehem. as you can see the little town of health bethlehem is a vibrant city

the birth of jesus christ has been celebrated here for nearly 2,000 years. continues today, with joyful music and thoughtful prayer. for christians around the world, this is when god became man and a simple message of peace and love changed the world forever. ♪ hark the herald angels sing, glory to the newborn king. every year, christians around the world celebrate the birth of their savior with songs of joy and prayers of thanksgiving. hello, everyone, i'm lauren green. welcome to our special, "the nave:fact, fiction and faith." 2,000 years after christ walked the earth, how much do we know about the nativity story? is some of it tradition? is any of it myth? we take you to israel and palestine to trace the story of jesus' birth. a jaw-dropping view of this palace fortress of king herod, the demonic ruler who wanted to kill the newborn king. the road to bethlehem was long and dangerous for mary and joseph. but to understand who jesus is, we start where his life began. >> we're standing in the town of bethlehem. you can already see it's now a vibrant and thr

and praying for theture i in the kurdistan christians come together to celebrate the birth ever jesus christ. they sing in the ancient language of syrians. >> well, for me, it was overwhelming. this is the first service that i do for christmas since 28 years that i left my family. and it was undescribable, honestly. that's what i told the people. the congregation when i first started in the speech and giving the direction to follow for the rest of the service. >> after the service its time to catch up with new friends and old. >> well, i was excited. i felt very well that i can see finally people from my church, from my nation coming here together in a place we meet here. >> reporter: for some this day represents more than celebrating the life of jesus christ. >> although this is a joyous occasion, many of the christians have had to move away from the danger of baghdad to the relative safety of this city. for them that's a big change. >> it's not just the capitol of baghdad that christians have left. he moved his family from one of the worst hit cities. he's glad he can practice his religion

the birth of jesus christ has been celebrated here for nearly 2,000 years.

tilt above where christians believe jesus christ was born. the palestinian president and foreign policy chief were among the dignitaries attending the service. and in rome, people attended pope francis his first ever christmas address. he called for peace. >> 40 children and for the elderly, for young people and families, for the poverty- stricken and those driven to the edge. called for global peace and an end to the use of child soldiers and human trafficking. then came the traditional blessing for the city and of the world. words moved many. >> i think he is more with the likes to talk to everybody and that is a good thing. >> and the fact that he is so close to all of us and that makes it feel like he is one of us. he >> in his first months as pope, he is focused on trying to withus the church in touch ordinary believers. in his christmas address, the german president pleaded for more solidarity and tolerance. >> since the beginning of time, all refugees have been angst- written with the desire for a better life. the refugees coming to us

, under roman convention, to convict one of a2 capital crime. >> narrator: next time on "from jesus to christ: the first christians" on frontline. >> there's much more to explore at our web site. watch the program again on line, and explore the archive of material offering a portrait of jesus' world... >> you peel back layer after layer after layer of interpretation. >> ...details on the first christians... >> we can tell the story by looking at the way they kept his memory alive. >> ...why christianity succeeded... >> originally, they were attracted to the claims of salvation, regeneration, eternal life... >> ...and the origins of the gospels and their different tellings of jesus' life and message. >> the words that were put in jesus' mouth in mark, "why have you forsaken me?" >> plus, explore maps, pictures and background on the rise of christianity. then, join the discussion at pbs.org. n "from jesus to christ: the first christians" on is available on dvd. to order, visit shoppbs.org or call 1-800-play-pbs. >> frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers lik

in the place we meet here. >> this celebrates more in celebrating the life of jesus christ. >> although this is a joyous occasion, there is sadness for some. many of the christians here have had to move away from the danger of baghdad to the relative safety of the city. for them that's a big change. >> and it's not just the capitol of baghdad that christians have left. he moved his family from one of the worst hit cities. he is happy that they can practice their religion open by but is still wary of politics. >> it was so dangerous. there was no work. my children couldn't go to school. so i had to move here. in 2014 i hope there is peace for christians and for muslims. >> there is no accurate figures for how many christians have fled iraq for the kurdistan region. for those in iraq there is no chance of celebrating christmas openly and safely. >> catholic leaders in u.s. say they're carrying out the pope's mission to help the poor. parishioners and priests say they all can see the difference that pope francis has brought to the church. >> the faithful arrived early this morning for chri

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♪ over the hills and everywhere ♪ ♪ go tell on the mountain ♪ that jesus christ is born ♪ ♪ (cheers and> whooo. >> merry christmas, everybody. good night! whooo! (cheers and applause) from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is "the daily show" with jon stewart. ["daily show" theme song playing] [cheers and applause] >> jon: welcome to "the daily show". my name is jon stewart. our guest tonight childhood friend of max browning, jonah hill is here. [cheers and applause] we're excited about that. [cheers and applause] we're excited about that. all in all i think we can all agree this has been an up and dun year but certainly not a good year for privacy. between edward snowden's revelations about the nsa and the revelations that ikea is spying on its employees. there's that now show howie mandel watches you poop. that soon invasion. i didn't sign up to be a contestant yet there i was. [laughter] this week brings the most devastating privacy news yet. >> a bombshell revealed. prosecutors say the now shut down world of the news newspaper hacked the royals' phone. >> jo

instead of the baby jesus christ it features a sculpture of trayvon martin covered in blood. artist wanted to get the community talking about gun violence. he says there's a parallel between the dark times jesus faced and the amount of violence we face in the u.s. the church has had controversial nativity scenes before. previous ones featured mary and joseph as a homeless couple and war refugees. >> robin roberts has been public about her struggles with cancer and bone marrow decide. today she went become about something else, celebrating her 100th day post bone marrow transplant, roberts posted a note of gratefulness to her family and a long-time girlfriend amber. abc news released a statement in support of roberts, saying they've known amber a long time and are thankful robin has loving support in her life. >> up next at 6:00. the hotel ameant that could be gone in the near future. >>> a look at your monday morning forecast. meteorologist leigh glaser is up next. >> no silver and black lining to the raiders' season finale. torched by broncos. who loves kickers? check it out