all that all that country by creating their own one imagine if boris johnson created a london protestant church to replace the church of england right in the end will be happy or if the catholics have that in northern ireland have their property taken by churches taken away and given to the protestants or protestants had their churches were given some catholics that's the kind of level this is on and what right to pull its issues have to make decisions regarding the future which i took has been on that sarah is the church being dragged into this on willingly it is in how they got to this i long to be going on absolutely and this is all part of a kind of 25 year campaign by this excessively long stating leader montenegro below djukanovic who's be trying to change that once and he can identity by force to remove that double identity of being both serbia and montenegro which is characterized the population or want to the eco he's been pretty successful so far with all the methods at his disposal and this is simply the next step in perils of what went on in ukraine a year ago where a friend to be c

pastors in the protestant church have them, so catholic priests should be allowed to have a wife, tooporter: milson's church, sÃo josÉ, has largely been abandoned. the paint has faded and moisture has seeped into the walls. today, children play in the church that lies deep in the amazon rainforest. the priest in charge can only make rare visits. mass is held here once every three months, at most. fisherman cardoso believes there's an obvious solution to the shortage of catholic priests in the amazon. mimilson: the church shoulud provide training to married men, and allow them to hold mass in the place of priests. reporter: it's a challenge to tradition, but it has widespread support in the amazon region. a boat is about to set out from the harbor of santarÉm. father edilberto may not look like a member of the clergy, but he's one of the most senior priests in this region. he's sworn to celibacy, and tells us he's been celibate his entire life. this trip to a remote congregation will take him att least six hours. he'll spend much of the time in a hammock. father edilberto has also beco

pastors in the protestant church have them so catholic priest should be allowed to have a wife to. look at them and we just couldn't. jose has largely been abandoned the painters faders and moisture has seeped into the wards today children play in the church that lies deep in the amazon rain forest the priest in charge can only make rare visits. mass is held here once every 3 months at most. fishermen cardozo believes there's an obvious solution to the shortage of catholic priests in the amazon. with us the church should provide training to married men. and allow them to hold mass in the place of priests. it's a challenge to tradition but it has widespread support in the amazon region. the boat is about to set out from the harbor of santo dame father agile barito may not look like a member of the clergy but he's one of the most senior priests in the region he swung to celibacy and tells us he's been celibate his own tile life. on this trip to a remote congregation will take him at least 6 hours to spend much of the time in a hammock father edgel berto has also become critical of ce

historical reasons including the fact that we have been rather monocultural society in which the protestant church has had a very dominant position and that church required that people should be able to read even to get married. some some luck to sort of scotland of course yes yes so in terms of the village approach no with that if we take an analogy with philanthropist under come legally you know who's building libraries across the world to give the the working classes of. the time of the 19th and 20th century access to to the lemming does define least education no stress the ability of students to access from this modern technology the the information that they need is that what is meant by little see in the world of needs i'm glad that you took up the example of libraries you know finland has the densest library and that public library network in the world and every municipality has at least one by every if not more so it's not only the school system as such but it's the way these services that promote human capabilities form a kind of an internet linked network of infrastructure and services a

since 1987, istarted being a member of a circle of oppositional dissidents around protestant church in5, i started something that we called the peaceful prayer movement. this was once a week and it was kind of peacefuk prayer against this logic of the cold war. what many east germans seem to object to is not socialism as such, but this cold authoritarian version that has been thrust upon them. a frustration summed up in the contrast... in the centre of leipzig at the weekend another dissenting view has been articulated. the demonstrators and the new political groups formed a la poland and hungary are calling for democracy and free elections. everybody was in fear of a civil war and nobody could imagine what follows that, with the russian interfering. we thought if they're would be civil war in leipzig, maybe the west had to react. when i went to church that afternoon to do the preparations for the peace prayer, i can see that already thousands and ten thousands of people had filled the whole centre of leipzig. i could see families with little children, with grandmothers, old people and

since 1987, istarted being a member of a circle of oppositional dissidents around protestant church inthe beginning of the 80s, i started something that we called the peaceful prayer movement. this was once a week and it was kind of peacefuk prayer against this logic of the cold war. what many east germans seem to object to is not socialism as such, but this cold authoritarian version that has been thrust upon them. a frustration summed up in the contrast... in the centre of leipzig at the weekend another dissenting view has been articulated. the demonstrators and the new political groups formed a la poland and hungary are calling for democracy and free elections. everybody was in fear of a civil war and nobody could imagine what follows that, with the russian interfering. we thought if they're would be civil war in leipzig, maybe the west had to react. when i went to church that afternoon to do the preparations for the peace prayer, i can see that already thousands and ten thousands of people had filled the whole centre of leipzig. i could see families with little children, with grand

shocked in the aftermath of my grandfather's death, the evening that he passed away, the church without protestingt protesting at a concert in kansas and people came out with a banner to counter protest across the street. do you know what the banner said? i am sorry for your loss. that, for me, the fact that they didn't just turn around and feedback the same hateful, ha rd around and feedback the same hateful, hard message that we delivered, the fact that they could show empathy and compassion to my family in that moment, is shocking, and so wonderful. it's one of the things that has surprised me so much since i left the church, that people are not what i was taught. and i find so much hope in that. megan phelps—roper, thank you for speaking too hardtalk. thanks for having me. hello there. it's still windy out there. the winds have been howling in some parts of the country, and over the next few days, it's all about wind and rain. we'll have some heavy rain or heavy showers, combined with some gales or severe gales. it's probably the strength of the wind that will have the biggest impact, mind you

students and we had acquaintances so i started protesting before kindergarten so i grew up with a cohort of classmates who knew i would be outside of their churches and the performing arts center when they had the nutcracker so we were protesting the same people i went to school with then in high school i would leave class during lunch and cross the street and get my high school during lunch as my classmates were driving by screaming or throwing things so there was always a sense of us versus them. we might be required to sit in class together and played nice but i understood i could not trust them and keep them at arms length paraguay had to work very hard to do that for the most part people did not want to be close to us. >>host: did you revel in your otherness? >> yes. for the most part but i thought for the most part as inevitable if i was going to serve god to do my duty than i would be hated because i was raised in that environment it seemed like another fact of life. >> the numbers are on the screen if you want to participate this afternoon with megan phelps roper formally of the westborough baptist church. november 2012 what happened quex

passaging, romans 1:32 and almost immediately the response to that very first protest was outrage from the community. local churches kale out to counter-protest and said god's love speaks loudest. the response to ministry was always negative and i was taught that was a good thing. jesus said blessed are you when men will hate you and revial you and persecute you and say all men are evil against you faultily for my namesake. they hated me. they're going hate you. anybody who speaks the word of god will be hated. so i learn from a very young age that we were the good guys, and everyone else, they were the bad guys and we had a duty to good and tell them what god required of them. >> host: what was fred phelps like as a grandfather? >> guest: loving and sweet and funny, so he was that fire and brim stone preacher you could here in the sermons and see in interviews. obviously very passionate believer, zealous believer and everything he preached. but he was also a loving grandfather who i absolutely adored. i miss him terribly after i left. >> host: what was the phelps family reputation in topeka? you talk but playing v

protest. some church leaders have voiced disapproval, but lgbt campaigners say that their are victims of matches prejudice but hypocrisy,:oo. reporter a gentle touch but not in public. being gay in geor ta means havi hide who you really are. >> when i told my mother i was gay, she said i to the family. on she said, "i wish you wereead. it is better not to have a son thatav yousomeone like you." reporter: in fear for their safety, this couple did notthant to revear identity. this is why, the opening night of georgia's first film about gay romance. tr-right nationals tried storm the cinema, threatening those with tickets. they set the film about two male dancers' love was an insult to the nation. nva sation about homosexuality may have stard in society, but georgia is an orthodox christian nation, and in the georgian orthodox church, homosexuality officially is a sin. the orthodox church is so powerful that its presence is felt everywhere georgia for the it has been a leading voice against the lgbt community in the country. but now the church finds itself embroiled in a huge scandal or its own. ge

a week before, angry mobs burnt down this nearby church after holding protests calling for all churches: someone threw a molotov cocktailfrom a car and everything caught on fire. they also threw a bomb at the cross. then people came from everywhere. the police tried to hold them back but they couldn't. the president, joko widodo at the time, called for the violence to end, saying it was against the country's founding principles of unity and diversity. but four years on, new places of worship have not been built. the services now take place here, in makeshift churches in the jungle. aceh, the only province in indonesia that has islamic law brought in regulations two years ago that require at least 100 non—christians to support the building of a church. something christian leaders here say is impossible, but a law, the local mayor defends. translation: there should be an agreement from both sides if the christians want a church permit, then permission from the muslims. in my opinion just follow the rules. that's the right way. indonesia, once known for its moderate islam and multifaith so

a week before angry mobs burnt down this thereby church after holding protests calling for all churchesished. someone threw a molotov cocktail from a car and everything caught on fire. they also threw a bomb at the cross. then people came from everywhere. the police tried to hold them back but they couldn't. the president, joko widodo at the time, called for the violence to end, saying it was against the country's founding principles of unity and diversity. but four years on, new places of worship have not been built. the services now take place here, in makeshift churches in the jungle. the only province in indonesia that has islamic law brought in regulations two years ago that require at least 100 non—christians to support the building of a church. something christian leaders here say is impossible, but a law, the local mayor defends. there should be an agreement from both sides if the christians aceh, the only province in indonesia that has islamic law, brought in regulations two years ago that require at least 100 non—christians to support the building of a church. something christ

allowed to this is in 2 loosely and this is their families and celebrating and the protests from the different churches and centered. beacon of hope christians from gaza to be told this is a very special day. fortunately it's a numbers only 300 of the 900 who actually apply and see how the permits are given this means that the number of those who are actually meeting on this because if that someone in the 'd family cannot get a permit then he would not leave without other members of the family so it's been quite sad that they could. see. sort of special significance to the event this year because of the presence of very old relic can you tell us what it is. this. car. is this is part of the manger. and this is. for the last 100. and it was growing just a few days ago to. the jerusalem and. was very exciting for people here to get this. to. and indeed we are hearing. today all the. that was journalist reporting from jerusalem now the leaders of china japan and south korea have agreed on a joint effort to promote dialogue between the united states and north korea and increasing threats from john yang chi

be allowed to this is into slim and this is their families and celebrating and the protests from the different churches and eventually with beacon of hope christians from gaza to all this is a very special thing. it's a numbers only so we hope that the 902 actually apply and we'll see how the permits are given this means that the number of those who actually meeting on this because if that someone in the family cannot get a permit then he would not leave without other members of the family so it's been quite sad that they could. see. the sort of special significance to the event this year because of the presence of a very old relic can you tell us what it is. really. hard. coding to take issue is this is part of the manger. and this a speedy rule for the last 100. and it was growing just a few days ago to. the jewish and 8 year old who. was very excited for people here to get this. and this we're also going. to. and we're hearing. today all. ok thanks so much for that reporting live from bethlehem. the leaders of china japan and south korea have agreed on a joint effort to promote dialogue between the

others to receive those beams sent back to europe now where supporters of the serbian orthodox church have protested in the capital belgrade against a law passing in neighboring montenegro critics say the religious property law will force the closure of churches and ancient monasteries negress it from serbia in 2006 of leaders president criticizes the churches for promoting pro serb policies well police in montenegro arrested proserpine m.p.'s attempting to stop the vote on the new law that he barbour has more. opposition members being carried out of parliament in montenegro deputies from a processor party came to blows with their rivals just before a law on religious communities was passed lawmakers through what appeared to be a tear gas canister or a firecracker plainclothes police wearing gas masks intervened detaining 17 politicians from the democratic front to come with us. we expect that our colleagues will soon be released from custody we will also have a consultation about what to do next how to articulate this at the faction with what we've seen in the parliament last night. that dissatisfa

christian church and you were not taking direct aim at this humanitarian crisis, this disaster, what were you doing? there is one activist, i talk about stephen foster. he was famous for direct action protestsn churches. in new hampshire, maine, he would come into churches on a sunday morning and sit quietly with congregations through the beginning of the service, and he would wait for the minister to begin, at which point he would stand up and interrupt the service and get a loud barn burning abolition speech until he was ejected from the church building, usually beat up, etc.. he was one of many antislavery activists who were really active against the organized practice of christianity, but throughout the book, one of the introductions i tried to make us previously, historical accounts of reformers in this period tend to think of the second great awakening as a motor for reformist zeal. it is important to notice how secular these groups were and that many of them felt religion was a conservatizing force in american life. it is true of martin delany, who was an activist and then a civil war officer. they spoke about the role religion can play in quieting social unrest. even people like joh

the demonstrators carried their peaceful protest out of the church and into the city. this pillar reminds us that. before the fall of communism used to be great rundown and many houses were derelict it's hard to imagine today. one man who witnessed and accompanied this transformation is. a cancer creature. before in 1909 especially the inner city area what did they do to people. you can imagine the leipzig of the 1980 s. as a city that had fallen into the depths of despair. after 20 to 30 years of hardly any renovation many of the buildings were in a desolate state and that affected people. all people and had close links to leipsic for many centuries so it was painful for them to see the city center in particular to k. so badly. for a few and then my opinion this per condition of buildings was an important factor in triggering the 1st protests in the autumn of 1909 that eventually led to the peaceful revolution. and. after the fall of communism renovation began throughout the city. takes me to get to food these are 3 neighboring residential and commercial buildings fro

chaos in montenegro is parliament as serbs protest a new role which could affect the property rights of the orthodox church and mourning the victims of india's protest families accuse security forces of shooting dead those who stood up against a law they say discriminates against muslims. how i once again we've got signs of some rain pushing into northern parts of australia not really where we need it having said that just around the top end around the cape york peninsula and we'll also see some wetter weather just pushing down towards port hedland over the next day or 2 and land is all about the heat yet again alex gets up to around 40 celsius western parts of queensland new south wales could see similar values in the cooler north we feed on the way in with 38 there for adelaide 34 there for melbourne on saturday as we go on into sunday he just not is a little further east was almost just around the coastal fringes in melbourne at around $29.00 degrees a similar temperature there for brisbane and also for sydney but look at that little chain of showers we have of course more than most even townsville coul

supporters of the serbian orthodox church have protested in the capital belgrade against a law passed in neighboring montenegro critics say that religious property law will force the closure of churches and ancient monasteries montenegro split from serbia back in 2006 negroes the president criticizes the church for promoting pro policy. police in montenegro arrested proserpine m.p.'s who were attempting to stop the vote on the news now has more on that opposition members being carried out of parliament in montenegro deputies from a processor party came to blows with their rivals just before a law on religious communities was passed lawmakers through what appeared to be a tear gas canister or a firecracker plainclothes police wearing gas masks intervened detaining 17 politicians from the democratic front to come with us. we expect that our colleagues will soon be released from custody we will also have a consultation about what to do next how to articulate dissatisfaction with what we've seen in the parliament last night. that dissatisfaction has prompted protests by priests from the s

so in all of these and they would later protest of the ottoman church refer to the 12 points over and over again. the harbor mission was sent to anatolia to assert the public opinion about the possible mandate, u.s. mandate found out that all the people ranging from bazra to the turkish tion to the kurds, they were very proficient in speaking hezonian. ring their stop in azaram, they would have these kind of signs. they had paraded the ottoman public opinion before oppression gave way to disillusionment and hopelessness. dramatically changed circumstances on the ground coupled with the deep anxiety about the empire's eminent disillusion, generated an intense debate over the future of the empire and prompted a range of responses from the ottoman turks. public opinion energized and deeply divided by the question of how to escape from the device in the face of enormous internal and external difficulties. a number of solutions were proposed. one of the most popular ones was accepting the great power of mandate. t was proposed as a means of this partition. and the numbers were small and es

that dissatisfaction has prompted protests by priests from the serbian orthodox church the big churchin montenegro and ordinary citizens there worried the state could confiscate church assets under the new law religious communities need to prove property ownership from before $918.00 when montenegro joined the precursor of the now defunct yugoslavia opponents say the law is aimed at pro circuit institutions montenegro only separated from serbia in 2006 it's a step to you know get out of the. lords are going to stab in chechen serbian people we stepped in and come to montenegro we've been here long ago and we're here to stay. we're now asking that the government postpone some parts of this law which absolutely do not bring peace in montenegro but then happiness among people until after christmas the ruling democratic party of socialists denies any plans to seize churches like this one already of the dozens of serbian orthodox monasteries and other properties in the country. given guarantees and assurances that this law doesn't have any hidden agenda it's a low any civilised and democra

the evening that he passed away, the church was out protesting at a concert in kansas, and people camed? i am sorry for your loss. that, for me, the fact that they didn't just turn around and feed back the same hateful, hard message that we delivered, the fact that they could show empathy and compassion to my family in that moment, is shocking, and so wonderful. it's one of the things that has surprised me so much since i left the church, that people are not what i was taught. and ifind so much hope in that. megan phelps—roper, thank you for speaking to me on hardtalk. thanks for having me. following hot on the heels from the storm, our next batch of wet and windy weather racing in off the atlantic as this stripe of cloud is moving into the west of the british isles. now, earlier in the night we had temperatures down as low as “11 celsius across eastern england. although, over more recent hours the winds have been picking up and the rain has been moving in, we've seen those temperatures continue to actually rise, so by dawn, 9—10 degrees in the west, a mild start to the day for a numbe

the evening that he passed away, the church was out protesting at a concert in kansas, and people camet the banner said? i am sorry for your loss. that, for me, the fact that they didn't just turn around and feed back the same hateful, hard message that we delivered, the fact that they could show empathy and compassion to my family in that moment, is shocking, and so wonderful. it's one of the things that has surprised me so much since i left the church, that people are not what i was taught. and ifind so much hope in that. megan phelps—roper, thank you for speaking to me on hardtalk. thanks for having me. following hot on the heels of the storm, our next batch of wet and windy weather racing and of the atla ntic windy weather racing and of the atlantic as this cloud is moving into the west of the british isles. earlier in the night we had temperatures down as low as “11 celsius across eastern england. over more recent hours, as the winds have been picking up and the rain has been moving in, we can see the temperatures rise, so by dawn, nine or 10 degrees in the west, a mild start to t

that dissatisfaction has prompted protests by priests from the serbian orthodox church the big church in montenegro and ordinary citizens there worried the state could confiscate church assets under the new law religious communities need to prove property ownership from before $918.00 when montenegro joined the precursor of the now defunct yugoslavia opponents say the law is aimed at pro circuit city montenegro only separated from serbia in 2006 it's a step to you know get out of adonis this is a going to serbian church and serbian people we stepped in and come to montenegro we've been here long ago and we're here to stay. we're now asking that the government postpone some parts of this law which absolutely do not bring peace in montenegro but then happiness among people until after christmas the ruling democratic party of socialists denies any plans to seize churches like this one already of the dozens of serbian orthodox monasteries and other properties in the country. given guarantees and assurances that this law doesn't have any hidden agenda it's a low any civilised and democrati

churches. but that wasn't enough so this one guy stephen foster was famous for direct action protest he would do on sunday morning in which he would go into a church and step up to the congregation quietly but that when the minister got up to start talking he would rise in the audience and deliver a barn burning speech until the people in the congregation would grab him and he would just go limp and they would have to carry him out he was beat up every time kicked and he went to jail it was a crime to interrupt a church service in new hampshire but he did anyway. he is one of my favorite figures in the book. >> in the last week of june 1858 stepping off the train and the small bustling town. shorthaired women and long-haired men conspicuous hat and checkered suits as a new york times reporter would write people of all sorts of shapes white and black and partially black that convened to discuss abolitionist and free trade fighting the vacant lot they bought root beer and gingerbread to set up booths and then gathered under a tent from 100 feet across but the bunting sagged heavily. they talked al

and the leader of the church in rural new york and that which protested in 1893 and start subscribing to the guardian but as part of the downfall but the guardian definitely the circulation numbers of newspapers are hard to come by that we know the numbers at its height of 3,004,000 are a very small number people were taking pieces of the guardian and putting them in the black newspapers where they live all of that was basically the guardian they packaged it and sold that there he wasn't charging people like going to oklahoma. they say yes they are taking your word you were they are getting the profit and you are not in one of the things we point to is the notion of the black box was seen as a radical place and had a whole article in 19 oh four if everybody else is behaving that and what is wrong with boston? and why is it this communities seem so dissatisfied. so boston had that reputation one of the tragedies of trotter's life is the great migration has a huge effect on other cities. and the same effect on boston but compared to new york boston community by 1930 so to catch the wave

the georgian orthodox church has been instrumental in the campaign against the screening of the film. protests month turned violent. however, a georgian 0rthodox priest has told the bbc that homosexuality is common amongst the clergy and, many have accused the church of hypocrisy over its stance against gay people. from tbilisi, the bbc‘s rayhan demytrie reports. a gentle touch, but not in public. being gay in georgia means having to hide who you really are. translation: when i told my mother i was gay, she said i brought shame on to the family. she said, "i wish you we re to the family. she said, "i wish you were dead". it's better not to have a son than to have someone like you. infearof their a son than to have someone like you. in fear of their safety, this couple didn't want to reveal their identity. this is why. the opening night of george's first film about 93v night of george's first film about gay romance. far—right nationalists tried to storm the cinemark, threatening those with tickets. they said the film about two male dancers in love was an insult to the nation. society is not acc

churches but that wasn't enough. this one guy, stephen foster was particularly famous for direction been protests he would do on sunday mornings in which he would go into a church and sit with the congregation quietly and when the minister got up to start talking he would rise and just deliver a barn burning until people in the congregation grabbed him, he was tall and lanky and he would go limp and they would have to carry him out. he was beat up every time, kicked, they tore his clothes off, he went to jail, they made it a crime to interrupt his church service in new hampshire where he was doing this but he did it anyway. he is one of my favorite in the book. in the last week of june, 1858, they stepped off the train into dazzling sunshine in the small but bustling town of rutland, vermont, shorthaired women and long-haired men sporting bloomers and byron college, conspicuous hats and checkered suits the smirking new york times reporter would write in his evening dispatch, people of all sorts of notions, white, black, partially black, badly sunburned, who convened to discuss abolitionism, specialism, freelove, free-