the romans created an army of martyrs. >> the roman policy was a big mistake.k and file and let the leaders wither on the vine, so to speak. i can't remember a single great christian leader who aposticized under torture and who denounced jesus christ instead of being put to the sword. >> we find people mocking it. we find people saying they go to their deaths because they believe that there's life after death and mocking that. but it does seem to have been a driving force that attracted people. >> life after death, a driving force, despite the romans' brutal oppression. but christianity was also addressing the needs of this life. >> some people have thought that the christians' attention to social needs is what attracted people to this faith. here was a community of people that saw one another as brothers and sisters, that gathered together weekly for worship, that took care of the needs of one another, that collected alms for the poor. >> late in the 2nd century, when plague wiped out millions, a third of the roman empire, christians turned their faith into ac

in many ways, he had the same interests as the roman governor. if everything was quiet, there were no riots, there was no disruption of the temple, and it meant that everything could continue smoothly. and so i think that was one of the reasons why caiaphas was very interested when jesus went into the temple and overturned the money changers there, and he was also saying things about the temple. he was talking about the temple's imminent destruction. and i think that kind of thing would very much have worried caiaphas, particularly given the fact that it's passover, jesus is there with a following. it's a very volatile situation. each gospel writer has his own take on the jewish trial. so, for example, matthew is very keen to show that it was actually the jewish authorities, in fact, even the jewish people themselves, who were responsible for the death of jesus. luke is very keen to show that jesus is innocent. mark wants to stress jewish involvement in jesus' death, and so i think that whole scene that he has of the formal nighttime jewish trial

>>> nearly 2,000 years ago historians tell us in a remote outpost of the roman empire three men were crucified on a hill. two men were thieves. the third man's crime was marked by the sign on the cross, jesus of nazareth. no one even thought to record his death. the story of jesus has transcended generations and cultures. the tale of a routine execution that gave birth to a new religion. yet from that unlikely beginning a great faith was born. today some 2 billion people believe jesus was the son of god. but even as billions of people pledge themselves to follow jesus's teachings we know nothing about the man. no other great figure from moses to mohamed is shrouded in mystery. >> it's very difficult to classify jesus in a single category. the most accurate response to the question of who was jesus at the time is a mixture of all of these different identifications. >>> the startling discovery of what some claim to be the burial box of jesus's brother james reopened the biggest detectivive story of all time. the mystery of jesus the man. the plain limestone container is inscribed with

♪ >> coming up, roman catholics are adjusting to a new english translation of the mass.nd not everyone is welcoming in changes. plus, on going controversy in the ancient debate over whether there's a heavenwh, gets in and what happens to those who don't. >> major funding for religion and ethics news weekly is provided by the lily endowment, a private family foundation dedicated to its founders and christian religion, community development and education. additional funding provided by mutual of america, designing customized, individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. the estate of william j. carter, the jane hensen foundation and the corporation for public broadcasting. >> welcome. i'm kim lawson sitting in. thank you for joining us. 93-year-old e vvangelist billy graham was hospitaled on wednesday with pneumonia. a spokesman says he was alert and upbeat. in may, he recovered from a case of pneumonia. thursday was world aids day and religious leaders were among those recommitting their efforts to combat the deadly disease. at an ev

a former priest says roman catholics have wrestled with that. word "brothers," is a problem with the question of dogma driving interpretation. so we have a greek word with a meaning of "brothers," and anyone looking at the text would say, are these the brothers of jesus? >> the apocryphal gospels presented the brothers and sisters as the children of joseph from a first marriage but the catholic and apocryphal do not always agree. >> church believes that mary remained a virgin after the bitionz -- after the birth of jesus. the brothers and sisters were cousins. >> but that is piety driving the interpretation, so one translation rather than being "brothers," is "cousins." questions of joseph's age is a dilemma for some over the virgin birth. >> it is critical we believe in the virgin birth because that preserves the seamlessness of christ. in the early church the concern was on jesus' define origins and on the virgin conception and birth. >> you look at the gospel story, the christmas story, you see there is an effort to make jesus competitive wit

a former priest says roman catholics have wrestled with that.is a problem with the question of dogma driving interpretation. so we have a greek word with a meaning of "brothers," and anyone looking at the text would say, are these the brothers of jesus? >> the apocryphal gospels presented the brothers and sisters as the children of joseph from a first marriage but the catholic and apocryphal do not always agree. >> church believes that mary remained a virgin after the bitionz -- after the birth of jesus. the brothers and sisters were cousins. >> but that is piety driving the interpretation, so one translation rather than being "brothers," is "cousins." questions of joseph's age is a dilemma for some over the virgin birth. >> it is critical we believe in the virgin birth because that preserves the seamlessness of christ. in the early church the concern was on jesus' define origins and on the virgin conception and birth. >> you look at the gospel story, the christmas story, you see there is an effort to make jesus competitive with the other gods.

he's the roman prefect. but he's got a very challenging political circumstance to deal with in the man jesus standing in front of him. he tells the jewish authorities, "i do not find any fault in this man." bond: one of the main things that the gospel writers are trying to do in the roman trial narrative is to take blame for the death of jesus away from the roman governor and to put it as squarely as possible onto the jewish chief priests. and i think the reason for that is because when they're writing in the late first century, christianity is now finding its converts amongst the gentiles, the non-jews, some of whom are roman citizens. and i think the last thing that these people want to be told is that the founder of this new movement was somebody who ended up on a roman cross. and the jewish crowd says, "this man has been fomenting against rome ever since his days in galilee." and finally, when pontius pilate hears "galilee," his ears perk up because he's trying to shuttle jesus off to some other authorit

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roman catholic mass. and taking us through the words and much about it is our guest who is the director of worship for the archdiocese for san francisco. i wish we had more time. >> no, you don't because i could talk about this for hours and i have. >> i get the senior rate at parking now. we're talking about the text, the new missile, 2,000 pages of words. you mean there have to be tens of thousands of old missiles. what happened to the old missiles? >> we consider them to being sacramento and blessed and -- -- some of our churches are going to burn the old ones and use them for ash wednesday. >> some are so thick it may take to ash wednesday to burn it. >> we're talking about that so we're talking with catholic cemeteries to bury them and perm cleaning out theirs could sets. i'm getting old missiles from 1960. we'll make sure they're properly disposed of. >> will there be a special right then when their put down? >> there's a special right when their blessed. >> we're talking about it and you said the n

christine romans is in new york.hort-lived celebration or one that people can feel fairly comfortable about? >> house speaker john ban ner had a statement saying this is the 34th consecutive month of an unemployment rate of 8%. it's proof that president obama's plans have failed. the white house saying this is more proof, more evidence that the economy, labor market is slowly healing after the worst crisis since the great depression. those are the two political interpretations of these numbers. let me give you what the numbers are overall. we saw jobs growth, we saw hiring and there's no question about that. you saw low-wage jobs being added to the roster, in particular retail trade, leisure and hospitality saw some gains. food, drinking places, restaurants and bars added workers. professional and business services also added a lot of different kinds of jobs in this category. there was also some job creation on medical campuses and education campuses as well. government jobs though fell. health care, as i pointed out

basel was originally a celtic settlement, then a roman fort, then the site if a roman castle.nta's sleigh. jolly old saint nick has come a long way if his reindeer are being replaced by a hog. >> ♪ fum fum fum >> no holiday visit to switzerland would be complete without a stop in the alps. and so here we are in the mountain city of luzern. the city is located on the shore of lake luzern and developed due to its strategic location as a gateway to italy. we find ourselves in another storybook town with cobblestone streets, covered bridges, and frescoed houses, all surrounded by the mountains, capped year-round with snow. among its famous landmarks are the chapel bridge, a wooden bridge first built in the 14th century. as we wandered through luzern's merrily decorated streets, a cacophony of noise echoed around us. we were soon met by a parade of men ringing giant cowbells. it turned out that we were in luzern on saint nicholas day. this parade is a swiss tradition. men dressed in white farmer shirts carry the huge cowbells on heavy straps, ringing their way through the town. the

. >> you serve as a muslim chaplain of georgetown university which is a roman catholic university in the sense it's run by jesuit priests, right? >> indeed, yeah. >> now, how is that going? >> i think it has gone, so far, very well. i have enjoyed working with the jesuits, with the roman catholic priests, with the protestants ministers and with the rabbis. >> do you have any muslims in your congregation at georgetown? >> i don't think i can -- i don't know exactly how many muslims are there at georgetown university, but i'm familiar with about 500-600 muslim students. and about 200 staffers and faculty members. >> have you noticed any kind of exoticism within the muslim community that's comparable in what we see from outcroppings from the spiritual -- the economic expansion of the '60s, anything like that? is there anything comparable to -- like we hear about on television, pagan, wiccan religion and new age parapsychology? but your -- the faith in the koran, the muslim faith is deeply rooted in principles that seems to be impervious to what i'm talking about here, is that true? >> w

let's head to christine romans.g. >> let's head down the hall to christine romans. >> that's right. >> coming up in 20 minutes on "american morning," we'll talk to an american man who's fighting for custody of two boys he adopted legally. there they are. he says colombian authorities refuse to let him bring his sons home when they found out he was gay. >>> a troubling stat on world aids day that three out of four hiv-positive americans don't have this disease under control. is it a matter of money, education, or maybe both? >>> and the occupy office. wall street protesters now setting up shop inside an old bank. that's right. after they were evicted from zuccotti park in lower manhattan, wall street prote protesters in cubicles now. poppi harlow gives us a first look inside their new digs. hi, i'm cashing in my points... peggy? no more points - coupons now. coupons? coupons. coupons? next, you convert coupons to tokens. tokens? then you trade tokens for credits. and then i get the cash? then you call back. bye bye.

>> 46, man. >> jimmy: i'm sorry, i meant roman. it's roman, right? roman, how old are you?ou said you're 4? just screwing with you. are you fired up about this tonight? >> kind of. >> jimmy: exactly the answer i've been looking for. our next family is from oak park, illinois. they are the centers. joanna and nick and their kids alicia and aubrey. hey, guys. now, that's -- that's the kind of enthusiasm i was hoping to see. what's going on there? >> don't ask. >> jimmy: still running on that halloween candy fumes, i guess, huh? families, would you like to say hello to each other via sky? >> hello. >> hi. >> jimmy: this is a very simple game. it's a scavenger hunt. you have to find an item and bring that back as fast as you can. and listen closely because i will ask you to complete a task, too, okay? are you ready? >> yeah! >> jimmy: this is for the kids only. bring back a pair of your mom's underpants. go! and -- extra credit for leopard print. not the one she's wearing, too, we're going to need -- the kids are -- god only knows what they might find up there. are you guys loo

that what the church has to seriously consider is what paul actually advocates in his letter to the romans. it's only, let's say, 25 years after jesus, he writes to the romans, "stop being proud, "stop being arrogant. "consider that you have been grafted into israel. "you have not become the tree. "on the contrary, you have been grafted into israel, "and it is their root that carries you, and not you who carry the root." i would say that the contrast theology, they totally cut off the root. and their replacement teaching, they claimed to be the tree. from the time that the church gained worldly power in the fourth century, the church passed legislation not only prohibiting judaism, violating the jewish community in different ways, but actively and forcibly trying to convert jews. so jews associate mission with violence. jews associate mission with force. jews associate mission with bloodshed. jews associate mission with conversion. and, of course, mission indicates, again, the theology of supersession -- that the church does not recognize that jews as jews can be saved. it is stunning to s

during the day when he's with his kids, roman's testosterone will be low.hen he's on the field, it's sky high. but why are dads soppy at home? the coach's third kid was born just a few weeks ago. have you noticed any changes in yourself since she was born? >> absolutely shattered. >> reporter: human parenting is easier as a two-person job. our kids are so helpless. and that's why men have evolved to drop the alpha stuff, chill out and muck in. but do you remember the 1970s? dads did nothing. my own dad never made me lunch. he never changed a diaper. i was sent to boarding school at 6 years old. in the 1970s, men flaunted their bits instead of caring for their kids. and now we know that's not natural. >> always an alpha male, always with high testosterone, always out there seeking mates and so forth. that's a very chimpanzee-like version of humans. >> reporter: and health benefits? low testosterone might cut prostate cancer risks. >> no one's looked at it. we haven't thought to look at it. studies like this suggest we should look at it. >> reporter: bottom l

here, another guy found 53,000 roman coins. >> go both ways, you say okay. >> reporter: so, i took ash course in metal detecting. >> i know a line this way. and in your mind you make a cross on the ground. >> reporter: this brotherhood with buzzing in their ears call themselves detectorists. these guys come all the way to england in search for treasure. >> there should be a date -- >> reporter: 1701. >> this is something that i'm not sure of. >> reporter: a couple of years ago, they had to tell one old timer to hang up his detector. >> he was 91 when we said it was, i think, too much. >> reporter: he was bringing girlfriends? >> yeah. he brought his girlfriend. he brought her twice. >> reporter: without any such distractions i was still struggling even in this field which was, for centuries, a busy port, bustling with romans. i think i'm missing what you need to be a detectorist, which is patience. patience and luck. you look happy, mike. mike martin oozes good fortune. >> i just found this. >> reporter: oh, wow. >> a complete spoon. >> reporter: maybe 600 years old. >> i get goose b

thomas roman reports on a new social media site working to end slave labor. >> ever wonder who makes the inexpensive clothes and goods you bought this holiday season? the short answer is millions of slaves. not just poor underpaid foreign workers. >> what we are talking about is someone who is being forced to work without pay. it is under threat of violence and being economically exploited and unable to walk away. >> dillon says 27 million people worldwide are in this condition. if you really want to know how many slaves were used in making either the products you have or those you were about to buy, you can take his on-line test. his company and social website share the same name, slavery footprint . organize. he and others are in a fight to stop slavery. here on the site you select what your household is like, the kinds of food you eat, cosmetics, jewelry, electronics, clothes, you get the idea. at the end, the site gives you the estimated slaves you indirectly employed to get all of those items. >> and we believe that this is a shared value. nobody wants to buy products made with

build almost 2000 years ago, the coliseum is considered one of the greatest works of roman architecture and engineering. now, there are fears that this will be crumbling. >> a fragment detached from the face on the first level. it was small, less than 5 centimeters. >> just two days later, it there was a second report on concern of another fragment of masonry breaking off. environmentalists raised the alarm about the state of the coliseum. they claim it is because of vibrations from vehicles and the subway damaging the monument. others say there is no cause for panic. >> this is typical of ancient monuments. they are due to the action of the rain and wind but also because of the pigeons. >> there's not a lot that can be done around the pigeons. the state of the building once a 33 million-dollar restoration project. >> this is in good shape. they need more protection. >> when rome falls, the world. reason enough to save this ancient arena from crumbling to the ground. >> a team of british scientists has captured images of very rare species. they believe some of them may be new to science

and thomas roman reports, for his family it has been a longtime coming.you. >> an excited and nervous smith came to sfo with her mother, twin brothers and step-father. he has been serving for the past nine months. >> it has been tough, but we have been through it once or twice before. we learn to deal with it and take it day by day. >> she is used to waiting. she waited through jonathon's previous tours where he was wounded. and now nine long months into this tour. >> you become a stronger person. your relationship becomes stronger. you just support each other. >> the mother, juanita, has provided emotional support through three tours. she says her daughter shows remarkable character. >> i love my daughter very much. she has been going through a lot. she knows if she has faith and trust he will come back to her. >> after a three and a half hour flight delay, staff sergeant jonathon smith comes through the doors. >> the two have known each other since they were 9. they were married at 18, eight years ago. after a long hug, smith told us what else he has lo

and thomas roman reports, for his family it has been a longtime coming.you. >> an excited and nervous smith came to sfo with her mother, twin brothers and step-father. he has been serving for the past nine months. >> it has been tough, but we have been through it once or twice before. we learn to deal with it and take it day by day. >> she is used to waiting. she waited through jonathon's previous tours where he was wounded. and now nine long months into this tour. >> you become a stronger person. your relationship becomes stronger. you just support each other. >> the mother, juanita, has provided emotional support through three tours. she says her daughter shows remarkable character. >> i love my daughter very much. she has been going through a lot. she knows if she has faith and trust he will come back to her. >> after a three and a half hour flight delay, staff sergeant jonathon smith comes through the doors. >> the two have known each other since they were 9. they were married at 18, eight years ago. after a long hug, smith told us what else he has lo

thomas roman is there with that part of the story. >> the one word we kept hearing was shocked. shocked that kim jong-il is dead and that they heard the news so soon from state-controled north korean media. in a restaurant in oakland, he got a text from a friend in south korea. >> when he text messaged me, i thought he was joking, but it was real. >> in the the restaurant the television was turned to a south korean news station so they could follow developments. there was one word that kept resonating from people we spoke to. >> shocked. i know he he is not that good, but as a leader, shocked. >> he was surprised to hear about kim jong-il's death so soon, especially from a state-controled media. >> shocked. it seems korea does a lot of sensoring of the media, and for us to hear the news. >> they believe the death leaves a vacuum. they are not sure if his son is up to of leadership. >> he will not have the power his dad did. he just won't. he has not had that type of training. >> they believe it will be a very tense time in asia and here at home. >> don't know whether the militar

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thomas roman is at diablo middle school with the story and reaction for us. thomas? >> carolyn, last week the parents of the young woman involved in this case contacted clayton and walnut creek police regarding the suspected abuse. after a week long investigation police figured out they had enough evidence to arrest catrel today. at about noon, walnut creek police officers came here to diablo school. they took the science and math teacher out of class. officers brought him to another room away from students and arrested him. >> he confessed to the several allegations, and at that time he was then taken to the contra costa county detention facility. >> he faces multiple charges of abuse with a student. a young woman school sources tell us he has allegedly been having relations with for the past three years. >> we have unlawful sexual intercourse, lewd acts with a child between the ages of 15 and 14. and we also have oral copulation with a juvenile. >> the child's parents found out about the relationship, confronted the child and called police. mount diablo police quic

thomas roman reports on a new social media site working to end slave labor. >> ever wonder who makes the inexpensive clothes and goods you bought this holiday season? the short answer is millions of slaves. not just poor underpaid foreign workers. >> what we are talking about is someone who is being forced to work without pay. it is under threat of violence and being economically exploited and unable to walk away. >> dillon says 27 million people worldwide are in this condition. if you really want to know how many slaves were used in making either the products you have or those you were about to buy, you can take his on-line test. his company and social website share the same name, slavery footprint . organize. he and others are in a fight to stop slavery. here on the site you select what your household is like, the kinds of food you eat, cosmetics, jewelry, electronics, clothes, you get the idea. at the end, the site gives you the estimated slaves you indirectly employed to get all of those items. >> and we believe that this is a shared value. nobody wants to buy products made with

thomas roman, abc news. >> all right, thomas. police are asking for your help tonight. if you have any information on that shooting, they now have a confidential tip line for to you call. the number is on your screen, 510-773-2805. you will also find that number on our website, abc7news.com. >>> the oakland police department will soon be hiring more officers thanks to the feds. 25 positions will be created, four filled by rehiring officers laid off last year. the funding comes from a $10 million grant from the department of justice. >>> in san francisco, demonstrators marched through downtown for a day of action organized by the labor council. they rallied in front of the hyatt hotel, and then they joined with occupy protesters at justin herman plaza. that's where ama is live for us tonight. >> yes, it was a spirited group of union members who went through the streets of san francisco today. they marched through the financial district with a police escort and made several stops to rally their cause. san francisco's labor unions were carrying signs that read public inter

thomas roman, abc news. >> all right, thomas. police are asking for your help tonight. if you have any information on that shooting, they now have a confidential tip line for to you call. the number is on your screen, 510-773-2805. you will also find that number on our website, abc7news.com. >>> the oakland police department will soon be hiring more officers thanks to the feds. 25 positions will be created, four filled by rehiring officers laid off last year. the funding comes from a $10 million grant from the department of justice. >>> in san francisco, demonstrators marched through downtown for a day of action organized by the labor council. they rallied in front of the hyatt hotel, and then they joined with occupy protesters at justin herman plaza. that's where ama is live for us tonight. >> yes, it was a spirited group of union members who went through the streets of san francisco today. they marched through the financial district with a police escort and made several stops to rally their cause. san francisco's labor unions were carrying signs that read public inter

thomas roman is at diablo middle school with the story and reaction for us. thomas? >> carolyn, last week the parents of the young woman involved in this case contacted clayton and walnut creek police regarding the suspected abuse. after a week long investigation police figured out they had enough evidence to arrest catrel today. at about noon, walnut creek police officers came here to diablo school. they took the science and math teacher out of class. officers brought him to another room away from students and arrested him. >> he confessed to the several allegations, and at that time he was then taken to the contra costa county detention facility. >> he faces multiple charges of abuse with a student. a young woman school sources tell us he has allegedly been having relations with for the past three years. >> we have unlawful sexual intercourse, lewd acts with a child between the ages of 15 and 14. and we also have oral copulation with a juvenile. >> the child's parents found out about the relationship, confronted the child and called police. mount diablo police quic

percentage accusations the roman invoked on the observers of jewish law. the romans forbade the spread of jewish bible and judaism itself. we come to december 2011. nothing of this magnitude is happening or being proposed to happen. the parents have no other choice but to take their kids out. this is a hindrance of the spread of judaism. i urge you to err on the side of caution so it won't be interrupted. vice president miguel: thank you. >> good afternoon, planning commission. in the 1900's, the first act of blood shed against jews were carried out in the red army. attacks, it was so harsh it was difficult to count the loss of jews. it was determined by the theories and practice of the communist party. religious freedom and wanted to practice judaism. they couldn't thank god. thanks to america policy for religious freedom, we have the hebrew academy, the only school in north california that offers jewish opportunity the opportunity to study jewish culture and how it feels being a jew. it cause many of the friends to live because parents are afraid of the