in private to he was a sociable fellow although a priest of the roman catholic church he didn't allowthe rule of celibacy to stand in his way and legendary beauty by the name of salomon out for him no less than fifteen children. it may be that lucky trace was thinking of enlarging his family still further when he built a summer palace of out enough for them today it's called mirabelle. after losing a war he spent his last days in the fortress of cohen's out's book where he was held prisoner by his cousin and successor. the city's most famous son vulcan amadeus mozart never really felt free in his home town and soon turned his back on it he said i hope that it is unnecessary for me to say that i think nothing of that's book or its archbishop i shit on both. but if mozart sought his fortune elsewhere the people of such book have long since forgiven him for doing so.

catholic originally meant universal. it wasn't until the church at consta constantinoble broke off from its allegiance to the pope that we begin to see references to the romanr meaning universal, but meaning the church which is centered at rome. >> 200 years after the historic ally anxious between charlamain and pope leo iii, pope urban ii rules the western empire from rome. and the patriarch reigns over the east. until constantinoble finds itself facing a threat. >> slislam is the wealthiest, mt sophisticated. if i was betting at the time, i would have certainly bet that the islamic empire was the wave of the future. >> muslim armies have been steadily making their way through the arabian peninsula, conquering new lands and uniting them under islam. they have long since conquered jerusalem and were headed for the next christian stronghold. >> muslims had swept through what we would now say is modern turkey and really getting fairly close to constantinoble itself. >> when you can almost see muslims across the water, it's time to find the christians who are left to help you. >> emperor alexis i of constantinopel pleads for aid against the muslims. >> alexis

the city of rome and to the world from the balcony of st peter's basilica the head of the roman catholic church said the universal message of christmas was that god is a good father and be our brothers and sisters people to put aside partisan interests and look for political solutions to wars and conflict and francis used his christmas eve mass to call on christians to lead a simpler life during this festive time when the focus is often on gifts and feasting the pontiff told worshippers in st peter's that they should give up greed and gluttony and remember to share. in front of some ten thousand followers in sin peter's basilica pope francis continued the theme of his papacy criticizing consumerism and its impact on humanity francis made his message direct and personal. let us ask ourselves do i really need all these material objects and complicated additions to live. can i manage without all these unnecessary extras and live a life of greater simplicity. condemning the widening gap between rich and poor francis encourage the faithful to give and share instead of devouring and hoarding . mankin

to the city of rome and to the wild from the balcony of st peter's basilica the head of the roman catholic church said the universal message of christmas was that god is a good father and we are all brothers and sisters he urged people to put aside partisan interests and look for political solutions to wars and conflicts here in berlin germany's president from walter steinmeier has urged people to address tensions in society by engaging with each other in his christmas message recorded at bellevue palace president steinmeier said the nation must not be allowed to grift a pot of christmas for the german president fung father steinmeyer is the time to talk to one another with family with friends and also with those who have political leanings other than your own. yard christmas is a time not only for carols but sometimes also for quotes i believe it's good for us to engage in debate it's good for us to talk to each other if i had one wish for our country then it would be let's add more to pate. steinmeyer thinks germans are spending less time actually talking to each other and more time in their ow

literally means to the city of rome and to the world is easter and christmas the head of the roman catholic church gives the thing from the balcony of the st peter's basilica and harass concludes with creasing in many different languages in actually having a look at their life pictures of her dress you see. this. is. the unit. it is while at christmas the pope francis urged people in the developed world to lead a simpler life and kills worshipers in the vatican that they should give up greed and listening to remember to share. in front of some ten thousand followers in sin peter's basilica pope francis continued the theme of his papacy criticizing consumerism and its impact on humanity francis made his message direct and personal. let us ask ourselves do i really need all these material objects and complicated additions to live. can i manage without all these unnecessary extras and live a life of greater simplicity. condemning the widening gap between rich and poor francis encourage the faithful to give and share instead of devouring and hoarding . mankind became greedy and for ratios. in our day

from the balcony of st peter's basilica the head of the roman catholic church said the universal message of christmas was that god is a good father and we're all brothers and sisters people to put aside partisan interests and look for political solutions to wars and conflicts. and watching did news we'll have more news at the top of the hour meanwhile you can get all the latest news online on dot com thank you for joining us the piece stay tuned for the christmas message from german president frank. funded. site. with. sight of some nothing can if it does of us wish to vine this i'm young but we didn't come than. aunt who had survived us and please cite some of the. middle england leaps into him not to live. about god of medina in d.v.m. too good to see i was for not as his top side intended for not made out in school funding for and cut image enough. but a few in finance come some by not as in the familiar feel like that of we did the guns pissed him in for fun and but didn't mention for have eyes does violence of a political to have a king they are as witnesses no it isn't one on vine

as well as a polarized political situation with the english civil war censorship with the roman catholic church and with that reformation heritage a deep independence of intellectual and religious political and personal liberty all of which depend on virtue. because the world contained both good and evil, virtue consist of choosing good over evil he often distinguishes between the innocent and the virtuous who know what evil is and are left to do good what better way to learn the difference then to gain knowledge of both widely? since therefore the knowledge of this world is so necessary to constituting human virtue and to the confirmation of truth how do we go into those regions of sin then to hear all men of reason and this is the benefit of those books promiscuously read". but it is not enough to read wisely one must also read well and must read virtuously. the word virtue has various shades of meaning many of which unfold through the pages of the book but in general it could be mostly understood reading well in itself is an act of virtue or excellence also a habit that cultivates more virtu

the roman catholic church in the u.s. state of illinois has been accused of failing to report the full scale of alleged child sex abuse by its clergy a report by the attorney general says the church with held the names of at least five hundred priests and other clergy accused of abusing minors of a seven decades chicago's archbishop cardinal blaise soon pitch responded by apologizing for the church's failure to report deals another blow to the church after revelations this year of abuse and cover ups by catholic officials in pennsylvania ellen fisher has more. well the catholic church in illinois had said that they had one hundred eighty five cases of priests that had been credibly accused of child sex abuse well the illinois attorney general's office decided to investigate and they phoned that the figure was actually much higher that there were five hundred more cases that needed to be investigated and they say that the catholic church not only didn't fully investigate those allegations that came forward over the last for

gathering in bethlehem in the occupied west bank to mark christmas eve earlier the most senior roman catholic church cleric in palestine crossed into the town through an israeli military gate from jerusalem that allowed the archbishop to complete the journey was taken on the night of the birth of jesus the gate is open once a year otherwise the wall cuts the ancient religious routes. the u.s. stocks have opened lower a day after the treasury took unusual steps to ease investor nerves followed following a week of heavy losses. and called a meeting with the heads of six of the us biggest banks late on sunday. a short hand the banks could survive the current climate charlatans he joins us live from washington d.c. so talk about the current client climate will misspoke and an earlier news. yes u.s. president donald trump had not weighed in on what's happening with the markets twitter but he has since tweeted the only problem our economy has is the fed they don't have a feel for the market that's just the brief version of it. i'm i'm not sure that he's on the same page with his secretary of treasury. wel

grounded in protestant doctrine as well as the english civil war the censorship with the roman catholic church and in his reformation heritage a deep independence of intellectual and personal liberty all of which depend on virtue because it contains both good and evil, virtue consist of choosing good over evil. milton distinguishes between the innocent and the virtuous to know what evil is and elect to do good what better way to learn the difference than to gain knowledge through weeding - - reading widely. therefore with knowledge and survey is necessary to the constituting of human virtue and error to the confirmation of truth how can we more safely and with less danger scout into the region by reading one - - reading all manner of men and this is the benefit which may be had of the books promiscuously read. "it's not enough to read widely you must also read well and virtuously. the word virtue in general can be most understood as excellent reading well is an act of virtue or excellence also i had that that cultivates more in return literature and bodies were chewed to offer virtue of action

want to restate harm no muss whilst no planes we want to move and work for our children the roman catholic church in the u.s. state of illinois has been accused of not properly investigating alleged child sex abuse by its clergy chicago's archbishop cardinal blaise supect chaz apologized the report said the church withheld the names of at least five hundred priests and other clergy accused of abusing minors the church was accused of similar cover ups in pennsylvania earlier this year the family of a guatemalan girl who died in u.s. border police custody is calling for an independent investigation seven year old jacqueline car died from shock and dehydration a family says she was not given medical attention despite feeling are well she was then put on a ninety minute bus journey to a medical facility but by the time she arrived she had stopped breathing and died. the constitutional standard is that there is a system of ready access to adequate care and mismanaging or denying in proper intake screening is a constitutional violation so we need an inquiry to look at the actions taken or not taken to

roman catholic church in the u.s. state of illinois has been accused of not properly investigating alleged child sexual abuse by its clergy chicago's archbishop cardinal glaze soup it has apologized a report said the church withheld the names of at least five hundred priests and other clergy accused of abusing minors the church was accused of similar cover ups in pennsylvania earlier this year our employment and alcoholism are common problems from an integer stand so as violence against women the poorest country of all of the former soviet states relies on the mitten says farm workers abroad mostly in russia. for reports from the capital things are good between his wife now but for thirteen years he beat up a demotion lee abused. the forty seven year old father of four says he became an alcoholic because he got depressed after not being able to find work with him but no movement i drank because i thought i had no purpose in life i would come home and start fighting with the family now i know i can live without drinkin

aggressively lobbied for no increase in interest rates kristen salumi al jazeera new york roman catholic churchin the u.s. state of illinois has been accused of not properly investigating alleged child sexual abuse by its clergy chicago's archbishop cardinal place appeared apologize following a report which said the church withheld the names of at least five hundred priests and other clergy accused of abusing minors alan fisher has more. well the catholic church in illinois had said that they had one hundred eighty five cases of priests that had been credibly accused of child sex abuse well the illinois attorney general's office decided to investigate and they phone that figure was actually much higher that there were five hundred more cases that needed to be investigated and they say that the catholic church not only didn't fully investigate those allegations that came forward over the last forty fifty years in some cases they were investigated a tall know the survivors network of those abused by priests see the shocking and also see that other states should follow what illinois has been doing

vincent's roman catholic church in plymouth pennsylvania ♪ ♪ ♪ the united states postal service makesdeliveries to homes than anyone else in the country. ♪ with one notable exception. ♪ i am a techie dad.n. i believe the best technology should feel effortless. like magic. at comcast, it's my job to develop, apps and tools that simplify your experience. my name is mike, i'm in product development at comcast. we're working to make things simple, easy and awesome. mary jo would have been 29 years old. her interest in politics and devotion to the kennedys took her far from the pennsylvania community where she is being buried today. >> there was a crowd of people outside and inside. i found joe and went over and hugged him. he wasn't really there. he was destroyed. this was his only child, his daughter and they had a wonderful relationship. i went to the casket and mary jo looked lovely, beautiful. she looked like she was sleeping. >> the small church was packed. 700 people. kennedy kennedy arrived with his wife joan, his neck visibly seen. >> the message of that neck brace was absolutely

thomas christians heretics, the roman catholic church made thomas the patron saint of india.n audience in milapor add the shrine dedicated to the part irdom of st. thomas. >> in terms of history of christianity in india, i think that declaration of thomas as a patron saint of india gave recognition to the long history or long-held history of thomas christians. >> the story of st. thomas in the gospel is the story of the importance of faith, reason and doubt. doubt and faith are two sides of the same coin. >> my lord, my god. >> narrator: without jesus' commission to his disciples to become apostles, that is to go out from judea and galilee and spread his message around the world, there would be no christianity. frankly, the followers of jesus would have gone down in history as a sect of judaism. >> it is one of the great ironies of the way that we talk about thomas that we call him "doubting thomas" when we should call him faithful thomas, because what's happened is he has gone on his journey and in the end he makes the right decision. he comes to faith. >> my lord, my god! >

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an upcoming vatican summit on sex abuse prevention are warning that the credibility of the roman catholic church jeopardy over the abuse scandal. organizers today, said the first step is "acknowledging the truth of what happened." invited jewish leaders to respond -- church leaders to respond to the crisis. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. ♪ -- i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: the united states has now had troops in afghanistan for 17 years and in iraq for 15, yet we hear little about the conflict today. our guest comes today from washington. great to have you with us, sir. , tell us whate the situation is on the ground with the taliban. what is our situation? what is our goal? militarily, we are trying to hold about what i consider to be a resurgent taliban. they are doing quite well on the ground and the afghan security forces are at best holding them. are view right now is that diplomacy is the way to go -- right now is that diplomacy is the w

demonstrators marched in copenhagen calling on the government to back down on the plan of the roman catholic church in the u.s. state of illinois has been accused of not properly investigating alleged child sexual abuse by its clergy chicago's archbishop cardinal blaze has apologized the report said the church withheld the names of at least five hundred priests and other clergy accused of abusing minors the church was accused of similar cover ups in pennsylvania earlier this year alan fisher has more. well the catholic church in illinois had said that they had one hundred eighty five cases of priests that had been credibly accused of child sex abuse well the illinois attorney general's office decided to investigate and they phone that figure was actually much higher that there were five hundred more cases that needed to be investigated and they say that the catholic church not only didn't fully investigate those allegations that came forward over the last forty fifty years in some cases they were investigated at all know the survivors network of those abused by priests see the shocking and also see

the roman catholic church in the u.s. state of illinois has been accused of failing to report the full scale of alleged child sex abuse by the clergy a report by the attorney general identified accusations against at least five hundred priests and other clergy not been publicly named or properly investigated chicago's archbishop cardinal blaise subpoena responded by apologizing for the church's failure to address the abuse the report deals another blow to the church after revelations this year of abuse and cover ups by catholic officials in pennsylvania following that story for us out of washington is the attorney general's office speculating alone as to why there's such a big difference between reported figures and actual figures when it comes to what the church itself was saying about this. well the church in chicago is saying that the one hundred eighty five members of the clergy who are credibly accused of child sex abuse the attorney general decided to investigate and said that number was more than five hundred so th

romans next g.w. . building a church for a catholic community on the outskirts of a man it is a gift from god. pope francis personally blessed the foundation stone back in twenty fifteen. since then progress has been slow. but the community has faith in the project and now it seems their dream is finally coming true. in sixty minutes d.w. . a continent is reinventing itself. as africa's tech scene discovers it's true potential. inventors entrepreneurs and high tech professionals talk about their visions successes and day to day business in the face of. its. history in the in from one small. pieces to how to fish and. i was trying to. get you to africa starts december twelfth on w. . i want to welcome to our house lights edition with the best facts of the week i'm your host meghan lee here's a look at what we've put together for you today. usable remains a french photographer captures melancholic images of abandoned you know. double exposure the unique in three d. in your roles of greek street.

to pay for most and given the so-called mosque attacks we do submit to the church tax that german protestants and roman catholics pay. i'm having a home free glad you could join me reports from syria say the government of president bashar al assad has sent troops to the north of the country that is ahead of an expected offensive by turkey turkish backed militias have been gathering close to the town of man bitch which is currently held by the syrian democratic forces a largely kurdish allied supported by the united states this month turkish president richard type who want to now say his country would attack it's unclear when the operation will stop. but the mood in the town is tense. there is nothing remarkable about the streets of man bitch busy with traffic and locals out doing their shopping. but the residents of this northern syrian time and no strangers to conflict for several years they suffered the brutality of the so-called islamic state until the group was as stated by kurdish and arab forces and now local residents fear a new assault on the city sort of the not so people will no longer have homes their

create a mosque and a mom the so-called mosque tax which would be similar to the church tax that the process and the roman catholics base. a warm welcome to you. authorities in indonesia have reason for the kiddo that caused the tsunami last weekend they've warned people that fresh activity from the . might cause another tsunami and they've ordered all flights to steer clear of the area such it is deadly waves killed at least four hundred thirty people since then heavy rains and flooding have added to the hardship. the w.'s on a song doth has this report. on. it these villages thought they were safe after escaping the tsunami that tore into the western coast of java but now they've returned they face a new problem. in the lobby around six in the morning when the water began rising. i went out to get some food and when i came back the water was almost chest high our village has never been flooded like this lawyer. johnny moved his family because of the risk of another tsunami. here he is leaving behind me with a three other children and twenty five other individuals it's a tight research but at least he's living wit

the trappist community in colorado, though i'm not a roman catholic, i go to a wonderful church with an extraordinary man who's a priest who's remarkable. and other groups of many kinds. i'm so glad you brought that up. thank you. >> reincarnation is very commonly taught in the east. my understanding is that it was originally, well, at least at some point in christian tradition, it was part of the tradition. my question is, when did it start, when did it end and why? >> great question. i don't think we know the answer to all of it, but i wrote my doctoral dissertation on an egyptian christian from the third century, died in the year 250, and he speaks about being born in many galaxies and he uses the language of reincarnation. extraordinary powerful christian thinker but that teaching was declared heresy in the fifth century after his death, and as far as i know, most christian traditions just have, you know, jee rejected it. not sure why. >> i wonder, i wanted to know if you had any ideas on church membership or even the relationship of religion to churches. we see many traditional

to pay more than him off the so-called moscow tax would be similar to the church tax the german processed ins from roman catholics. and the woman takes only a male dominated world of two million municipal politics we have a report on so what abderrahim the first woman to say as they met on china's years capital city chewed it. up on the back of one of all favorite stories of twenty eight seen them move by a library bringing the joy of books to children in the afghan capital kabul. time have a home for it glad you could join me reports from syria say the government of president bashar al assad has sent troops to the north of the country that is ahead . of an expected offensive by turkey turkish that militias have been gathering close to the town of man beach which is currently held by the syrian democratic forces that's a largely kurdish alliance supported by the united states this month turkish president roh chipped want to males that his country would attack mandates is unclear when the operation will stop but the mood in the town is tense. there is nothing remarkable about the streets of man bitch busy with tra

church" inscribed in the dome over st. peter's. it is at the core of roman catholicism. >> but did peter travel to the dome to lay foundations for the catholicto rome. and i think a lot of people would be surprised to find this out. >> the apostle paul, who we know lived in rome, and whose letters make up half of the new testament, doesn't refer to peter being in the city once. >> he doesn't seem to know of him. he doesn't mention any connection between the christians there in the city and peter. and that's kind of interesting omission. so if peter is there in the city, why doesn't paul say anything about him at all? >> the omission is all the more strange, because we know peter and paul knew each other. >> in and around 850, peter and paul meet at antioch. they meet there, because peter has come from jerusalem to see the progress being made by paul's mission. >> my brother. >> when peter and paul meet in antioch, they have a fierce row. >> you are happy to sit with gentiles. >> this is an argument about how jewish you need to be in the jesus movement. paul's big idea is that the jesus movement should be open to people who are both jews and

here the oldest parts of town have a number of churches large and small and of course there is a van a cathedral seat of the roman catholic archdiocese of san cristobal. i like to consider the fact that we don't have a building as an exciting challenge. but i mean on the parishioners have more of a problem with it than i do. when people say what about your church. i say. you need a church with walls and a roof we don't have that. age. the parish goes back twenty five years. the district was new then and the first mass was held in this house. there wasn't anywhere else to go. where oh i am down to meeting him from his twenty minutes talking off when the game is so late let's have a listen listen we actually met in a house across the way he went over the woman left the country and you can say we moved here by the end of our family but i got home with me my dick in the back then my mother still left here and she opened to houma as if that flipped over on the old body of one of the body of the yamaha to come to see on it how it still and what everyone knew that the arrangement including the local authorities everywhere . i we

roman. catholic diocese is referred to as the roman pontiff x. . and the roman pontiff x. was. an issue to the world and all the inhabitants that all things inhabited in concord belong to the church and this led to the mercenary disbursements of people like john cabot. and josh cartier. and the person that we speak of most frequently today is christopher columbus and while many believe the days of colonization is over the remnants of that genocide still echo across the land very long executive producer of the documentary dodging bullets explains how life is still fundamentally different for first nations people we get pulled over in a car like idea than a little a mile and. i responded that very different than if you're african-american or if you're india. because you may get shot. you never know you have it you may get shot by the sky you know. that's what that's what historical trauma yes every minute you make it shot you make it let's just. that's with the daily existence. and it goes back to if you're a first nation person i mean you think of lynchings. the largest mass hanging in u.s. history by lincoln's decreed right here in minnesota under separate twenty six eight hundre

here the oldest parts of town have a number of churches large and small and of course there is a van a cathedral seat of the roman catholic archdiocese of sun crystal ball. i like to consider the fact that we don't have a building as an exciting challenge. but i mean more of a problem with it than i do. people say what about your church when i say. you need a church with walls and a roof we don't have that. much. the parish goes back twenty five years. the district was new then and the first mass was held in this house. there wasn't anywhere else to go. where oh i am down to meeting him for almost twenty years sparking off well mccomas i like this have a listen with so we can really maintain a house across the way better with the woman who left the country if you can so we moved here by the end of the family but actually from a modicum of that then my mother still lived here and she opened to houma this is that flipped over on the old body over the body of the yamaha to come to see on how it all and what everyone knew that the arrangement including the local authorities everywhere. i went on the salary but as far as i und

here the oldest parts of town have a number of churches large and small and of course there is a van a cathedral seat of the roman catholic archdiocese of san cristobal della. i like to consider the fact that we don't have a building as an exciting challenge. but i mean on the parishioners have more of a problem with it than i do. people say what about your church when i say. you need a church with walls and a roof we don't have that. much. the parish goes back twenty five years. the district was new then and the first mass was held in this house. there wasn't anywhere else to go. where oh i am down to meeting him for almost twenty minutes talking off well mccomas i like this have a listen we're so we actually met in a house across the way he did it with a woman who left the country and you can say we moved here by the end of our family but i got home with me my dick in the back then my mother still lived here and she opened to houma as a set foot along the old body over the body of the only of my heart on the siani i have told everyone i knew about the arrangements including the local authorities everywhere. i went on th

christmas in the bethlehem.ty of the top roman catholic cleric in crossed an israeli military checkpoint from jerusalem on monday ahead of midnight mass at the churche nativity, the traditional birthplace of jesus. is peace, joy, and hope it is very far from us sometimes. place in division still reigns and sometimes, but as christians, we are committed to work for peace and love always everywhere without letting frustrations overcome our feelings. workers andds of foreign visitors gathered in major square. -- manger square. global news, 24 hours a day, on-air, online at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. ♪ romaine: live from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i'm romaine bostick very -- romaine bostick. amanda: i'm a mandolin. we are joined by bloomberg and vienna audiences. u.s. stocks tumble to the lowest since april 2017 as the turmoil in washington keeps investors on edge. turkey is just closer to attacking the kurdish stronghold in syria. what happens now that the u.s. is withdrawing from the region and retailers are prepping for the fi

pope was speaking to the roman curia for the traditional christmas greetings, when he addressed the sexual abuse scandals that have involved several members of the catholic churchn would the church seek to hush up cases of abuse. to those who abuse minors, i would say this, convert and hand yourself over to the justice of man and prepare for divine justice. remember the words of christ. if anyone causes one of the children, those who believe in me to sin, it will be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the depths of the sea. dr massimo faggioli joins me now, he is a professor of historical theology at the university of villanova. thank you forjoining us. it's great to us, has the pope spoken in such strong terms before? to us, has the pope spoken in such strong terms before ?|j to us, has the pope spoken in such strong terms before? i would say no, this speech is very important because usually either christmas speech is devoted to issues, the administration of the vatican so this time it was completely devoted to the scandal issue and to sending the message that is the first time saying that the church is no

francis has urged roman catholic priests who have sexually abused children to hand themselves in and face justice. in his annual christmas speech at the vatican, he promised that the churchismiss such cases. the comments are his strongest yet on the global scandal that has shaken his papacy and caused a crisis of confidence in the catholic church. the government has issued further advice to businesses that trade with the eu on how to prepare for the possibility of a no—deal brexit. 80,000 companies have received the emails this afternoon. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent, colletta smith, has spent the day with a small business in wakefield to see what preparations they're making. that finishes another order, and then that's it for christmas. mark is making a list and he's checking it twice. is this for the assemblyjob at the bottom of the shop? just a few final tasks before the 100 staff here in wakefield can clock off. right, i'm going, mate. i'll see you after christmas. have a good one, yeah? they're making parts for high—tech production lines that'll be sent all over the world. there are one or two critical components that we need to make sure we getjust in time, h

francis has urged roman catholic priests who have sexually abused children to hand themselves in and face justice. in his annual christmas speech at the vatican, he promised that the churchs are his strongest yet on the global scandal that has shaken his papacy and caused a crisis of confidence in the catholic church. it's 30 years ago today that pan am flight 103 was blown up in mid—air over the market town of lockerbie. wreaths have been laid and a silence held at a memorial service in honour of the 270 people who lost their lives. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. bagpipes play. 0n the shortest day, lockerbie remembered its longest night, remembered the 270 people who lost their lives in the deadliest terror attack the uk has ever suffered. this, a day of dignified remembrance of those who died. among the passengers on the pan am flight, helga mosey. she was 19. every year since the bombing, her parents have travelled to lockerbie to remember a life cut short. we miss our daughter, and we wonder how she would have done, what her musical career would have been like. would we have been grandparents to her children? we don't know. we still remember her as

where christmas mass was held this morning at the church of the nativity in bethlehem and the sight of the birthplace of jesus . the top roman catholicleric presiding over a mass from hundreds of locals and foreign visitors. life in jerusalem with more on his christmas tracking. >> from vatican said into bethlehem and thousands of cities and between people kicke up christmas of christmas by celebrating using traditional christmas time ceremonies. we saw that last night in bethlehem and also today and vatican city where the pope did lead an address before a crowd of thousands of people on the balcony of st. peter's basilica at the vatican monday night in st. peter's basilica. broke princess led the traditional christmas eve mass. focusing his remarks on consumers and asking how much o the material they buy is actually needed. meanwhile in the ancient city o bethlehem source and pilgrims gathered in major square christmas eve to watch the lati patriarch procession and hear christmas music at the birthplace of jesus christ. a representative representative of the vatican was joined by marching bands and boy scouts who paraded from jerusa