the information about the attacks by a sniper and others in and around the grounds of the roman catholic church just really, really worrying. it highlights the fact that israeli forces are not discriminating between those who are palestinian and those who are christian, their stated aim is to pursue hamas and if christians are in the way of that, then they also can end up being killed, can't they? it then they also can end up being killed, can't they?— then they also can end up being killed, can't they? it seems to be that wa . killed, can't they? it seems to be that way- right — killed, can't they? it seems to be that way. right from _ killed, can't they? it seems to be that way. right from the - killed, can't they? it seems to be that way. right from the very - that way. right from the very beginning this church complex has been a place for christians to shelter and the idea that there would be hamas terrorists in amongst thatis would be hamas terrorists in amongst that is inconceivable to me. and certainly the pope is explaining it that way as well, and every other account we have got in ter

now, the main difference between the mainline and roman catholic church would be the catholic church were a little bit more sensitive to scant clergy scandal in the world. and you know, if you're familiar all with the history and, you know, films spotlight and these kinds of things can understand why and then the mainline church we're a little bit more sensitive to moving as jim mentioned, the very top choice for why people did church. and so, without further ado, going to start, though, with the four different types of church evangelicals now imagine with me here for a moment, the first profile cultural christians now there's 15 million of the 40 million people who did churched who out of evangelical churches the roman catholics and mainline together are about 20 million. so but cultural christians this is about million of the 15 million people who left. imagine with me the cultural christian. you're about 40 years old. your male. you were probably never a christian and life seemed to be working well for you didn't necessarily have a big problem with the church and just kind of move

the leader of the roman catholic church used as christmas or b at our b message to appeal for peace. he also slammed the weapons industry, which he said was few in conflict around the world. in his christmas address, put francis lamented on the conflicts of envelope. he called for peace for the people of ukraine, as well as the ceasefire between him us and israel, known. so you're going to email there, be it in to the few link of violence and hatred and made the palestinian question be resolved. that course, certainly by listing a says so probably puddle, ready condemned the failed logic of war. during his christmas eve mass, calling it contrary to the message of peace at christmas. in this address, he said the poor desperately needed the money being spent on weapons. then he delivered the old be, it'll be blessing. the good thing is each day, only portent, but its fee is fee per cent. this investment levels is 9. yes. and it was a passion. it's a beautiful piece on christmas day. let's take a look now as in other stories making headlines around the world. hundreds of villages have f

the leader of the roman catholic church used as christmas, or be at or be message to appeal for peace. you also slammed the weapons industry, which he said was fuel in conflict around the world in his christmas address, put francis limited on the conflicts around the globe. he quote, for peace for the people of ukraine, as well as the ceasefire between home us and israel. known so you're going to email they're being in to the feeling of violence and hatred and made the palestinian question be resolved. that course, certainly by listing a says, suppose puddle, ready condemned the failed logic of war. during his christmas eve mass. calling it contrary to the message of peace at christmas. in this address, he said the poor desperately needed the money being spent on weapons. then he delivered the old b at all the blessing continued each day, only portentous, but it's fee is 50 percent. this investment levels, if 9 is the same thing, it was a passion or it's a beautiful piece on christmas day. and german president franco. the assignment has given his annual, televised christmas address to

roman catholic dechurched together. what's interesting to note about the mainline and roman catholic church of why were going to cover thoser is by and large the mainline roman catholic people who dechurched look very similar. in just about every category. the main difference between mainline roman catholic church would be the catholic dechurched were little more sensitive to clerg' scandal in the broader world. if you're familiar at allll with history and films like spotlight and these kinds of things you can understand why. and in the mainline dechurch were a little more sensitive to moving as to mentioned, the very top choice for why people dechurched. without further ado i'm going to start though with the four different types of dechurched evangelicals. now, imagine with me heree for a moment, the first profile, cultural christians. now, there's 15 million of the 49 people who dechurched who came out of evangelical churches. the roman catholics and mainline together are about 20 million. but cultural christians, about 8 million of the 15 million people who left, imagine with me the cultural christian. you are about 40

the roman catholic church celebrates christmas according to the gregorian calendar on the night of december 24-25. for the first time , the decision to celebrate the nativity of christ on december 25 was made at the ephesus church council in 431. christmas, one of the main christian holidays established in honor of the birth of jesus christ incarnate, the virgin mary. today we will talk about the cathedral of the minsk-mogilev archdiocese, the archcathedral church of the blessed virgin mary, built in the vilna baroque style, this is the main catholic church of the capital. the spread of the roman catholic or western christian religion on the territory of belarus began after the signing of the union of krevo, 1385. in accordance with its terms, grand duke jogaila, in exchange for the throne of the king of poland, became a convict, agreed spread catholicism in the grand duchy of lithuania. already in 1387, king jogaila created the vilna bishopric and seven catholic dioceses, including three on the territory of belarus. a significant spread of catholicism in belarus occurred in the last third

the head of the r roman catholic church has condemned the israeli killing of two christian women who had taken refuge in a church in gaza city. pope francis says telaviv is using quote terrorism tactics in gaza adding unanarmed civilians are the targets of israely strikes. the pontif refer to a statement by the latin patriarchet of al quds that said mother and daughter were shot and killed in cold blood as they walked in the compound of the gaza's only catholic church. one was killed as she tried to carry the other. safety, according to the statement, seven others were also injured. this is not the first time israel has conducted attacks on religious sites. back in october, the greek orthodox church, where hundreds of people were taking shelter, was bombed, leaving at least 18 people, including children, dead. the israeli army has also targeted many mosks during their onslaut on gaza. the israely prime minister is facing harsh criticism. at home over the handling of the issue of captives being held by hamas, israel is have been piling a pressure on benjamin netanyahu since three of t

israeli other defense systems, up until now they have not been able to detect it. there that the roman catholic church has condemned the israeli killing of two christian women who had taken refuge in a church in gaza city. pope francis says tel aviv is using quote "terrorism" adding unarmed civilian or the targets of israely strikes, the pontif referred to a statement the last patriarchates of al said mother and daughter was shot and killed in cold blood as they walked in the compound of gaza's only catholic church. one was killed as she tried to carry the other safety. according to the statement, seven others were also injured. this is not the first time israel has conducted attacks on religious sites. back in october, the greek orthodox church were hundreds of people were taking shelter was bombed, leaving at least 18 people, including children, dead. the israel army has also autony masks during the onslaut on gaza. israel war planes have carried out fresh strikes on syria targeting the vicinity of the capital damascus. according to the syrian military, the rockets were launched from the direction o

the head of the roman catholic church today during the christmas miss called for peace in israel andthe vatican, according to tradition, the main celebrations were held in st. peter's basilica. the pontiff spoke out against the culture of consumerism and obsession with results. our hearts today are in bethlehem, where the prince of peace is once again rejected by the hopeless logic of war and weapons. to say yes to the prince of peace is to say no war, every war, the very logic of war , war is always a journey without a destination, defeat without winners, madness without excuses, but to say no to war, you need to say no to weapons, this year the festive event was canceled due to the palestinian-israeli conflict, it took place . a solemn service, instead of the traditional decorated fir tree and nativity scene with figurines of the holy family , an installation of the nativity of christ was installed on the street under the rubble. new year's eve is a time of unexpected miracles. diplomats of belarus and russia was given a very nice gift. the premiere took place in moscow. good morni

sniper has pinned down her christian family and more than 50 disabled people in gaza's only roman catholic church>> there's a woman and her daughter who have been killed. >> reporter: nearby, at northern gaza's last functioning hospital, withdrawing tanks and troops left behind devastation. we don't have houses or relatives anymore, said this woman. where should we go? while in the south, in khan yunis, medics say dozens of dead killed by air strikes arrived at nasser hospital over the weekend. outside, dozens of mourners buried another jurist. worked for al jazeera television. at least 64 have reportedly been killed in this war so far. in the west bank, israeli soldiers sho and killed five palestinians over the weekend with nearly 300 killed since october 7th, says the palestinian health ministry. overnight in tel aviv's hostage square thousands demanded their government made a deal with hamas, meaning now, now. >> put the best offer on the table to get the hostages back alive. alive. >> i don't think it can be any more than it has before. >> are you angry. >> only towards my government. >> repo

under yanukovych's regime, it is very difficult to build such a structure, for example, as a roman catholic church, which has its own funds, support funds, structure, and generally in ukraine religious life was destroyed, and we are still... rebuilding this, the religious spirit, the self-willed religious spirit of ukrainians, this is also important to know, because and because of that, well, it will constantly arise, and secondly, the moscow patriarchate made us such a surrogate religion, we have seen nothing but a sample of such, because in ukraine it was a majority, a religious majority that... destroyed other religious communities, and they provided such a religious surrogate. we see life in the kyiv lavra , the monks, and how they behaved, we have beautiful brothers, the greek catholic church, which set an example of service, and as an example, for example, probably this is the ukrainian catholic university, which we see how there are, what are the fruits that she gives... the good works of the church that she leads on the way out, and if we are talking about the orthodox church, then it is o

under yanukovych's regime, very it is difficult to build such a structure, for example, as the roman catholic church, which has its own funds, support funds, culture, and in general , religious life in ukraine was destroyed, and we are still rebuilding this religious spirit, precisely the free religious spirit of ukrainians, this is also important to know, because and because, well, it will constantly arise, and secondly, the moscow patriarchate made us such a surrogate of religion, but we did not see anything except... such a model, because in ukraine it was the majority, the religious majority, which destroyed other religious communities, and they gave such a religious surrogate, we see life in kyiv the laurels of the monks, how they behaved, we have beautiful brothers, the greek catholic church, which gave this example of service, and as an example, it is probably the ukrainian catholic university, which we see, as what... there are ee, what are such fruits , which he provides, the good works of the church, which it is on the way out, leads, and if we are talking about the orthodox church, then i

roman catholic together. what's interesting to know about the mainline and roman catholic church and why we will cover those two together is by and large the mainline and roman catholic people who dechurched looked different. it would be the catholic were a little bit more sensitive to clergy scandal and the broader world and if you're familiar at all with of the history and films like spotlight and these kind ofan things you can understand why. then the mainline who are more sensitive to moving as jim lementioned at the top force for white people need to church. and so without further ado i'm going to start with the four different types of evangelicals heand imagine with me here for a moment the first profile. cultural christians. now, there's 15 million of the 40 million 4 people who dechurched. the roman catholics and mainline together are aboutso 20 million. but cultural christians, it's about 80 million of the 15 million people who left. imagine with me the cultural christian. about 40-years-old. male, probably never a christian and life seemed to be well for you. you didn't have a big problem with the chu

while leading midnight mass at saint peter's basilica investigating city, the head of the roman catholic church science. and i quote tonight a home. so with bethlehem, where the prince of peace is one small rejected by the few tal logical full by the clash of this even today prevents him from finding room in the world. well, since the beginning of the wall, several christian facilities and individuals have come under attack from is by the forces these on the names of all of the christian palestinians they've been killed in there is a tax and so will began on october the 17th some displays christians were killed and a strike on the ali baptist hospital complex. 2 days later, one of the oldest christian establishments in gauze of the greek orthodox church was boned. and another time called it's compound. on october, the 20th, at least, 17 christians were killed, including time for one family, several more injured. and then on november, the 13th, an elderly man with shelton killed by his right. the forces outside gauze is only catholic church and that are being 3 more attacks. this month including

they've been sheltering in the grounds of the roman catholic church since the beginning of the war. to the point of starvation and the older ones really struggling with thirst, and now with the information about the attacks by a sniper and others in and around the grounds of the roman catholic church. it's just really, really worrying. if christians are in the way of that, then they also can end up being killed, quite simply. it then they also can end up being killed, quite simply.— then they also can end up being killed, quite simply. it seems to be that wa . killed, quite simply. it seems to be that way- right _ killed, quite simply. it seems to be that way. right from _ killed, quite simply. it seems to be that way. right from the _ killed, quite simply. it seems to be that way. right from the very - that way. right from the very beginning, this church complex has been a place for christians to shelter. the idea that there would be hamas terrorists in a month that is inconceivable to me. certainly, the pope is certainly explaining it that way, too, and every other account we have

life. i managed to carry them with my own hands to transport them to safe place. that of the roman catholic church is condemy killing of two christian women who had taken refuge in a church in gaza city. pope francis says that tel aviv is using quote terrorism tactics and taking shelter, was bombed, leaving at least 18 people, including children dead. the israely army has also targeted many mosks during their onslot on gaza. the israely prime minister is facing harsh criticism at home over his handling of the issue of captives being held by hamas. israelies have been piling up pressure on benjamin netanyahu since three of those captives were killed by the regime's own forces in gaza some days ago. one of the three slain captives was buried near tel aviv on sunday, during the funeral, his brother slammed the israeli military for abandoning and murdering him. the three men were killed near gaza city by invading israeli troops on friday. it sparked protests in tel aviv where people vented their anger at netanyahu and called on him to initiate negotiations to get the captives released. more than 100 i

regime of yanukovych, it is very difficult to build such a structure, for example, as the roman catholic church, which has its own funds, support funds, structure, and in general , religious life in ukraine was destroyed, and we are still rebuilding it. . religious spirit, precisely the free religious spirit of ukrainians, this is also important to know, because and that, well , it will constantly arise, and secondly, the moscow patriarchate made us such a surrogate of religion, we have not seen anything except a sample of this, because in ukraine it is the majority was a religious majority that destroyed other religions. notes and they gave such a religious surrogate, we see the life of the monks of the kiev obsheka lavra and how they behaved, we have beautiful brothers in the greek catholic church, who gave this example of his service, and as an example, probably this the ukrainian catholic university, which we see, as there are, what are the fruits that good work gives. of the church that it leads at the exit , and if we are talking about the orthodox church, then it is only being rebuilt, i

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the roman catholic church has granted approval for priest to perform blessings for same—sex couples.ns and would not be part of regular church rituals. but the decision still marks a significant change in its policy as the vatican said it totally rejected such ceremonies only two years ago. it still remains opposed to gay marriage. ajury in new york has found the hollywood actor jonathan major guilty of assaulting his ex—girlfriend. she said she was attacked earlier this year in the back of a car, leaving her in excruciating pain. majors, best known for his role as a character in the marvel superhero franchise did not testify and faces up to a year in prison. christmas isjust around the corner but there is another c—word that no—one wants to hear at this time of year. covid. here in singapore, mask wearing is being strongly encouraged in crowded areas, with the newjn.1 variant driving up cases. the ministry of health talks about an increase of 75% compared to the previous week. singapore is not alone in this situation as many countries, including the uk, see a spike in numbers. earli

raising concerns tonight about the deaths of two christian women sheltering in gaza's only roman catholic churchchbishop of jerusalem says the women were killed by israeli soldiers w which the idf denies. the pope has weighed in, calling it terrorism. it's urgently needed aid is beginning to trickle into gaza again. israel reopened its direct crossing. as desperate palestinians ransacked a usa truck crossing from egypt into rafah. now the chaos of this conflict and stress pandas oil giant bp and other shipping companies say they are pausing all transit through the red sea after recent attacks on ships by iranian backed houthi rebels. those diversions will have massive impacts on oil prices and supply chain costs and in response defense secretary austen has just announced a new international coalition to help protect commercial ships sailing on the red sea. norah. >> norah: ramy inocencio, thank you. tonight we are getting a look inside what israel says is the largest tunnel troops have discovered inside gaza. it was previously estimated that the vast underground system used by hamas was about si

it's been seen as a significant advance for lgbt people in the roman catholic church.es martin is a prominent americanjesuit priest who ministers to the lgbtq community he had this reaction. i'm delighted. it's a major step forward in the church's outreach to lgbtqi people and considering priests couldn't do it at all and now they can do in certain circumstances, so i think it is a wonderful pastoral step forward. and finally, the estate ofjrr tolkien has successfully sued a writer in the us who published his own sequel to the lord of the rings. demetrious polychron released the fellowship of the king last year. a court ordered him to destroy all copies of the book and halt distribution. polychron had filed his own lawsuit, claiming that the amazon tv show, rings of power, infringed the copyright of his work. that case was thrown out by the judge. that's all from the team here. i'm caitriona perry. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. it's a rather cloudy start to the new week but there should be a lot more sunshine emerging for most of us on tuesday. that's qui

the roman catholic church has granted approval for priests to perform blessings for same—sex couples.e linked to weddings or civil unions, and would not be part of regular church rituals. the decision still marks a significant change in policy, as the vatican said it totally rejected such ceremonies two years ago. it remains opposed to gay marriage. a jury in new york has found the hollywood actor, jonathan majors, guilty of assaulting his ex—girlfriend. grace jabbari said she was attacked earlier this year in the back of a car, leaving her in "excruciating pain". she suffered injuries including a broken finger. majors, who is best known for his role as kang in the marvel superhero franchise, didn't testify, and now faces up to a year in prison. a volcano in southwest iceland has erupted following weeks of intense earthquake activity. here are the pictures, you can see the moment now of the eruption captured by a webcam from the public channel when that yellow lava started to erupt from the ground like a fountain. and these are the live pictures. the authorities have already evacuated

the leader of the roman catholic church used his christmas or b at or the message to appeal for peace. he also slammed the weapons industry, which he said was fuel and conflict around the world. in his christmas address, pope francis lamented on the conflicts of envelope. he called for peace for the people of ukraine, as well as a ceasefire between homos and israel. a. notice he's going to you may there be an end to the feeling of violence and hatred and made the palestinian question be resolved. that was certainly by listing a says, the pope had already condemned the failed logic of war during his christmas eve mass. calling it contrary to the message of peace at christmas. in this address, he said the poor desperately needed the money being spent on weapons. then he delivered the old be at all the blessing that they have each, they only pretend, but its fee is 50 percent. this investment levels is 9. yes. and it was a passion which appeal for peace on christmas day. and german president frank salter stein meyer has also given his annual, televised christmas address to the nation wit

the leader of the roman catholic church used his christmas or b a or b mess as to appeal for p. c also slammed the weapons industry, which he said was fueling conflict around the world. in his christmas address, put francis limited on the conflicts around the globe. he quote, for peace for the people of ukraine as well as a ceasefire between home us and israel, known. so you going to, you may there be an in to the feeling of violence and hatred and made the palestinian question be resolved that question. anybody seen a says the pope had already condemned the failed logic of war during his christmas eve mass. calling it contrary to the message of peace at christmas. in this address, he said the poor desperately needed the money being spent on weapons. then he delivered the old, the adobe blessing, that they have each, they only put in, but it's fees. they speak or sent. this and that's what the rules is. 9. yes. and it was a passion. it's a beautiful piece on christmas day. let's take a look at some of the stories making headlines around the world today. it really and state media

raising concerns tonight about the deaths of two christian women sheltering in gaza's only roman catholic church. the archbishop of jerusalem says the women were killed by israeli soldiers, which the idf denies. the pope has weighed in, calling it terrorism. urgently needed aid is beginning to trickle into gaza again. israel reopened its direct crossing at kerem shalom. as desperate palestinians ransacked a u.n. aid truck crossing in from egypt into rafah. now the chaos of this conflict threatens to expand as oil giant bp and other shipping companies say they are pausing all transit through the red sea after recent attacks on ships by iranian-backed houthi rebels. and those diversions will have massive impacts on oil prices and supply chain costs. and in response, defense secretary austin has just announced a new international coalition to help protect commercial ships sailing on the red sea. norah. >> ramy inocencio, thank you. >>> and tonight we're getting a look inside what israel says is the largest tunnel troops have discovered inside gaza. it was previously estimated that the vast undergro

has not commented on the incident occurred in the vatican, a sentence, the cardinal and the roman catholic church to 5 years in prison. so corruption, 75 year old angelo bet you who was a former advise that the process was convicted of stealing millions of years. the embezzlement charges against bet you and mine, other defendants including finance, he is lawyers, and ex static. an employees centered around the purchase of luxury property in london. his lawyer says he will appeal a sentence. the mayor of q h shaken, i'll fall off, might assume a has died off the 3 years in power. he was 86 come, you know, deal. it takes a look back at his life of the north side, off made as a bed of sue butler to rights for a relatively short time. only since september 2020. by the end of 2021. he found it out most of his duties to his half brother and designated a, my son, i smart, a supervisor. and then now i was involved in the administration and government of to 8 when it gained independence from britain. more than 60 years ago. he was defense minister in exile when to a t tanks, accompanied by allied forces,

while leading midnight mass at saint peter's basilica investigating city, the head of the roman catholic church sides. and i quote tonight a hall. so in bethlehem, where the prince of peace is one small rejected by the few times, a logical full of the clash of homes and even today prevents him from finding room in the world. the thing of the days of the news though, and one of the leading presidential candidates in the democratic republic of congo, says a general election held on wednesday should be a mold or is it can be says that as being massive fraud and the pole of the opposition candidates, civil circles of protests next week delays during wednesdays, election lights and extension. evaluating some service site compromises a credit ability of the balance election results we expect is next week covering so it has more in conjunction the electrical emission state is still compiling the result. it's a very long process, is the result of coming in the territory by territory. there are 26 provinces, seen the d r c. we also know that the voting is still going on in some areas that is in north cu

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> we are just aware of the enormous wrenching pain of the most awful conflicts between the roman catholic churchchurch. and, frankly, the loss of the benedictine world in some respects, here in england. so to be burnishing this together with the archbishop here. we would hope that it would lead to other kinds of communion and other kinds of dialogue. >> in that spirit, the anglican archbishop of canterbury invited his catholic guest to co-lead an evening prayer service, the new bible at its center. ♪ in the front pew, the scribe donald jackson. looking back, he says even as events of our time influenced the artwork, the words themselves influenced the artists. on september 11, 2001, for instance, he happened to be working on an illumination of the prodigal son, the parable of a father's enduring love and forgiveness toward a wayward son. >> bam! the twin towers. it was happening before my eyes. we were stunned, like everybody else in the world >> the twin towers are now part of this biblical illumination. >> as i was burnishing the gold leaf on those two tower blocks, which i inserted into the b

the roman catholic church is a full-fledged part of the western world, but as a part of the west, it own crisis, until today the vatican was rocked by various kinds of scandals for harboring fugitives from justice. nazis to the sexual abuse of children, usually boys, by the catholic priesthood, trying to maintain its influence, the vatican, apparently, is trying to adapt to modern crazy trends, and hence the blessing of transgender people, in the usa they went a little further, they installed a devil’s corner in the christmas canon, a real devil’s corner, look together. with a satanic goat, a pentagram skull, right into the iowa state capitol. the satanic temple, which claims that it doesn't actually believe satan exists, has exhibits all over the country, including an adorable satanic, gender- neutral christmas tree. remove this squalor is impossible. the fact is that the church of satan is recognized as an official religious organization, in the usa - freedom, faith, confession. hence the position of the horn. representatives of the satanic temple organization installed a public ex

christian churches in al-quds to the residence of israeli entity president isaac herzog during the holiday season. among the condemnations was a statement from the pastoral council of the ramala roman catholic melkite church which denounced the meeting saying such meetings do not represent us and are not related to us. targeting christians in gaza as well as in the west bank or occupied el kuts did not begin with the start of the aggression but extends back before that. reference. is made here to the attacks suffered by christian clergy early october prior to the al-aqsa flood battle from assaults by settler groups in al quds involving physical violence and spitting, in addition to attacks by occupation police forces. commenting on this incident at the time, the world council of churches in al-quds stated that christians are facing persecution from zionist israeli extremist groups, criticizing the israeli entity government's silence on the matter and adding, we feel persecuted as christians, and for christianity as a religion in the country, there is israeli jewish persecution that is encouraged either through police negligence or through the statements made by israeli government ministers.