go to rome and say that peter did not make it to rome.peter. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> mary magdalene. the woman tradition calls a sinner but who becomes the most devoted follower of jesus. >> i see mary magdalene as one of the most compelling figures in the entire gospel. >> a witness to the crucifixion and the resurrection, she is one of the most misunderstood women in the bible. >> she was the first christian. >> known as a penitent prostitute, was she, in fact, the wife of jesus? >> there's an air of scandal about this. >> the bible tells us little about mary. is

the upper basilica of san clemente in rome was built at the beginning of the twelfth century . the by centime court liotta is abandoned the christian cross dominates the ordering of the spheres still expresses numba and older but more important is the concentration on the christian visual symbols they signify the opposite of power christ as the holy land the center of his flock. am this is god as the angel of peace among us a full god it's a different pictorial message from those of antiquity all the buys and time empire . around the turn of the millennium the church order as expressed in images went through a profound crisis of increasing worldliness and corruption the authority of the pope and with it the message of salvation through the one church was substantially shaken. the radical return of the liturgy to the original message of salvation took place not initially but in france in a small chapel near only all the founding motifs of that message of salvation are represented on it's by centime or xanax. above two small six winged cherubs two other angels dominate the don't.

the vilified in rome was commissioned by the bank i go in and built by. soon it is seen as the ultimate expression of the high renaissance and with its perspectives hole it features a room of tom boy painting. the walls are covered with scenes from the life of an example of a great book first catches the eye is a writing messenger with flowing cloak in the form of a white fan giving the impression of wings beating the messenger is part of a historical allegorical depiction of the wedding of alexander to the persian princess roxana. at the center alexander appears and hands the princess the crowd the real focus that was the heavenly messenger half and half an archangel gabriel. alexander is typical of the newly awakened interest in mythical historical figures during the sixteenth century the small angels which look like cupid's a borrowed from the pagan classical era. in classical times cupid's when love calls depicted as small boys. the art of christendom. makes them into anonymous angels and and celery figures they reveal the meaning and intention of the

this was a jewish aristocrat who ended up in rome where he was a writer of jewish history. >> were itot for him, we would know very little about ponchos pilate's reign as governor of judea. >> in the time, the provence was ruled from the administrative capital. when pilate arrives here, he would have found a proper roman city befitting the imperial representative of rome. he would have found a manmade harbor complete with a temple to augustus and this beautiful, huge hypodrome where spectators could watch the races while they looked out over the mediterranean. >> according to josephus, ponchos pilate arrived roughly 30 years ago after the birth of jesus. >> pilate was a roman knight, he belonged to the order, the rank of the roman nobility. he would have owed his position in judea to the patronage of the roman emperor, tiberius. >> ponchos pilate was clearly an ambitious chap. he was sent to judea not the appointment of all appointments. he wanted to work his way up. that is the ladder of success. >> he wants to make sure that he maintains law and order because if he does so, he will

state religion of the roman empire at a time when it was already beginning to collapse the city of rome the capital was a civilized metropolis of millions whose standards of living and represented the pinnacle of human history. the roman emperors placed themselves on the same level as the gods even today we talk of their buildings and legacies as monumental which also means overwhelming. different baptists close to the christianity whether it likes it or not is also an add to the roman empire they were temporally contagious the roman empire had a claim to universality to christianity also claimed universality and translated it into the commandment to go into the world and preach the gospel to all creation because the indian. the first images the first pictorial symbols arose alongside the script when the christian or a trees in rome was still hidden underground in the catholic or. these pictures were different from those of pre-christian i'm ticketing and portrayed angels wearing halos instead of winged messengers with laurel reeds but in the beginning there were very few specifically c

. >> she is likely to have left from rome.jerusalem is almost 2,000 miles over land. >> for an elderly lady, helena is in her 70s at this point, this journey is an enormous undertaking. >> it is so unbelievably far away. in the american context, if new york is rome, jerusalem is something like guam or american samoa. >> but by all accounts, helena is a remarkable woman. >> we know only a couple of things about the empress helena. we know that she was christian. and we know that she was a commoner. >> and yet she gets together with a traveling roman and gives birth to the man who will one day become the emperor of rome. >> since its creation in 27 b.c., the roman empire has been ruled by pagans. then, in 312 a.d., helena's son, constantine, has a dramatic change of faith. >> the story goes that on the eve of a great battle outside rome, he has a vision. >> he sees a cross of light in the sky. and he hears a voice that tells him by this, you will conquer. he takes it to mean that by the symbol of the cross and by christianity, h

he's part of a network along with andrea costa, from rome, helping migrants move through europe. herrou says he's temporarily sheltered more than 200 on his farm. he shows me where italy lies, just beyond the mountain. >> ( translated ): and down there, look, there's a policeman watching me. >> reporter: i asked herrou, why police are here? >> ( translated ): to prevent people from arriving here, to prevent them from accessing their rights. >> reporter: herrou helps migrants file asylum requests, and even though french law lets citizens aid migrants on humanitarian grounds, police have repeatedly arrested him for helping them cross the border and stay in france. he blames racism for europe's crackdown on the migrant flow. >> ( translated ): i've been taken into police custody eight times. why? because i've had people in my car who are black, who are minors, who are waiting for the state to take care of them or to make an asylum claim. this is a reality that exists in france. >> reporter: back in rome, the results of the stepped up e.u. enforcement of the dublin regulation are vis

d w news life from pope francis appeals to the world's cultural this christmas of midnight mass in rome he says fight the calls upon the faithful to give immigrants a generous wellcome the pontiff also compares the plight of today's migrants to the biblical figures of mary and joseph also struggled to find shelter and journey also on this program clashes erupted in perugia in the country's ex leader better for the mahdi is prone to the politan for medical reasons protesters called the move an insult to people killed during the former president's decade in power. and is this the most expensive plastic christmas tree in the world some people in serbia certainly think so we find out how it has brought the shelves into political control to see. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a good to have you with us in rome pope francis has used his christmas eve mass to issue a strong defense of immigrants saying that religious faith obliges believers to welcome lycra. it's addressing a huge audience at some peter's basilica he described the desperation felt by those who flee their homel

the news live from pope francis appeals to the world's conscience this christmas at midnight mass in rome he says faith calls upon the faithful to give immigrants a generous well because the pontiff also companions the plight of today's migrants to the biblical figures of mary and joseph who also struggled themselves to find shelter and joining me also on this program. in bethlehem pope francis representative in the holy land calls jerusalem a city of peace and inclusion this is tension seumas over the controversial u.s. decision to recognize the city as israel's capital. and russian opposition leader alexei enough has held rallies across russia to back his bid to run in next year's election he's considered the strongest potential challenger to president putin but a cold conviction may bought him from running. hello and welcome on ems crews to his brigade thanks for joining us in rome pope francis has used his christmas eve mass to issue a strong defense of immigrants saying that religious faith obliges believe is to welcome my currents addressing a huge audience at some pages basilica he

the news live from pope francis appeals to the world's conscience this christmas at midnight mass in rome he says faith calls upon the faithful to give immigrants a generous welcome the pontiff also compares the plight of today's not like roots to the biblical figures of mary and joseph who struggled themselves to find shelter on that journey. also on this program cruz imprisoned former leader better for he modi is granted a pardon on medical grounds but protesters called the move an insult to those killed during his decade in power. and is this the most expensive plastic christmas tree in the world some people in serbia certainly think so we find out why it's branched out into political control the city. of a spring a good to have you with us in rome pope francis has used his christmas eve mass to issue a strong defense of immigrants saying that religious faith obliges believers to welcome my quince addressing a huge audience at some peter's basilica he described the desperation. by those who flee their own land and compared their plight to that of the biblical figures of mary and joseph

news live from the pope francis appeals to the world's conscience this christmas at midnight mass in rome he says faith calls upon believers to give immigrants a generous wellcome the pontiff will take compares the plight of today's migrants to the biblical figures of mary and joseph who struggled themselves to find shelter . on this program the catholic church is top cleric in bethlehem calls jerusalem a city of peace and inclusion this as tensions sadness over the us controversial decision to recognize the city as israel's capital. and russian opposition leader alexei enough has held rallies across russia to back his bid to run in next year's election he's considered the strongest potential challenger to president vladimir putin but a court conviction may bar him from running. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a good to have you with us we begin with breaking news from afghanistan where at least six people have been killed in a blast in the capital kabul officials say it's. suicide bomber blew himself up in a busy square near an office belonging to the national intelligenc

rome and transformed rome. >> you cannot go to rome and say that peter did not make it to rome. rome was forever changed by the life of peter. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> mary magdalene. the woman tradition calls a sinner but who becomes the most devoted follower of jesus. >> i see mary magdalene as one of the most compelling figures in the entire gospel. >> a witness to the crucifixion and the resurrection, she is one of the most misunderstood women in the bible. >> she was the first christian. >> known as a penitent prostitute, was she, in fact, the wife of jesus? >> there's an air of scandal about this. >> the bible tells us little about mary. is it possible that everything we've assumed about her is wrong, and could lost gospels help fill in the missing parts of her story and tell us who really was mary magdalene? ♪ >>> for many christians today, mary magdalene is revered for her compassionate love for jesus. >> i think jesus meant everything to mary. >> she was present at the crucifixion and, most importantly, she was present at the resurrection. she's the fir

rome mock is one of the few medieval towns in which the basic structures have been preserved right through to the present with six hundred buildings and cobbled streets the old town covers a greater area than any other wooden town in will the new york. the varying size of the plots of land is a characteristic feature of the town next to that homes the inhabitants of the past built cowsheds and storehouses today the service saw on what studious. by and large it is thanks to the sense of tradition of its citizens that old rama has remained virtually unchanged ever since the town was rebuilt after the last major fire three hundred years ago. this time and again artists and aki tactics have successfully resisted all attempts to change the mediæval character of the town of. marcus ben says that here he is surrounded by living history it's almost like being in a small village who's in a unity requires no outward boundaries. then newly pays exceptional attention to detail time and again his ideas for renewal and drawn from old established elements. knows everyone here and most of the two hundred

and more instability will go live to rome for analysis. we'll also be finding out how you can enjoy playing football with all the effort say hello to a version of the game. is actually. bring a good to have you with liberia is poised for its first peaceful transition of power in. the form of. a landslide victory in the west african countries presidential runoff liberia is africa's oldest modern. public but its last democratic transfer of power occurred back in one thousand nine hundred forty four the country's people under colony were devastated by a fourteen year civil war that ended in two thousand and three where now succeeds ellen johnson sirleaf as president was his jubilant supporters cheered liberia's new president weps tears of joy i was george weah had waited a long time for this moment i was asked to defeat in previous elections this time he achieved an landslide victory was supporters flooded onto the streets to celebrate the triumph of the rags to riches candidate was sorely missed the guardian is not the kids it was it was the

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you can take that however you would like. [ laughter ] churchhill liked to compare that of rome. writing, thought and speeches. to give you a flavor of this, i would like to throw a few buckets over the side of the boat into the ocean that is churchill studies and examine what we find about this ever present phenomenon in his life and thought. churchill did not just use history like other politicians to stiffen the sinews and summon the blood. he employed it in the body of his argument. he trufl believed that truly. much of his pugnacity that served britain so well in 1940 stemmed directly from the belief that britain had an historical duty to fulfill and they would be betraying their forefathers if they stepped back from it. the chinese demanded the port to be returned to them in the early 1920s, churchill asked the cabinet, why should we melt down our moral capital collected by our forefathers to please a lot of pacifists. i would send a telegram beginning, nothing for nothing and precious little for tottance. he must strive like his predecessors had to be a tremendously import

and in rome, pope francis calls for a negotiated solution to end the conflict between israel and thealestinians. london's euston station opens as a shelter today serving christmas dinner to hundreds of homeless people in the capital. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the queen has paid tribute to manchester and london in her christmas day broadcast, for the way the cities have dealt with terror attacks this year. looking back at 2017, she said their "powerful identities shone through adversity." earlier, she attended the traditional christmas day service at sandringham, along with other members of the royal family, including prince harry and his fiancee meghan markle. here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. it's a day for family, with its own established pattern. for the royal family, that means a visit to church, led by the queen. and there, very much at home already, the royal family's soon—to—be newest member, meghan markle. alert to everything that was going on, and waiting for her cue in terms of royal protocol. a neat curtsey, as the queen left by car. and then wa

and now that we shall begin to decline as babylon, carthage, rome declined. do not believe these croakers but give the lie to their dismal croaking by sharing by our actions the vigor and vitality of our races unimpaired." i'm not going to do a churchill voice because kevin did that. you can take that however you like. [ laughter ] he liked to -- churchill liked to compare the british empire to that of rome. it gave context and induced pride in his audiences especially as the comparison was almost always made to the advantages of the former. history was a mainstay of his writing, thought and speeches, and to give you a flavor this i would like to throw a few buckets over the side of the boat into the ocean that is churchill studies and examine what we find about this ever-present phenomenon in his life and thought. churchill didn't just use history in his perorations like other politicians in order to stiffen the sinews and summon up the blood. instead he embodied it in his arguments because he truly believed they had a duty to continue britain's work which h

isis videos have made similar threats on the pope, declaring" we will be in rome."t's gotten these visitors on edge. >> i guess i'd be worried about a car coming through. >> i appreciate the security measures, because you never know what can happen, right? >> reporter: stefano dambruoso is an expert on counterterrorism, and a member of the italian parliament. >> ( translated ): without a doubt, we're well aware that having the vatican here in our country's capital raises the danger of islamist terror attacks. to prevent that we've heightened cooperation between law enforcement and secret services. >> reporter: they've also built barricades preventing vehicles from approaching monuments and tightened security around sensitive targets. >> you got a knife inside? >> reporter: ...none more sensitive than pope francis. while the faithful are seeing this... >> spirito santo, amen. >> reporter: ...italian police are seeing this, the command center for vatican security, surveilling every inch of st peter's square and the surrounding area. so these are the eyes on all of the

. >> no christmas cheer, only christmas jeer in rome.he city's $50,000 christmas tree has been nicknamed -- it means "threadbare" or "balding." this is what the tree looked like when it was put up. what would a user has likened it to a toilet brush -- one twitter user has likened it to a toilet brush. the 20 meter tree may have been tampered with or sabotaged on its way from importer forest near austria. some say it is a metaphor for the decaying state of rome. the mayor has come under criticism -- there's even a brand of men's hair product that got in on the action. don't end up like the tree. rome was the unfortunate recipient of last year's terrible christmas tree. it was named the ugliest treat in the world -- tree in the world. >> maybe it just needs a little love. you can get a closer look at the press review on the website. bbc.cofrance24.com. boutique known as the coolest shop in paris is closing its doors. stay tuned. ♪ [music] announcer: this is the fastest growing mega city on earth. some people have been here for years, other

he liked to compare the british empire to rome. it gave prize especially as the comparison was almost always made to the advantages of the former. history was a main stay of his writing, thought and speeches. and to give you a flavor of this, i'd like to throw a few buckets into the ocean that is churchill studies and examine what we find about this ever present phenomenon in his life and thought. he didn't just use history like other politicians in order to stiffen this and summon up the blood. instead he employed it in the body of his argument. he believed his generation had a duty to continue britain's work, which he saw hin had classically wiggish way of every progress and sphere. much of the tenacity that spurred britain so well, stemmed from this belief that britain had a historical duty to fulfill and that they would be betraying their forefathers with they stepped back from it. and when they -- churchill asked the cabinet, why should we meltdown our moral capitol to please a lot of pasfsts? i have would begin precious littl

so what's up, rome?at's like in a central, focal part of rome. >> yeah. >> and there you have this -- >> charlie brown. >> charlie brown. an investigation is under way. >> i bet there should be. >>> okay. well a little far from there in london now, there's the opposite of being in the christmas spirit. these people are my kinfolks. they are my kindred spirits. in london, they have created the rage room. >> oh. >> if you despise christmas. if you hate all that there is about christmas. if all i want for christmas comes on the radio and you want to pull both of your hair follicles out, this is a place for you. >> oh. >> you can go into this room, pay, and just beat the living crap out of a christmas tree, all of the, the ornaments. >> may >> get the rage out. >> maybe that's what happened to the roman christmas tree, or maybe that's what they should do with it. people can carry out their rage directly on the tree. >> that looks like fun, right? >> i kind of want to try it, just not at a relative's house. w

my grandmother was a painter i watched her making about pictures of in rome. that was the environment i grew up in and maybe genes and the family do play a role that we need. influx of i mean that it will work calls that. growing up in rome baba yaga was always fascinated by art she has also learned the skills of curating an exhibition her entire life revolves around art and religion. she is currently working on an exhibition about the history of catholicism in korea the vatican took an exhibition to solve this is its counterpart most of the objects of being exhibited outside korea for the first time. is complementing them with items from the vatican's own collections. yatta would like to see more international exhibitions held especially shows that have relevance to the vatican's collections she says she'd even be prepared to loan out more of the vatican's treasures. almost but i salute you and your new single but it will be there that what i mean is that they will have an exhibition is more than just a collection of art orks every loaned item involves work w

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amidst the ruins of rome new churches were built and the ancient roman buildings repurposed by christians the pictorial canon over a van and made itself felt in some time and trust of adding the larger the church was the more imagery could be depicted. here for the first time mary was depicted directly alongside jesus christ as his companion the mosaic still expresses representation directly but the angels are

. >> cnn's senior vatican analyst john allen joins us from rome where the sun is setting.beautiful shot of the day. thank you so much for joining me. talk to me about the politics and the topics about politics that the pope brought up. >> reporter: hi there, dana. first of all, merry christmas to you and yours on what has been, it has to be said, a pretty gorgeous day here in rome. as you heard, the pope's focus was not so much on the scenery here in rome today, it was on the global scene. and there he seemed to find more shadows than light. he began with jerusalem, in light of president trump's recent decision to relocate the american embassy in israel. there is of course great fear there, fear of a wider conflict. the pope prayed for peace and reiterated the vatican's longstanding support for a two-state solution there. from there he touched on myanmar, a country he visited in late november. he called for the greater respect for dignity of minorities, pointedly without using the word "rohingya," i word he also steered clear of when he was in the country, in response to t

and in rome, pope francis calls for a negotiated solution to end the conflict between israel and the palestinians. euston station in london opened as a shelter today to serve christmas dinner to hundreds of homeless people in the capital. in halfan

national election for president sergio much of that lughnasadh parliament will bring you the latest from rome. and carnage in kabul multiple blasts rocks the afghan capital a suicide attack on a shia cultural center and the media outlet killed. i'm sara han and welcome to the show former soccer star george weah has won liberia's presidential election provisional results show we had taking about sixty one percent of the vote to defeat vice president tells us. we have supporters in the capital city of monrovia at the cheering his victory the fifty one year old reece warnin next month in was said to be the country's first democratic transition in more than seventeen years. correspondent evelyn pot a sikh is in monrovia forest evelyn why do you think people in liberia voted for. well the language since the campaign has been a change sheet from a units of parts of government to in new governance that has been in one way to since the start of the company days the need to change the unity of parties so it has really been a trouble for vice president yourself so that is the online factor not another

elections set for march next year analysts are predicting a hung parliament and more instability to go to rome for analysis of the situation . hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a thanks for joining us liberia is poised for its first peaceful transition of power in over seventy years that's off to form a soccer star george weah won a landslide victory in the west african countries presidential runoff liberia is africa's oldest modern republic but its last democratic transfer of power came in one thousand nine hundred forty four the country was devastated you'll remember by a fourteen year civil war that ended in two thousand and three. to the cheers of jubilant supporters liberia's new president tears of joy. george weah has waited a long time for this moment after past election defeats this time he's won a landslide victory. supporters on the streets celebrate the triumph of the rags to riches candidate at. the ohio certainly the korean is not a ticket to own up to it but it is their mandate to override such a charge a reality president the often not the real the he. has long bee

for more we're joined from the phone from rome.st update us. what is likely to happen today? are we seeing parliament dissolved as we were expecting? john: yes, talking to a senior president and the head of state should be involving parliament after meeting gentiloni and both speakers of parliament and firing the starting gun for the election campaign which then would start basically immediately and so we have two months to look forward to. nejra: and we're expecting the election to take place either march 4 or 11. just give us a flavor of what the campaign in the few weeks ahead might look like? john: right. basically be quite a virulent one. we have the populist anti-establishment five star movement against the establishment parties but they are also playing the populist card and adopting some of five star's policies including a minimum income as universal citizens income and we'll see that and also see five star tapping into the anger of the italian voters, the anger against the political class whom they believe has failed them

seth doane is in rome where the tree is losing its needles very fast. morning. rome is decked out for the holidaying with lights and decorations everywhere, but at the center of it all in this rather magnificent location is that rather sad tree brought in from north italy. romans who have a good knack for giving it a good nickname gave it an italian name for mangy, threadbare. there it stands looking a little like a tree neighbors should have taken down weeks ago, tomaso stegagno said it's full of problems. >> it's a sad tree and it's world wide. >> everybody knows about it. >> everybody knows it it. >> reporter: yes. spelacchio has been red cool and bullied online. it's been likened to a toilet brus. it now has a twitter account. when they compare the tree to others in washington, d.c. or new york city, it is a tad reminiscent of this. >> what a tree. >> reporter: as if to rub it in, just down the street, the in front of st. peter's. >> reporter: whithis is kind of like coming to the cemetery. >> yes. >> reporter: fabrizio depascale brought it flowers.

in rome, pope francis called for an end to the suffering of children, and for peace in the middle east the bbc‘s religion editor martin bashir reports. bright sunshine lit up the basilica in st peter's square. but pope francis chose to focus his christmas day message on how conflict and oppression are casting a dark shadow over the world. he said that christmas makes us focus on the christ child, and thereby pay attention to the sufferings of children, particularly in the holy land. "we seejesus in the children of the middle east," he said, "who continue to suffer because of growing tensions between israelis and palestinians." "on this festive day, let us ask the lord for peace forjerusalem." the anglican archbishop in jerusalem, the most reverend suhail dawani, said that christ himself wept over the city 2,000 years ago, and, with donald trump's decision to officially recognisejerusalem as the capital of israel, that grief continues. when he wept at that time, he wept for the absence of peace and love in the life of people who live here. i'm afraid that our lord jesus is really still

a certain man named judas led a rebellion against both rome and the sons of herrod. he entered into the city, breaking into the armory, stealing all the weapons, and arming his men. >> jchl judas the galilee was a famous rebel against rome who insisted that the empire had no proper right to be ruling israel. >> we know about judas' revolt. it is written about in historical documents. >> here was a native jew who could be king over judea, a new messiah that jews wanted to support. >> today we could not imagine someone going up against a force such as the roman empire in that way. but in judas' time, the romans have not been in israel very long, relatively speaking. >> for a while it may have looked like the rebellion would have been successful. but then the romans have 15,000 troops down into syria into sephorous to squash the rebellion. >> i think it would be terrifying to face the roman army. you would know that they were there to utterly destroy you. >> judas was hopelessly outclassed in military terms by the romans. >> i have a feeling after those first few jewish

the foreign minister and myself are going to closely interaction orally with a role but also with rome once these plans are ready for implementation to do so not for i mean. there's no chance so there speaking class pumpers is covering the story for us in vienna and philip zhan joins us now from the italian capital or rome good evening gentlemen i want to start off with you klaus i mean it's kind of a little bit mind boggling that the austrian government thought this was top of the list that they want to tackle such a controversial and historically delicate subject. of course it's not on top of the list really incorporates there's a page so it's really and it's due to the fact that the writing of it is read in the it's not member of this coalition planes adama citizenship was us europeans already in two thousand and nine so. it is now in this treaty and i think a medical students see clearly what will is due to the italian government think the problems based already today you're trying to downplay and see how it really goes on in the future because of their period that it is right well

pope francis has held midnight mass in rome. st peter's basilica. his sermon included a condemnation of human traffickers who were described as modern day herods. meanwhile pilgrims are celebrating midnight mass, in bethlehem. this year's celebration takes place amid rising tensions in the region following the us decision to recognisejerusalem as israel's capital earlier this month. our religion editor martin bashir is in manger square for us. is there something of a different atmosphere there this year? despite the inclement weather as you can see, there are no spaces in the queues of the church of the nativity behind me and the midnight mass which started a few minutes' ago. the reality is that donald trump was my decision to officially recognise jerusalem as the capital city of israel which provoked clashes, has had a stark effect across the city. many of the hotels which are generally oversubscribed are currently closed and empty. traders complain ofa currently closed and empty. traders complain of a lack of business and the

the pope's emissary went back to rome without granting an annulment to the marriage.eople sometimes forget what a setback this was for henry. he'd achieved absolutely nothing, apart from being publicly humiliated by his wife, and i think that this was catherine's defining moment. she used her passion and her intelligence to defend her marriage, and she won the battle to hold on to her crown, at least for now. henry will defy the church to marry anne boleyn... anne: the entire kingdom harbors hatred towards me. worsley: but it won't be long before he begins to stray once more. anne boleyn is not one to turn a blind eye and decides to take on the king of england... if something were to happen to the king, you'd look to marry me. worsley: but anne miscalculates, with dreadful consequences. all this for so little a neck. announcers: "secrets of the six wives" is available on dvd. to order, visit shoppbs.org or call 1-800-play-pbs. also available on itunes. this program was made possible in part by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ you'r

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in rome, canterbury and here in jerusalem, it's not gin!erbury and here injerusalem, christian leaders have taken the opportunity of this day to challenge the wisdom of this day to challenge the wisdom of the world, that they say puts power before people and has failed to protect the most vulnerable members of society, our children. almost 200,000 people are currently serving as part of the uk armed forces. for many on foreign deployments, it means christmas away from loved ones. yesterday, bbc news visited one military base in iraq as troops prepared to spend today farfrom home. dan johnson reports. i'm not going to pretend that it's not difficult to be in iraq over christmas. of all the families apart this christmas, these are amongst the furthest away for the longest amount of time. this is my first christmas away from home in the army, and to be honest, i'm here with the lads, i'm here with my guys, here with my friends. so, yeah, it's not with the family, but it's quite good. as you can see, it's a good atmosphere. so, yeah, it's good

he is currently standing on the central balcony of the saint peters basilica and if i know rome well,respondent, there will be hundreds of people in the square listening to this address. another tradition in the catholic world, speaking to1.5 tradition in the catholic world, speaking to 1.5 billion catholics around the world. it is a papal address and an apostolic blessing and he will read it initially, i would think, in italian and then there will be other languages, as well. if you are wanting to watch this address, you can pick it up on...i this address, you can pick it up on... i understand you can watch it on... i understand you can watch it on youtube on vatican tv. it is broadcast on vatican television and also on european broadcasting, they ta ke also on european broadcasting, they take it lives. there you see the impressive sight, the central balcony, as pope francis delivers his speech. last night, he gave the late mass inside the basilica. he spoke about the plight of migrants around the world. at times he's come in opposition against world politicians. he's spoken out on b