ramifications and violence after. the death and resurrection of jesus christ are the central tenets of the christian faith. for two thousand years the symbol of the cross has pointed to this religious mystery. you see it everywhere in the christian world. it is just. splayed on graves it is a trademark and an ornament. it crowns the highest mountains. yet people have always viewed the cross with revulsion and as a contradiction for the crucifixion combines two seemingly irreconcilable entities cruelty and our yearning for the divine. get out of i associate grace thanksgiving and or with the cross and of course he's going to have you for but i have i'm david and feelings about researchers are not religious so it doesn't speak to me as strict charge people thought i know the meaning of the cross but i just view it as a somewhat void good for me the main issue for me was how to get across a structure and my intention is simply to make this subject accessible to none of us really know what it's like a all what it isn't like the east or the mission is dismissed me i didn't. want to glide

break, please rejoin us to delve more deeply into the resurrection of christ. >>> hello. welcome to mosaic. with me is father john bottcher. thank you for joining us. you have a fantastic resume'. you have more abbreviations after your name than most people. he is a biblicist, a scholar of the body but a physicist and first and physicist. you began, it says with a b.a. in physics at cal and worked in the semi conductor industry in palo alto. i think that was when you experienced the conversion to catholicism. can you tell us about that? >> actually it started in the last year of mistake at berkeley. i studied physics there with an idea to applied physics working on semi conductors and that sort of thing. i had statistics classes and so on about interpretation of data. i went on this hitch hiking trip. i had been raised catholic and then i drifted off in high school. six years later, i went hitch hiking out of berkeley like i did for recreation. three people on the brief hitch hiking trip talked to me about jesus christ. i believe there is a god out there somewhere, maybe like the fo

through jesus christ our lord. amen. shall he live and who shall live in and believeth in me shall never die. i know that my redeemer lives ath and that he will stand the latter day upon the earth. though this body be destroyed, shall i see god, i shall see for myself. hold, andshall the not as a stranger. for none of us live upon themselves. no man dies by himself. if we live with love and the lord kagan if we die we dined the lord. we are the lord's. blessed are the dead who die in the lord, even so say the spirit. will they rest from their labors. the lord be with you. remaining standing let us pray. oh god whose mercies cannot be numbered, accept our prayers on behalf of of thy servant barbara pierce bush. barbara an entranced and to the land of light and joy in the fellowship of our saints through jesus christ, who live , one governor never. i meant. please be seated for the lessons. >> a reading from ecclesiastes. for everything there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven. a time to be born in a time to die. a time to plant and a time to pluck up what is plante

them, and give them peace through jesus christ our lord. amen. [no audio] >> i am the resurrection and the loris -- life says the lord. who shall believeth in me shall never die. i know that my redeemer lives lieth, and though this body be destroyed i shall see for myself in mine eyes shall stranger.not as a for none of us to himself and no man dies to himself but if we live we live on two. lorde and if we die we die unto the lord. lords.the save thein the lord so spirit for they rest from their labors. the lord be with you. pray. oh god his mercies cannot be numbered except our prayers on behalf of thy servant, barbara pierce bush, and grant barbara and entrance into the land of light and joy through jesus christ our son, reign of with the with the holy spirit one god now and forever amen. please be seated for the lessons. >> a reading. for everything there is a season and a time for every under heaven. a time to be born and a time to die. a time to pluck up what is planted. a time to kill and a time to heal, time to break down. a time to weep and a time to last, time to mourn. an

>> give them peace through jesus christ, our lord barrett amen. -- our lord. amen. [no audio] >> and the lights in the lord, he that believeth in me emma though he were dead so shall he live. he who shall believeth in me, shall never die. redeemer limy body may though this be destroyed, i shall see god and my eyes shall behold and not as a stranger. for none of us liveth to himself to himself.n dieth if we die, we die into the lord. whether we live or die, we are the lord's. dead who die in the lord even so say the spirit, will they rest from their labors. you, and forith those standing, let us pray. oh god, whose mercies could not be numbered, except our prayers on behalf of our servant -- acc ept our prayers on behalf of our servant, barbara bush, and grantor axis into the land of joy. by jesus christ to live and reign in the holy spirit. one god, now and forever, amen. please be seated for the lessons. >> a reading from ecclesiastes. for everything, there is a season and a time for every matter under had been -- under heaven. a time to be born, a time to die, a time to plant, and a ti

christians became an apostle who spread the gospel of christ can be found on the road to. damascus. cosey near damascus on his journey suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him he fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him saul saul why do you persecute me. this is how saul's conversion is described in the act of the apostles. economic as pawns for damascus and i believe that paul had a deeply existential experience on the road to damascus it's cup herson all experience that's how he encountered christ and that's what made him change his life radically and it wasn't because of some medical phenomena something incidental experience some random association but because of something that touched him existentially he's existence had the toughness. cause whatever happened on the road to damascus paul was now convinced god had chosen him to go out into the world and speak to all people. actually an impossible mission and a dangerous one. immediately after his damascus experience paul is said to have visited the christian community in jerusalem. there he was notorious as a persecutor o

cannot be an incarnate christ, a god who becomes flesh to dwell among us. that is an impossibility. why? because god has nothing to do with this world. because an incarnation would be a fable. a soft deist would take a similar position. they would say, we cannot believe in a divine christ. you can see at two critical points, they are alike. even though they are distinct in other ways. how might we see some individuals representing these two schools? thomas payne, in his early years, a great patriot becomes a hardened deist in the midst of the french revolution. he takes on that radical view. thomas jefferson, our great american hero, one of the co-writers of the declaration of independence, president, he actually would identify himself in might we might call a soft day is position -- soft deist position. in his day it would because unitarianism. today unitarians might not even fit into the soft deism category. we do not want to lump thomas payne and thomas jefferson together. they are similar but different. the question is, are we going to identify washington in one of these two ca

holy gospel of our lord jesus christ according to john. to the lord. >> jesus said, everything that will come toves me me and anyone who comes to me, i i havever drive away for come down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. the will of him who sent me. lose nothing of all that he has given me. on the last up day. will of my ed the father that all who see the sun and believe in him may have eternal life. and i will raise them up on the last day. the gospel of the lord. >> praise to you, lord, jesus christ. the loamazing grace ♪ >> it's hard to think about life ithout that force of nature that was our special friend was barbara bush. she was smart, strong, fun and feisty. even sometimes making the headlines she regretted. the world saw that and like we did, they admired and loved her for it. a remarkable and selfless companion to her beloved husband george. it was extraordinary how she rambunctious household in 29 different homes in 17 cities. at the same time, she fully amazing ted in his career including too many political campaigns to count. from tim

peace throughthem jesus christ our lord. >> by the resurrection and the life saved the lord. he shall believe in me and shall never die -- you shall believe in me shall never die. redeemer lives with -- lives. and though this body be destroyed, until i see god i shall see for myself and my eyes behold andd -- shall not as a stranger. test liveslive with to himself or die unto himself. whether we live or die, we are the lord's. blessed are the dead who die in the war -- die in the lord. the lord be with you. oh god whose mercies cannot be numbered, accept our prayers on behalf of thy servant, barbara pierce bush, and grant her entrance into the land of flight and joy in fellowship of our state -- fellowship of our in the holyive spirit with our god, now and forever. please be seated for the lessons. >> for everything there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven. and a time tot pluck up what is planted. break to heal, a time to down, and a time to build up. a time to mourn and a time to dance. a time to throw away stones and a time to gather stones together. a time t

to moscow and a midnight eastern liturgy is now underway at the cathedral of christ the savior in the heart of the russian capital let's head over now to religious historian surrogate broun in artie's daniel bushell who bring live commentary on events. on white. rice krispies right reason. traditionally the shape of a truncated pyramid. of christ and on the past. is small cake are often carved across and on the russian letters h v which you will see in many places during all seasons thoughts of us christ is risen christ deedes of us and. no was who we just saw of the president of russia vladimir putin standing with the prime minister and the mayor of moscow and here the ultra you know they're close to us. quite an important tradition that you know in the state were in a country where christians were persecuted and witnessed one of the worst genocides in history under alone and under stalin under communism that representatives of the state come to the cathedral during the mean with events and you know it's quite interesting that in the past years we began seeing this tradition in e

christ. not something she wore on her shoulder. just something very personal and very real. she simply confirmed what we believe, what we read in the lesson from second core rinthia that we live by our faith and there are things we don't see. as paul wrote, even on days like today we don't lose heart. yes, barbara's health declined. as we just heard, though our outward nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed every day. for what is mortal, paul writes, by the grace and mercy of god is swallowed up by life. we find barbara's jesus in the gospel lesson. jesus, who said all who come to me will be welcomed. her jesus offers the hope that life here, when it comes to its natural close, is changed not ended. some books have no true ending. some offer an epilogue. a hint to imagine what rests beyond the closing chapter. can we imagine this day. a reunion with her parents? with your parents, sir? and with your dear robin, together again? my guess is she's already hunted down jane austen and has said, well, how did things turn out with mr. darcy and elizabeth bennett? or

america's pastor. reverend graham: religion without a personal encounter with jesus christ will not save the soul it not bring the pc were so longing for. for god'sre serving religion and not finding it. you got to know price for christ for yourself, and life takes on a purpose and there is a sense of forgiveness joy ofr sins and a glory. officials is daddy's office at the training center at the cove. the never actually used this as an office, if you want, but he would meet important people here, and they would come to the cove. delegations from foreign countries or things like that, he would bring them up here to meet them. but he had some favorite things, and this this probably many of the family's favorite pictures that someone did, daddy sowing d of thes, the see gospel. the family has a private joke that behind there is a man plowing, and my dad had a brother, and he stayed by the farm. they would say that is billy sowing the seed, and i am sowing the manure. that is the family to appear at we love that because it shows that a sowing the seed of the gospel all over the world. i am g

christ. not something she wore on her shoulder, just something very personal and very real. she simply confirmed what we believe, what we read in the lesson from 2nd corinthians, that we live not by what we see, but by our faith and those things that we don't see. so as paul wrote, even on days like today, we don't lose heart. yes, barbara's health declined, but as we just heard, the outward nature is wasting away. our innernature is being renewed every day for what is mortal, paul writes. by the grace and mercy of god is swallowed up by life. we find barbara's jesus in the gospel lesson. a jesus who says, all, all who come to me will be welcomed. her jesus offers the hope that life here, when it comes to its natural close is changed, not ended. some books have no true ending. some offer an epilogue. a hint, to imagine what rests beyond the closing chapter. can we imagine this day? a reunion with her parents. with your parents, sir. and with your dear robin, together again. my guess is she's already hunted down jane austen and has said, well, how did things turn out you with mr.

upon them and give peace through jesus christ our lord. amen. amen. and the light sayeth the lord. yet shall we live and whoever live and believeth in me shall never die. i know that my redeemer liveth and that he shall stand at the latter day of the earth and though the body be destroyed and so i shall see god and i shall see for myself and mine eyes shall behold and not as a stranger. for none of us liveth to himself and know man dieth to himself for if we live, we live unto the lord and if we die, we do unto the lord. whether we live there ffore or die, we are the lord. blessed are the dead who die in the lord say say the spirit for they rest from their labors. the lord be with you. remaining standing, let us pray. oh, god whose mercies cannot be numbered prayers on behalf of thy servant barbara pierce bush and grant barbara into the land of light and joy and the fellowship of thy saints through jesus christ our son and lord who liveth and reign with thee in one spirit under god, amen. please be seated for the lessons. lessons. >> a read frinreading, there's r every season and

our invitation and said they were convinced and trust in christ. look, i wanted to preach this message to show people you don't have to commit intellectual suicide to become a christian. the christian faith is not built on hopeful fantasy. it's built on historical fact. and the central fact it's built on is the resurrection of jesus christ from the dead. so i looked at evidence outside of the bible that argues for a resurrection. >> why not scripture or a picture of a cross drenched in sunlight. why did you choose a controversial slogan with a whiff of politics to spread the word? >> there's no politic to this. remember, it was the american atheist association a few years ago that said that the birth of christ was fake news and put that on billboards. i wanted to counter that today. the fact is, we need to know that there's evidence for the resurrection. let me just briefly, arthel, share two of the things i shared with the congregation today. i talked first of all about the early acceptance of the resurrection message. just manage three days after ronald reagan's funeral there was a r

a light that i have found that lives inside me and i found it through jesus christ and my relationship with him has developed over the years. i grew up in a christ change family when we spent the night out with friends our parents took us to our own church. it's about all of those things you mentioned, faith, family, and community. i never heard of having a relationship with christ. when i was in college and i went to a fraternity party and i looked around the room and was sick of what my life become. i had a lot of fun in college and wrote about that in the book and talked about how god changed my life. i was looking around and said there has to be more. i'm sick of living this way. i feel like i'm wasting my tame. i have great strong christian friends. several of my friends that i was in college with. i had 1 foot in bible study and the fraternity party. i was having a lot of fun. i'm not saying when you become a christian you can't have funny more but i have to learn to rely on god and not myself. there was avoid in my heart and i couldn't figure out what it was. god th

, lift up you're countenance upon them and give them peace through jesus christ our lord. amen. >> with the resurrection and the life save the lord be there the believer in me though he were dead yet shall he live. and he who sees the liveth and believer in me shall die. i know the liveth that he shall stand by body on earth though this body is destroyed that i shall see god and thyne eyes shale behold and not as a stranger. for none of us liveth up to himself and nay a man die to himself. for if we live, we live unto the lord. if we die, we die unto the lord. whether we live or therefore die, we are the lord's. blessed are the dead who die in the lord. even so save the spirit for they rest from their labors. the lord be with you. >> and with your spirit. >> for many standing. let us pray. oh, god whose mercies cannot be numbered, accept our prayers on behalf of thy servant barbara pierce bush. and grant barbara an entrance into the land of light and joy and fellowship of our saints through jesus christ our son, lord who liveth and reign with these in the holy spirit one ga god

, give us peace through jesus christ, our lord, amen. [ silence ] [ silence ] >> i am the resurrection and the life, saith the lord. he that beleaveth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. i know that my redeeper liveth. and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. and though this body be destroyed, yet shall i see god. whom i shall see for myself. and mine eyes shall behold. and not as a stranger. for none of us liveth to himself. and no man dieth to himself. for if we live, we live unto the lord. and if we die, we die unto the lord. whether we live, therefore, or die, we are the lord's. blessed are the dead who die in the lord, even so saith the spirit, for they rest from their labors. >> the lord be with you. >> and with thy spirit. >> remaining standing, let us pray. o god whose mercies cannot be numbered, accept our prays on behalf of thy servant barbara pierce bush, and grant barbara an entrance into the land of light and joy in thefuloship of thy saints, three justice sus christ, thy son

counseling. it was an interfaith couple and when they came in they asked if the christ candle could be removed from the sanctuary. i was any naive seminary self and i was appalled. i look back and i realize it's a question of identity. how do we really see ourselves as christians and what matters. >> yes. >> does that christ candle matter to take it out or leave it there. what does that all mean? questions of that, like who we really are. >> that's right. >> we didn't have to used to ask those questions, this is what we did. i don't want to say we lived in a christian nation but sometimes we academy like we did and we can't do that any more. and we need to pay attention to who am i in the mix of all the other traditions around me. >> it's important questions. i find the more i learn about other traditions. >> yep. >> the more an appreciate about my own. >> well let's come back to that, exactly what you appreciate about your own tradition in this conversation when we come back to mosaic after this break. [incoming text sound effect] [keyboard tapping in rhythm] [seat belt alarm chiming,

who was with king at the time of his shooting. the american church of christ cohosted this event. >> the church of god and christ has asked me to welcome you to the 2018 mountaintop commemoration with a special musical performance by judas mcallister and the southwest high school choir. ♪ somedayll overcome down in my heart i do overcome, weall shall, we shall overcome someday ♪ we shall overcome ♪ we shall overcome ♪ we shall overcome some day heart i do believe we shall overcome my brothers and sisters, we have gathered tonight to celebrate our glorious future and we must stand together under the banner to keep fighting and keep marching and declaring the truth until all of us have overcome. ♪ down in my heart, i do believe. we shall, we shall, we shall overcome. ♪ if you believe that we shall overcome, let's rejoice. put your hands together. let's think at -- let's sing it. ♪ we shall overcome. we shall, we shall overcome. ♪ lift your voice. shall, we shall overcome. we shall, we shall overcome. we shall, we shall overcome. we shall, we shall overcome. overcome

position. they would say -- we cannot believe in a divine christ. you can see at two critical points, they are alike. even though they are distinct in other ways. how might we see some individuals representing these two schools? thomas payne, in his early years, a great patriot becomes a hardened deist in the midst of the french revolution. he takes on the radical view. and thomas jefferson, our great american hero, one of the co-writers of the declaration of independence and a president, he would identify himself in what we might call a soft deist position. in his day, it would be called a unitarian. unitarians may today not even fit into the soft deism category. we do not want to lump them together. they are similar but different. the question is, are we going to identify washington in one of these two categories? and is this not the uniform expression that we hear from scholarship, the media, people that are debating things in the political realm -- we will often hear that our founders were deists. they were all deists. we find that in all circles of discussion. that is basically

in the death of christ, my god all the vain things that charm me most i sacrifice them to his blood see from his head, his hands, his feet sorrow and love flow mingled down did e'er such love and sorrow meet or thorns compose so rich a crown? ♪ rev. abernathy: let us bow our heads in a moment of solemn utterance. eternal and everlasting god our father, the height of our aspirations, the depth of our existence, thou who art the giver and sustainer of life, from whom all things have come, and to whom all things shall return, we beseech thy comforting presence in this hour of deepest bereavement. for our hearts are heavily laden with sorrow and remorse at the removal of one of history's truest representatives of thy will and purpose for mankind. while we pray for comfort, we pray for wisdom to guide our thoughts aright at this hour. we hold god in our limited vision and cannot begin to comprehend the true significance of this tragic occurrence. so we raised the perennial question of job, why? as we wait for the moment, we know he had no fear of death. help us to find consolation in t

christ the cross. the same christ rose up and fixed history in the ad and bc so that the light of caesar will -- the light of jesus would not be defeated. christ will rise again. i am convinced that if we succumb to the temptation, unborn generations will be the recipients of a long and definite night of bitterness and our legacy to them would be a never ending reign of chaos, and martin prehed a voice echoing throh the corridors of te, intemperate peter put up thy sword. jesus said he who fight us -- fighteth by the sword will perish by the sword. history is cluttered with the wreckage of peoples and of nations that failed to follow christ's commands. and he preached again. at times, we need to know that the lord is a god of justice. when slumbering giants of injustice emerge, we need to know that there is a god of power who can cut them down like the grass and leave them withering like the earth. when our tireless efforts failed to stop this sweep of oppression, we need to know that in this universe is a god whose strength confronts the wickedness of man. there are also times wh

campus crusade for christ. it's great to see stephanie at dr. graham's funeral as she was serving him. stephanie is legendary. she is highly competent, fiercely loyal and unflappable. i said several times that dr. graham was a great man because he was faithful to the mission that god had given to him. the same can be said of stephanie wills. she has been a faithful servant of jesus christ, playing a quiet, yet enormous role in sharing the gospel around the world through her dedicated and tireless support of god's servant, dr. billy graham. well done, stephanie. a wonderful servant of god. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, in illinois' 10th district, one doesn't have to look far to see america's strength and advanced 21st century manufacturing. in fact, my district has the

the miracle at the wedding feast at qana when christ turned water into wine. these regular strokes of the bell usher in finland's greatest annual festival the twenty fourth of june is midsummer and the feast of st john exactly six months separate the birth of st john the baptist and the birth of christ the two christian feast days are closely linked to the summer and winter solstice says from june the days begin to shorten from december to lengthen again midsummer's day the saying goes brings a blessing for the land and livestock and promises a good harvest. the day of the summer solstice is a day of festivities throughout the country the congregation of petit of a.z. marks the occasion of the service singing hymns and reciting poems in praise of the summer the age old verses betray a robust pride in the homeland more. time forest skirted by meadows birch trees flowers on the highlands wild strawberries great lakes of clear water. warm july not give thanks to have been born in the heart of finland the dawn of life broke here and here let my grave be to. morrow. i shall long for it all

christian artist depicts christ and the apostles eating in care food at the last supper roast guinea pig and local fruit. all the or. the or the virgin mary said is portrayed with indian features. all on. the black jesus on the side altar is almost as the city's patron. the faithful believe he rescued the city from total destruction during the seventeenth century when an earthquake devastated large parts of the city. the inhabitants took the black jesus from his altar and stood him for three days in front of the cathedral there were no further tremors and no more damage deliverance which is still commemorated by an annual procession. the people of presume the indian aspects of their village all city alongside the christians to this day every year representatives of the surrounding towns and villages come to cusco to celebrate the feast of the earth mother still venerated as a fertility goddess by the catch why india was. the first of all brings the old legends back to life some remember monk look up at the ancestor of all the intel's and legendary founder of cusco who was made by. the go

online at c-span.org. >> the church of god and christ has asked me to welcome you to the 2018 mountaintop commemoration with a special musical performance by judas mcallister and the south went high school choir. ♪ >> have gathered tonight to celebrate and stand together under the banner of unity ticket fighting and declaring the truth until all of us have overcome. ♪ heart, i do believe. shall, we shall overcome. ♪ let's rejoice. put your hands together. ♪ we shall overcome. we shall overcome. ♪ yes, we will, yes, we will. overcome.we shall we shall, we shall overcome. yes, we will. yes, we will. that we will. that we will. yes we will. do believe,eart, i that we shall, we shall, we shall, weshall, we we shall shall, overcome. ♪ [applause] ♪ yes we will. overcome. ♪ we will. ♪ [applause] he is the presiding pentecostal for the world incorporated, please welcome the ship charles emmis. [applause] >> greetings brothers and sisters. if you would join hands with somebody. never underestimate the power of connection and the power of our touch. god, we acknowledge

again tonight after jesus christ superstar. >>> still ahead, easter at the vatican. the message the pope had on this easter sunday. >>> and lots of sunshine for easter around the bay area. 72 degrees right now. and while the workweek begins with spring like weather, later on tracking the return of rain. details and the time line when we come back. po >>> pope frances called for peace. mentioning syria, gaza and. >> reporter: pope frances, the messenger of hope on the global stage calling for peace. 80,000 worshippers around the globe attended mass. the pope calling for the need to end the carnage in syria demanding that aid be delivered to the needy. the pope said he hoped that mutual respect would prevail over pro visions. he also celebrated newcomers to the faith this easter including a nigeria immigrant. his actions urging. the message delivered on what is the most important holiday on the christian cal dendar celebrating the resurrection of jesus. >>> attending an easter service. william and kate arrived a few minutes late. she is expecting the couple's third child later this mo

version of jesus christ superstar graces the small screen. we honor the man behind it all. "early today" starts right now. >>> and good morning to all of you. ai uchida richard lui in for frances. >> and i'm phillip mena. schools across oklahoma will be closed today as teachers join a growing nationwide movement demanding better pay. emboldened by the teachers strikes in west virginia, as many as 30,000 teachers are preparing to walk off their jobs today. this just days after the state legislature approved pay raises and more school funding. but teachers say those measures are still not enough. nbc's maya rodriguez has more from oklahoma city. >> did the easter bunny come? >> yeah. >> reporter: for third grade teacher heather cody, this past spring break got a nickname, spring broke. >> it's paycheck to paycheck literally. >> reporter: she's one of thousands of oklahoma teachers planning to walk off the job following in the footsteps of those in west virginia, kentucky, arizona. >> you don't feel respected as an educator. >> pay our teachers. >> reporter: some parents and students

christ the cross. christ rose up and fixed history in the ad and bc so that the light of caesar will would notht of jesus be defeated. christ will rise again. i am convinced that if we succumb to the temptation, unborn generations will be the recipients of a long and definite night of bitterness and our legacy to them would be a never ending reign of chaos, and martin preached a voice echoing through the corridors of time, intemperate peter put up thy sword. jesus said he who fight us -- fighteth by the sword will perish by the sword. history is cluttered with the wreckage of peoples and of nations that failed to follow christ's commands. and he preached again. at times, we need to know that the lord is a god of justice. when slumbering giants of injustice emerge, we need to know that there is a god of power who can cut them down like the grass and leave them withering like the earth. when our tireless efforts failed to stop this sweep of oppression, we need to know that whoses universe is a god strength confronts the wickedness of man. there are also times when we need to know that

production of his early hit "jesus christ superstar." our kate snow sat down with andrew lloyd webber at the majestic theater here in new york. >> i started writing musicals when i was 7 or 8 years old. i built myself a toy theater and i staged musicals which i got my brother to help sing. >> reporter: that formative love for musical theater propelled andrew lloyd webber to icon status with broadway hits like "evita," "cats" and "phantom of the opera." this theater, this is where phantom is every night and has been the longest running show on broadway. you, i've heard, bought a secondhand copy of the book, the novel phantom for 50 cents. >> not very far away from here on fifth avenue. >> reporter: best investment you ever made? >> it wasn't a bad one. >> reporter: he has his critics but the fans are just as loud. a great story he says is the key. he wrote the title song for "jesus christ superstar" on the back of a napkin. >> i thought of the tune before and forgotten it. i went to a popular restaurant and asked if i could have a napkin. >> reporter: so you wouldn't forget it. >> yes. sa

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the world have been marking easter sunday the day they believe jesus christ rose from the dead pope francis has led celebrations in the vatican and his traditional easter message he urged the end to the carnage in syria. if the pope's doring trout began to hear his traditional easter message in it pope francis called for peace in a world marked by war and conflict. he voiced hope for the korean peninsula discussed parts of africa affected by hunger and demick conflicts and terrorism and spoke of the wounds of ongoing conflict in the middle east. today we beg for the fruits of peace for the entire world beginning with the beloved and long suffering land of syria whose people are worn down by a seemingly endless war. in sunny jerusalem hundreds of christians covered in the city's church of the holy settler to mark the recent action of jesus christ. it is belief that he was crucified and buried where the church now stands in his east to address the pontiff called for we come silly ation in the holy land two days after more than a dozen palestinians were killed by israeli troops during

you should suffer for christ and offer your suffering to god and i could not bear that because i thought we should try to fight poverty and that people don't have to suffer so much on earth. i saw mother teresa again many, many years later. she was that much older, a bit more wrinkled. my mother asked mother teresa to bless her grandchildren and my mother said to her my daughter used to come and volunteer and then she said very arrogantly, i felt at the time, that oh, yes, yes, you used to do these things when you were little, now what do you do? what do you do now? this 40 years i've never doubted even for a second that i have done the right thing because the will of god, it was his choice. rebuilding sarajevo after the bosnian war in the 1990s was a huge task. for centuries, people of different ethnicities and religions had lived side by side, but after such a bitter civil war what could bring them back together again? one catholic franciscan monk had an idea, a multi—faith choir to unite people through music. sarajevo was destroyed. people were exhausted. sarajevo for me is

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