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Carola, southwest india. around 7 million christians here trace their faith directly to the apostle famous for his doubt. they believe their ancestors were baptized by one of jesus 12 disciples. thomas. >> stop doubting and believe. >> my lord, my god. >> thomas vanishes from the new testament after the resurrection. but his story is taken up by a third century epic narrative, the acts of thomas. >> now it seems that the acts of thomas provides at least some accurate historic information. >> but...

City of kochi. could this community of exiles have been where thomas started his mission to bring the teachings of jesus to india? >> we know there were, in fact, jewish communities in that part of india, part of the trade networks early on for the first century. >> one of the important strands of thomas work is the fact that he did come to minister to the jewish community. >> this is my body. >> this is my body. >> because as a jew himself, he felt hes bringing this new way of relating with god...

Over the church, the french king lays the ground work for what will be the papacys most notorious resignation by undermining its very foundation. >> peter is buried on the vatican hill and st. peters basilica is built over his tomb. popes are seen as inheriting that charisma and that role, standing in for the apostle. his tomb is the foundation charter for the papacy. >> but king phillip demand that pope clement leave the legacy of st. peter in rome and move the papacy to operate under his thumb...

Rainfall. this is the storm to watch, blanketing heavy amounts of snow in the rockies as it slides into the desert southwest. so those hoping for a white christmas not going to get it to the south. maybe a little too naughty this year. >> tom sater, thanks very much. and thanks to you for joining us. for those celebrating, we wish you a very happy christmas and happy 2019, as well. our coverage on cnn continues right now. one of the most powerful men on earth holds a position that has existed ...

Others teach different variations of that message. but regardless of interpretation, in the first century, any follower of christ is seen as a threat to the roman empire, and hunted for his beliefs. >> when you think about the beginning of the christian movement, its astonishing that this movement went anywhere. people are being arrested. theyre being tortured. theyre being killed in public. you see competition between different disciples. different versions of the message of jesus. >> all of ch...

Reporting today that there is a second order you recording contradicting the saudi narrative allegedly proving that it was a premeditated murder the turkish government said it shared at least one older recording with international partners so far but these recordings which are a very essential postle piece of this puzzle have not been made public so far thats what were still waiting for for these audio recordings to be released by the turkish government so what is the talking about. this. thats ...

Impacts peoples view of illegal immigration. >> i dont think the public is aware of that people still have a sense that things are out of control and they are. illegal immigration as best we can tell from the demographic isnt as big as it was maybe 15 years ago. but it still looks like maybe 400,000 new people are settling in the country illegally each year. maybe half of that is people successfully crossing the border illegally, and the new numbers look to be higher than that, then another 200,...

>> lets play the representative political ads for desantis and gillum. >> whats impossible? the son of a bus driver becoming mayor of the capital city or ma mayor standing up against the nra so guns couldnt be fired in city parks and winning. how about running for governor and being the most progressive democrat? >> build the wall. then mr. trump said, youre fired. i love that part. make america great again. >> big league. so good. >> lets not forget, susan, we have a trump apostle in desantis a...

A bad choice by coming here with all the canals and many mosquitoes here but water played an important role its essential for catching fish and there are plenty of forests in the area and the swamps help keep invaders out. so i think the overall conditions for settling right here in the middle of the spray werent actually that bad after all. was he didnt he have a need to get us out when he went over the centuries storms have been persecuted their language for baden can you tell us a bit about t...

Tomb of the apostle in st peters basilica is a senator and de grey. the whereabouts of st peters bones is controversial and always ask. if the kind of but there is no valid historical evidence to support the theory that peter was ever in rome to our oldest source the late first century pistol if claimant only alludes generally to the fact that christianity has two leaders met their deaths in significant places and gives no further details. in fifteen forty five martin luther wrote i am content t...