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Character of officer singh and how much he loved his family. i think the photograph speaks volumes to his devotion not only to his family but his community. lisa: just tell us more about his dedication on the job. i read that he drove 2 1/2 hours to attend the police academy which he put himself through. he took lessons to learn how to speak english better so he could move up the ladder. can you tell us a little bit more about the dedication? >> he did. its an amazing story. he didnt start with ...

People were familiar with the horrors of roman crucifixion. >> the cross is an instrument of capital punishment. and its quite amazing. its one of the big stories of early christianity that the instrument of the execution and torture of jesus christ, over time, becomes the primary symbol of jesus christ. >> one of the key factors in the change is helenas pilgrimage to find the true cross. it changes the cross to something that actually becomes something tangible that people want to think about a...

Hes supplying really very expensive products to be used in the process of embalming the body. >> first century jewish law said that to touch a dead body would make you unclean. and so for joseph and nicodemus to actually go through the process of preparing jesus for burial, there had to have been tremendous love and devotion just to care for him. >> a rock is rolled across the entrance to seal the tomb shut. three days after the crucifixion, john and simon peter, two of jesus disciples, visit th...

Image of the man of the shroud pops out at him. its like staring at the face of jesus. it suddenly turns the shroud from an object of religious devotion to an icon of scientific obsession. if you prove that the shroud of turin is real, youre proving that jesus christ existed. >> in 1978, former u.s. air force physicist john jackson from the shroud of turin research project was given unprecedented access to study the relic. >> you see the image of a human man. we can see, for example, the head, c...

>> yet scripture says that just one man, jesus, was able to carry it on his shoulders. >> there were a lot of people who were speaking out about the devotion of relics of something which is absurd and disgusting. and i really thought that people had lost touch with the true faith. >> the true cross had the power to divide christianity, and the question remained. could the legend be real? high in the mountains of northern spain lies the monstery of santo. it is home to the largest and most reve...

Loving devotion one of the angels is said to have called out who is she who is raised up from the desert nestling on her love and. pain jewels profits on the saints assemble around the heavenly throne on which the virgin mary sits alongside her son as an intercessor on behalf of humanity. what is important here of a protagonist spams st francis whose face can no longer be recognized plates for redemption on behalf of his brothers this is conveyed by mary to her son who listens and gives his bles...

>> pious xi and bocelli had a unique relationship. poe chelly was critical in helping to steer much of the major decisions that piusxi made. he asked him to become his secretary of state. and so pachelli becomes the second most powerful man in the power of the church. >> as fash shix explodes all europe, catholics become enemies of the state. >> the thing about catholics in particular, catholics had a relationship, a devotion to something outside of government. >> theres going to be conflict ove...

Catholicism is the law of the land. >> there is a foment of devotion, deep, deep piety in europe. everyone went to church out of conviction. >> narrator: almost the entire population of europe devoutly follows romes catholic doctrine, and the pope is at the head of it all. >> in the 16th century, there h had been a series of worldly popes that loved power. >> all earthly institutions are flawed, and the renaissance popes got caught up with power. >> it is not surprising that people who loved pow...

Kays murder someone sent bizarre texts to her that hinted of the affair. david now suspected those texts came from becky. >> did it ever -- ever run across your mind at that time that maybe the text messages were comin in because your time table and beckys time table werent the same? >> it crossed my mind. she was trying to let kay know cause she thought that if she found out, that kay would leave. >> reporter: davids interview went on into the night. >> we get up and briefly walk out of the int...

>> so now the coincidence you just couldnt make up. the very week carol left a phone message for dr. hampikian for help, idahos innocence project had just taken on a new case, the case of the man convicted of killing carols daughter, christopher tapp. the doctor called carol back. >> her words to me, ill never forget, i just want to know what happened to my daughter. and, you know, it still brings the hair up on the back of my neck. the curious at first surprise you? >> the knowledge surprised m...