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Talk about that. >> of course, hundreds of thousands of young people have already descended to rio. the world youth meeting is between the youth and the pope. there is a theme for every world youth day. this time is go and make disciples of all nation. what the pope is saying with that you come here as pilgrims and you leave as missionaries. that is pretty much in line with what the message of francis has been since becoming pope. so hundreds of thousands expecting the only person is missing her...

She addressed the cpac conference this year and well hear what she has to say today. >> he was the first speaker here this morning. >> disciples was peter. you think about peter. the same peter who denied christ three times. the same peter who was rebuked d by paul concerning justification by works. this is the same peter whose mouth sometimes ran faster than

It helps me, makes me feel a lot better about myself being able to help somebody else out. >> a lot of things he says, my father has done told me -- i told you. and im like here my dad says that all the time, with him being so much older than me if he feels like he can help me, hes going to give me his opinion. whether or not i take that sometimes i dont want to hear it. >> and im not his father so i cant tell him what to do. its simply up to him whether he want to or not. so thats why i cant fo...

Come with me this way. lets go ahead and strip down for me. take everything off. turn around. what is that? >> a brand. >> a brand? is that a gang-related star, man? huh? >> yes, sir. >> what gang is it? >> gd, sir. >> gang of disciples? >> yes, sir. been locked up five years. havent seen my family in a while because your family likes to leave you when you get locked up in trouble. all your friends disappear. you have no social life, really. you just have you and your cellmates. thats it. >> sta...

Looking for glory and adventure. out there on the internet this is one of the most adventurous things you can imagine. look these guys with box cutters changed the history of the world. you can do tight. its fairly attractive. but the thing is its almost always small networks of family and friends, about 10 to 15% family, 60% friends, the rest some disciples, theres no recruitment. almost all self-seekers who do this themselves. they may find someone on the internet or hook up with someone but t...

>> that was, of course, a beautiful song by the boston childrens chorus. its called "up to the mountain." theres a young girl crying throughout that. that was yo-yo ma himself accompanying there. >> to our compassionate governor, to our mighty mayor, to all of you, matthew chapter 5. now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. his disciples came to him, and he began to teach them, saying blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of

What a provocative thought that is, that there could be good news or a gospel associated with the person who is most renowned as the betrayer of jesus. and now, lo and behold, a gospel of judas has been discovered, shedding more light on how provocative and interesting and insightful that 2nd century was, with all the diversity of thoughts so that even a figure like judas can be linked to the good news of jesus. >> so, too, can mary magdalene. for centuries mistakenly depicted as a repentant pro...

>> so, too, can mary magdalene. for centuries mistakenly depicted as a repentant prostitute, she is the chief apostle in her own gnostic gospel and much more than that to jesus in the gnostic gospel of philip. >> in the gospel of philip, it is said that jesus loved mary magdalene more than all the other disciples, and he used to kiss her often on her, and then there is a likuna or hole in the text. we think probably it means on her lips, as a matter of fact, but it says something about the perce...

>> outside of the women, who remained there watching, the picture we get from the gospels was that most of his followers actually ran away and hid because they were afraid for their own safety. >> that should have been the end of the jesus story, and it might have been if not, the gospels tell us, for the women, namely mary magdalene, and mary, mother of jesus. three days after his death, they discovered his empty tomb. as he promised, jesus had risen from the dead. >> this is the key moment. wh...

Always return to the beginning, to a single man from the galilee. and a message so powerful that it moved his unlikely disciples to great things. >> its sometimes suggested that a group of fishermen from the galilee would be incapable of establishing a worldwide religion, but thats simply our own modern skepticism. i mean, after all, abraham, a single man, managed to do so and mohammed, a single individual, managed to do so. the human spirit is remarkable if people simply put their mind to accom...