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The one that were going to see on "finding jesus" in a moment. and somehow what i wrote convinced him that he was right. that he actually is the messiah. all his doubts went away, and he redoubled his efforts. >> i dont know what to think about that. hey, i want to ask you about something, something serious. something about faith and culture. we know at least five jewish community centers received bomb threats just today. thats the latest in a very recent and large spike of incidents coming abou...

America. and i understand where that fear comes from, but we need to do everything in our power to lower the temperature on this divisiveness. and unfortunately, its hard to convince the white house that while it may be politically expedient to continue with some of this divisive polarizing rhetoric about mexicans and muslims and people who dont look like everyone else, unfortunately we are seeing now the results of that kind of rhetoric. and its dangerous, and it has to stop. >> reza aslan than...

Actually the sarcophagus of lazarus? >> father edward beck, always good to see you, thank you very much. >> you too, fred. "finding jesus" airs tonight at 9:00 eastern and pacific. newsroom begins after a short break. on your phone and online. so you dont miss his first birthday. tickets, i need to see your tickets sir. i masterpassed it. feeling like father of the year: priceless masterpass, the secure way to pay from your bank dont just buy it. masterpass it. an unlimited data plan is only a...

Venerates lazarus as having been on this place. >> theres a record of worship here since the fourth century. today the tomb believed to be that of lazarus is 33 feet underground. >> this chamber is actually built at a much later date after jesus, but its built over this small place here which is actually carved out of the bedrock. this is understood by tradition to be the tomb of lazarus. >> so father beck, what can you tell us about the evidence supporting the existence of lazarus? >> well, cer...

So theres a lot of opportunities. however in asia, africa, there are vocations where the church is growing. interestingly theyre sending missionaries to us to minister because we have the shortage. its kind of very cyclical in some ways. the pope is saying maybe married clergy is the answer to a shortage and we should look at it especially in remote areas where clergy cant even get to people to say mass. >> now lets talk about this series "finding jesus" which airs tonight at 9:00 eastern time h...

Finding jesus, we take a closer look at the site of one of the bibles greatest stories, its the place where jesus is thought to have brought lazarus back from the dead. >> derived from the greek, lazarian, it means the place of lazarus, and its believed to be the site where jesus raised his friend from the dead. >> the position tying lazarus to this spot. >> there is a record of worship here since the fourth century, today the tomb believed to be that of lazarus is 32 feet under ground. >> this ...

Friend who jokes of course it will be men first. but i think the thing we need to look at is women are leaders in the church without ordination, and this is one of the big aspects that needs to be acknowledged within the catholic church. i was just at a meeting at the vatican. and women in many of those vatican roles are quite possible without ordination. and so i think there are two pieces that the pope needs to look at, one is the priest shortage and how do we get more priests into communities...

Jerusalem. the location in the bible for the ultimate act in the life of jesus. >> this place was the defining event of jesus ministry. its where he was crucified by the romans. >> millions of pilgrims have come here to follow in the footsteps of jesus, but his passion would never have reached its climax were it not for one man, ponchos pilate. >> questions of pilates cull. ability and his desire to execute jesus is a complicated one. it needs to be remembered that only pilate had the authority ...

>> this is something that is one of the most powerful and remarkable things about the tradition. is that you can actually go to the place where things happened. >> reporter: weve come to the old city with professor paula frederickson in search of the historical jesus. >> i think the historical jesus has always mattered to christianity or we wouldnt have the gospels. those were stories about jesus the man. >> reporter: along the area, agony and physical strain for jesus of naz rhett during the ma...

Believed to be the site of golgoffa. location of the climactic event in the life of jesus. but the archaeology is not conclusive. >> we dont have the evidence that tells us definitively that this is the place that jesus was crucified, this is merely our best gues this fits what we know, what we know from the story of jesus. >> in the bible, theres no doubt who sends him to the cross. ponchos pilate, prefect of judea. >> you brought me this man as one who was perverting the people. >> theres only...