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Think of criminals and traffickers and people on the fringes of society because they are the ones who flock to this devotion, and thats true. but the fact of the matter is, the devotion has become much more open and much more expanded. whats happened is the argument for saint death is that it doesnt play favors. it doesnt matter youre rich or poor or powerful or powerless, death plays no favorites. she comes for everyone. theres something beautiful about that kind of devotion that brings the mos...

You know that i love you. >> in the same way that peter denies knowing jesus three times before the crucifixion, so he recommits his life to jesus three times after the resurrection. kmuting to feeding the flock of the disciples and ultimately being their leader. >> feed my sheep. >> feed my sheep. its a beautiful, poignant moment of restoration. >> its the moment where peter is once again the rock. hes reestablished as the rock who will be key in the early christian movement. >> peter was convi...

>> you know that i love you? >> in the same way that peter denies knowing jesus three times before the crucifixion, so he recommits his life to jesus three times after the resurrection, committing to feeding the flock of the disciples and ultimately being their leader. >> feed my sheep. >> feed my sheep. >> its a beautiful poignant moment of restoration. >> its the moment where peter is, once again, the rock, hes re-established as the rock who will be key in the early christian movement. >> pete...

Ben wedeman has more. ♪ >> reporter: a small flock returned for mass in the charred ruins of the church of mary of the imam cue lat near mosul. be isis set fire to the church and used its courtyard has as a firing range. this man came home to kara koch a week ago and has yet to recover. the shock. i felt pain, he recalls. my eyes filled with tears. she is back just for mass. and says this is the first time i returned to this church and then shes at a loss for words. ♪

A christian community right outside mosul, which has been you shou under siege for many, many months, was abandoned after isis took over. more than 60,000 people fled as the militants vandalized and looted and burned their homes. >> one of the towns biggest churches actually became a place for target practice. and the rest of the area is a ghost town. >> reporter: a small flock has returned for mass in the charred ruins of the church of mary the immaculate near mosul. isis set fire to the church...

>> we got some people take it personally. >> yeah, we took offense. >> how does this person have a clue? >> he obviously didnt know what he was talking about. >> reporter: just about everyone in town took a shot at the messenger, except jason brumwell, who took a different tack. >> i wanted him to come here and see it for himself, put his money where his mouth is, i guess. >> reporter: so jason invited chris for a visit, and chris agreed, flew out here for his first visit in august of 2015. >> s...

>> 917 youre clear to drop. >> reporter: hope for the village of maar is pinned on the skies. the scorched village has not had food for six months. jubilant laborers hired for the day rushed to help sort the supplies dropped by the red cross. its too dangerous to bring food to maar by road, so air drops are the only way to get some kind of nutrition to this community. food is the latest weapon in the civil war where aid convoys are regularly ambushed by warring militias. despite months of waitin...

Scenario where he does reach out to democrats on some scenarios and try to play across lines. i dont think thats what this is yet. what we saw yesterday at this point is an attempt to intimidate wayward members of the flock into getting back on track. and i dont think its working. what you saw yesterday was a rather strike iing pushback by e of these same freedom caucus members. they tweeted out in very trumpian terms in response to him. tom garret of virginia tweeted out stockholm syndrome, mea...

Rain. >> thats going to do it for us. lester holt joins us next for nightly news. >> bye bye. tonight, doubling down. president trump standing behind his accusation that president obama spied on him even after democrat and republican leaders said theres no evidence. the presidents budget proposal. keeping his promise on national security but will the working poor pay the price? gymnastics abuse scandal. outrage grows over a team doctor accused of sexual abuse against dozens, including a u....

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