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>> late in the 2nd century, when plague wiped out millions, a third of the roman empires, christians turned their faith into action. >> christians stayed behind to look after the sick and dying and gave them food and drink. many of the dying people recovered, and they thought, "well, these are good people. let's hear about their religious faith." >> and many who stayed behind were women. they came to personify the nurturing and healing of christianity. >> here in the catacombs in rome, you have these lovely picture of the praying church. it's a woman holding her hands up. it's mother church pr...

I can't remember a single great christian leader who aposticized under torture and who denounced jesus christ instead of being put to the sword. >> we find people mocking it. we find people saying they go to their deaths because they believe that there's life after death and mocking that. but it does seem to have been a driving force that attracted people. >> life after death, a driving force, despite the romans' brutal oppression. but christianity was also addressing the needs of this life. >> some people have thought that the christians' attention to social needs is what attracted people to ...

The vine, so to speak. i can't remember a single great christian leader who aposticized under torture and who denounced jesus christ instead of being put to the sword. >> we find people mocking it. we find people saying they go to their deaths because they believe that there's life after death and mocking that. but it does seem to have been a driving force that attracted people. >> life after death, a driving force, despite the romans' brutal oppression. but christianity was also addressing the needs of this life. >> some people have thought that the christians' attention to social needs is wh...

Money, but sorry, rush limbaugh, he is not a marxist. this not an attack on free markets themselves but rather on a cultural obsession with money that distracts from the poor. folks, any rational conservative agrees with that. the pope said it best when he said, how can it be that it's not a news item when elderly homeless person dies of exposure, but it is news when the stock market loses 50 points? let's not forget the original sin stems from greed, a reflection on our basic human nature. we as a society should promote free markets, recognizing the temptation of greed. it's about ensuring ou...

No. but as both the republican house budget chair paul ryan and democratic senate chair, patty murray said today these are baby step and they've agreed on what they could agree on and doing what they could do in this divided and divisive government. >> i hear you talking about both republicans and democrats agreeing on what. what about the white house? how do they feel about this tonight? >> reporter: they're applauding it. anything that gets the country and washington out of this careening from crisis to crisis mode as paul ryan talked about, as tpresident has talked about they're happy with....