apocryphal gospels. professor of religious studies california state university. they believe just like christians do jesus was born to mary who was a virgin. mary is the only woman mentioned by name in the koran. is mentioned more by name in the koran than in the new testament. of the four new testament gospels only two feature the nativity story. the gospel according to luke tells the roman emperor augustus caesar journey from nazareth to bethlehem wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger. in the gospel according to matthew joefs and mary are already living in bethlehem. some details in matthew the star, the maja, massacre of the innocent are not mentioned in
question mark? are you allowed to say that anymore or do you have to say happy holidays. you probably didn t think twice about wishing, could you have something happen to you? one state is actually codifying a way to prevent that. making a law too make sure that you can be merry. plus, gifts, christmas dinner and the christmas cookies, all signs that holiday season. but in his christmas message today, the pontiff reminded the world about the real reason for the christmas season. we re going to give you his tidings of peace an love and joy, coming up next. as we go to break, live pictures to bethlehem. the place of that lord s birth. hallelujah iabetes, you know it can be a struggle to keep your a1c down. so imagine . what if there was
i don t care. if their beliefs influence what they teach or how they treat students it is a problem. you have to do something about it. i want an apology. i m sorry. move on.er. beazzle goes to bethlehem. it will feature a nativity scene and a satinic exhibit. it is the subject of tonight s for three days before christmas the manger and angels will be sharing their spotlight with demons and skulls. the satanic belief hopes it will share ideas. i think it is deplorable. it is unseemingly and really bad manors.
best em exmy fied by the papal swag, you see the pattern of the arabs and jordanian flag here and on the other side of this scarf is the vatican aflag. the theme of his visit here in jordan is to be one. it is to bring the faiths together. but of course the pope said this is a religious trip but here in the middle east as you well know, religion is politics and while the pope tries to avoid some of the politics of this area, it is going to be most difficult to do so. indeed. ann, at the same time, when he gets to jerusalem and to bethlehem, that s going to be incredibly meaningful for him as well. reporter: absolutely. he is going to say mass in bethlehem and visitle wall in
nativity. connor powell is joining us live from bethlehem. connor, quite a scene there. reporter: very much a scene here. they do christmas particularly well here in bethlehem. it has been a real activity down in major square. all day long. you can see it is starting to clear out now because, as you said, everybody is starting to move to the church of the nativity for midnight mass. the festivities began earlier when the boy scouts led a long procession marching through bethlehem, drums and a lot of fanfare. down star road. bannister that leads from jerusalem to bethlehem. christmas is really a special place here. he is going to lead mass tonight which is expected to start here in about an hour. the palestinian president is now arriving here in to bethlehem. he will be part of the celebration here as well. things are starting to wrap up