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Family. he s seen here in this internet video was released march 27th after being kidnapped by shiite extremist group back in january. guys. all right. st. gerard s church in buffalo was shut down because of low attendance and a slumping economy, but in keeping with the story of easter, what was once dead is now reborn. st. gerard s is being moved brick by brick to norcross georgia. religious correspondent lauren green is here to explain. this is the architectural rest recognizance resurrection. there was a church that wasn t doing well in one state and a parish near atlanta georgia was expanding and decided they needed to build a new church and they wanted to build one that was classically built. they didn t want a meeting house. ....
Its own. a potential bad oman, is an easter message. it s about what became broken can be restored and no such thing as a worthless human being and no such thing as a worthless situation no such thing as something that can t be restored. god restores everything and makes everything new. that s the message of easter and our hope. the first of this size and magnitude to be moved within the united states, a feat of faith. and once fund something complete it will take six months to disaassemble st. gerard s, another year for the foundation in georgia. and once constructed it will last for centuries. harris: thank you. as frustrating for the white house as millions of americans who can t find work. the latest national unemployment rate for march holding steady at 9.7%, the same level as the previous two months. today, some of president obama s top economic advisors ....
Some of the modern churches are hard to tell if they re churches and they were looking for something more classically wilt and looked at st. gerard s, maybe we can take pieces of the church back with us, the stained glass so the memories live on and the architect said why don t we take the whole church. is this easier to build a new church, to build it brick by brick to give us the classical example? actually it s easier, well, even if you could fund it, it costs 15 million to move the church, it would cost 40 million to actually build that church only if you could actually find the artisans and the craftsman to do it. they don t exist, they had to call on a guy 80 years old to rebuild at altar. they re willing to move brick by brick, where are they in the process. i have to tell you what the priest said. he was very, very sad about their church closing, but this is what he he had to say about ....
Morning and we re still working with a lot of things, but the video of the statue and you ve got to see this, it s amazing and what the priest said afterwards. not it? not it. oh, oh, no. oh, no, oh, no. this is st. gerard. he took a tumble and now i can see why we needed to see that video. all of my life, anything can be restored, it is the message of easter, so, just relax. and this is a good message and you re going to have a great message this afternoon. lauren green s special on the passion airs 3 p.m. eastern. thanks very much, lauren, great to see you. meanwhile, a fast food commercial has a lot of people up in arms. yikes! why critics say it s offensive to the mentally ill. that s next. plus, how about easter sunday, you ll probably eat ....
Church with a stronger foundation and a structure. that s a way to look at it as well and noi they were going to move this eight foot statue of st. gerard. he was a martyr and i think officially is a martyr twice, but take a look the video that came this afternoon or this morning from st. gerard s what happened. as they were moving the statue. they were moving the statue and that s st. gerard where he was, hopefully we have the new video. yes. oh, this it is. yes, yes, that s the candle, the center piece of the easter mass, that s the candle they might every easter, so that is what they have actually lit already in their easter mass last night and it s a symbol of st. gerard and it s now at the church in georgia. where is the statue. the statue is coming, i think the statue. next video. it never works like that, lauren. i have to say that things did come in quite quickly this ....