A result they have come to question the integrity of many written accounts from antiquity. The Apostle Peter is martyrdom on the vatican hill is one of them. It marks the dramatic climax of a religious legend but as one of the most powerful stories in church tradition. Some one and a half centuries later a Magnificent Basilica was erected on the vatican you know of the sign believed to be the very spot where peter was buried. Peters basilica is a monument to the apostle and one of the holiest catholic shrines. In the catacombs deep below the church is an Ancient Roman graves a veritable City Of The Dead in which according to legend jesus is first Apostle Simon peter was buried. Peanuts
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Aims and sluicing the twenty sixteen election. And the dozen friends sound like iraq and berlin on behalf of the entire news team thank you so much for spending this part of your day with us the news continues at the top of the hour see that. Letter we were. When we were. Eighty percent of americans at some point in our lives will experience hardship listen up. Double. Binds. Nero murderer and despot a madman on the imperial throne. Whose name is inextricably linked with one of the biggest disasters of the ancient world The Great Fire over a. Hero set rome a light to make room for his own building plans in takes the blame for the fire on the christians ordering the torture and execution of thousands. But scholars today question the legend of nero as the arsonist of rome and down to the initiator of policy of persecution against the christians. To date there is no archaeological evidence to support the theory that the Apostle Peter was ever in rome but there are mounting indications tha
Youre watching news coming up next doc film the renaissance factor part two theyll be more at the top of the hour thanks for joining us. Europe ill be going to. Put whats become of it. What will it look like tomorrow. Evening for a Better Future isnt enough. Requires work which is sufficient. You know actions twenty nineteen may twenty sixth on g. W. The renaissance was when people started keeping track of time. Locksmith peterhead life invented the pocket watch in fifteen ten it soon became a profit tool merchants and a fortune with it. And it is out seafarers to navigate the distant oceans. Shortly before Christopher Columbus had arrived in the americas and the known world triple up inside. People began to understand our planets in new ways and an empire rose on which the sun never sets. This was all thanks to the new portable timepieces scholars could measure and calculate the paths of the heavenly bodies more accurately discovering the mechanisms of Planetary Motion and ultimately
good friday procession due to what officials said was extremely cold weather in rome, there had been renewed speculation about his health. tens of thousands of people have descended on rome for this easter weekend, as they do every year, but all of those who travelled from all over the world at one point wouldn t have known whether or not they had seen pope francis at all because just over a week ago he was admitted to hospital with reading difficulties and was later determined that he had bronchitis but since he has been discharged, he has actually kept all of his commitments during what is the busiest week on his calendar. so he led services on palm sunday, he made his weekly appearance on wednesday, was at the services on monday, thursday and led mass on good friday but for the first time since he became pope in 2013, he did miss the night of good
affairs committee chairman, i sign off on all foreign military sales, including weapons to taiwan. and i promise you, madam president, we will deliver those weapons and we will provide training to your military. not for war, but for peace. tensions between china and taiwan have been ratcheting to the vatican now, where pope francis has been leading the easter vigil mass. after he missed the good friday procession due to what officials said was extremely cold weather in rome, there had been renewed speculation about his health. our religion correspondent aleem maqbool has more. tens of thousands of people have descended on rome for this easter weekend, as they do every year, but all of those who ve travelled from all over the world, at one point wouldn t have known whether or not they d seen pope francis at all because just over a week ago he was admitted to hospital with breathing difficulties it was later determined that he had bronchitis but since he s been discharged, he s actua