OBAMA MAKES AN HISTORIC VISIT TO CUBA, DAN LOTHIAN REPORTS ON NEW RELIGIOUS OPENNESS THERE.

>>> AND FRED DE SAM LAZARO ON A PROJECT TO BRING NEW LIFE AND HOPE TO THE DISABLED IN INDIA.

>>> PLUS, BELIEF AND PRACTICE.

CHRISTIANS OBSERVING HOLY WEEK WITH A SPECIAL PILGRIMAGE TO CHIMAYO IN THE NEW MEXICO DESERT.

PRODUCTS.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE YOUR RETIREMENT COMPANY.

>> WELCOME, I'M KIM LAWTON SITTING IN FOR BOB ABERNETHY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

FAITH GROUPS ARE PRAISING THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT FOR DESIGNATING ISIS ATROCITIES AGAINST RELIGIOUS MINORITIES AS "GENOCIDE."

SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN KERRY THIS WEEK SAID HE HAS DETERMINED THAT ISIS, OR DAESH AS IT'S ALSO KNOWN, HAS SPECIFICALLY PERPETRATED GENOCIDE AGAINST CHRISTIANS, YAZIDIS AND SHIA MUSLIMS.

KERRY CALLED FOR AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION AND FORMAL LEGAL DETERMINATION AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL.

HE SAID THE U.S. WILL DO ALL IT CAN TO SEE THAT THE PERPETRATORS ARE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE.

THIS WEEK MARKS THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SYRIAN CONFLICT WHICH HAS KILLED MORE THAN 250,000 PEOPLE AND DISPLACED HALF OF THE COUNTRY'S PRE-WAR POPULATION.

AS A NEW ROUND OF PEACE TALKS GOT UNDER WAY, HUMANITARIAN LEADERS URGED MORE ATTENTION TO THE TOLL THE WAR IS TAKING ON CIVILIANS.

IN THE U.S., A BROAD COALITION OF CHRISTIAN GROUPS IS SPONSORING A "PRAY FOR REFUGEES" CAMPAIGN.

THE COALITION SAID, ESPECIALLY IN THE SEASON LEADING UP TO EASTER, CHRISTIANS HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO REMEMBER THE SUFFERING OF OTHERS.

AT THE VATICAN, POPE FRANCIS RENEWED HIS CALL FOR NATIONS TO OPEN THEIR HEARTS AND THEIR DOORS TO MIGRANTS.

HE SAID TOO MANY MIGRANTS TODAY ARE SUFFERING IN THE OPEN AIR WITHOUT FOOD OR WELCOME.

THE POPE'S COMMENTS CAME AS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES REMAIN STUCK AT SEVERAL CLOSED BORDERS ACROSS EUROPE.

THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CONTINUES STRUGGLING TO DEAL WITH THE HUGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE TRYING TO ENTER.

>>> IN THIS COUNTRY, STATE OFFICIALS FROM MICHIGAN AND LEADERS AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY WERE ON THE HOT SEAT AS CONGRESS HELD HEARINGS ON THE FLINT WATER CRISIS.

MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ACCUSED BOTH GOVERNMENT GROUPS OF FAILING THE CITIZENS AS FLINT'S WATER SUPPLY WAS CONTAMINATED WITH LEAD.

FAITH LEADERS FROM MICHIGAN ALSO ATTENDED THE HEARINGS AND URGED MORE RESOURCES TO HELP THE FLINT COMMUNITY.

>>> RELIGIOUS GROUPS HAD MIXED REACTIONS TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NOMINATION OF VETERAN APPELLATE COURT JUDGE MERRICK GARLAND FOR THE U.S. SUPREME COURT.

SOME RELIGIOUS LEADERS SAID THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH TIME LEFT BEFORE NOVEMBER'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION FOR A THOROUGH REVIEW OF THE NOMINEE.

OTHERS DEMANDED THAT HEARINGS BEGIN IMMEDIATELY.

IF CONFIRMED, GARLAND WOULD BE THE COURT'S FOURTH JEWISH JUSTICE.

THE OTHER FIVE JUSTICES ARE ROMAN CATHOLIC.

>>> PRESIDENT OBAMA SAYS HE HOPES HIS HISTORIC VISIT TO CUBA THIS WEEK WILL HELP MAKE THE NEW POLITICAL OPENNESS THERE "IRREVERSIBLE."

MEANWHILE, AFTER 50 YEARS OF REPRESSIVE COMMUNIST RULE, SOME CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT LEADERS SEE A NEW RELIGIOUS OPENNESS AS WELL.

DAN LOTHIAN REPORTED FROM CUBA ON EMERGING SIGNS OF RELIGIOUS LIFE AND THE WARY BUT GROWING HOPE THAT CUBA'S YOUNGER GENERATION CAN BE INTRODUCED TO RELIGIOUS FAITH THAT MANY HAVE NEVER KNOWN.

>> Reporter: THIS IS CUBA.

OLD CARS, HORSE-DRAWN CARTS, HAND TOOLS TO CUT GRASS.

A POOR COUNTRY IN THE MIDST OF HISTORIC CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT AND IN THE CHURCH.

>> A LOT OF THINGS ARE COMING TOGETHER.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING TODAY.

IT CAME FROM A LONG PROCESS, AND NOW I THINK IT'S THE TIMING.

EXCITEMENT IS MORE AND MORE, EXPECTATION, HOPE AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE NEW GENERATION.

>> Reporter: EVERYONE POINTS BACK NEARLY A DECADE WHEN FIDEL CASTRO FIRST RELINQUISHED POWER TO HIS BROTHER RAUL.

THIS SOCIALIST COUNTRY HANGING ON TO THE PAST BEGAN TAKING SMALL STEPS INTO THE FUTURE.

I ASKED THIS WOMAN IF SHE FELT FREE TO PRACTICE HER FAITH.

NOW IN CUBA?

YES, SHE TOLD ME.

BEFORE?

NO.

DURING THE CUBAN REVOLUTION, PRIESTS WERE ROUTINELY JAILED OR EXILED.

FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION WAS AT YOUR PERIL.

THE ISLAND OF CUBA IS PREDOMINANTLY CATHOLIC, BUT ONLY A SMALL FRACTION OF THE PEOPLE HERE REGULARLY ATTEND MASS.

WHILE MOST PEOPLE WOULD AGREE THERE'S A NEW OPENNESS TOWARD RELIGION, THE GOVERNMENT STILL CONTROLS AND MONITORS WHAT GOES ON.

BUT SOMETHING THAT HASN'T HAPPENED IN MORE THAN 50 YEARS dll6 z)rRkó;R "ñdKp?rÑe2 ok;O RESULTED IN THIS TRIP TO CUBA.

IT DIDN'T TAKE PLACE IN HAVANA BUT A FOUR-HOUR DRIVE TO THE FAR WESTERN PROVINCE OF PINAR DEL RIO, IN THE REMOTE VILLAGE OF SANDINO.

ALL THAT YOU SEE NOW IS THIS ROCK, BUT WHAT IT REPRESENTS IS SOMETHING MUCH BIGGER.

THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT HAS GRANTED PERMISSION TO BUILD THE FIRST CATHOLIC CHURCH IN DECADES ON THIS SITE, A BUILDING THAT WHEN COMPLETED WILL SEAT 200 PEOPLE.

IS THIS NEW CHURCH IMPORTANT FOR YOU AND THE COMMUNITY?

>> YES.

WE WILL HAVE A TEMPLE WHERE WE CAN WORSHIP GOD.

IT WILL BE A LIGHT IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: FOR YEARS THE "TEMPLE" HAS BEEN A BACKYARD CARPORT AT A NEARBY RENTED HOUSE.

EVERY SUNDAY FATHER CIRILO CASTRO, NO RELATION TO THE PRESIDENT, UNLOCKS AND UNPACKS CABINETS TO PREPARE FOR MASS.

ON THIS DAY, HE GOT A LITTLE HELP SETTING THINGS UP.

IN THIS CONGREGATION, MADE UP OF MOSTLY WOMEN AND YOUNG GIRLS, IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR MASS TO BE INTERRUPTED BY ANGRY CHICKENS.

BUT THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE WORSHIP AND TAKE HOLY COMMUNION IN A VILLAGE CREATED BY FIDEL CASTRO'S REVOLUTIONARY FORCES DECADES AGO FOR PEASANTS SUSPECTED OF SUPPORTING THE RESISTANCE.

FATHER CIRILO SAYS THIS NEW CLIMATE CREATES SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CHURCH AND A GENERATION RAISED IN WHAT UNTIL RECENTLY WAS CLASSIFIED AS AN ATHEIST STATE.

IS THIS AN IMPORTANT MOMENT?

I ASKED.

>> Translator: THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MOMENT FOR THE CHURCH AND ALL OF CUBA.

IT IS A BLESSING.

>> Reporter: GETTING PERMISSION TO BUILD A CHURCH IS ONE THING.

PAYING FOR IT IN A COUNTRY WHERE THE AVERAGE WAGE IS BETWEEN $20 TO $30 PER MONTH IS QUITE ANOTHER.

THAT'S WHERE FATHER CIRILO'S LONGTIME CHILDHOOD FRIEND FATHER RAMON HERNANDEZ COMES IN.

>> THAT'S ANOTHER PASTORAL AREA.

>> Reporter: ST. LAWRENCE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN TAMPA, FLORIDA, HAS BEEN COLLECTING MONEY FOR SEVERAL YEARS TO FUND THE $92,000 PROJECT.

THEY'VE RAISED $75,000 SO FAR.

>> PEOPLE, NOT ONLY THE CUBANS, SPANISH COMMUNITY IN GENERAL, ARE SO PROUD TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS BECAUSE IT'S LIKE REPAY SOMETHING FOR THE CUBAN CHURCH.

>> Reporter: THE THAWING OF TENSE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE CHURCH AND STATE IS NOT LOST ON THE PROTESTANT COMMUNITY EITHER, WHICH MAKES UP ABOUT 5% OF THE POPULATION.

CAPTAIN JULIO MORENO RUNS THE SALVATION ARMY AND SAYS THIS IS A HEALTHY M6->bU >> THE ISLAND IS VERY FERTILE FOR EVANGELISM.

WE ALSO HELP PEOPLE WITH ADDICTIONS, ALCOHOLICS, PEOPLE WITH HARD ECONOMIC CONDITIONS.

>> Reporter: THEY ALSO HOLD WEEKLY CHURCH SERVICES.

BUT THE SALVATION ARMY IS LOW-KEY, ISN'T LISTED IN THE PHONE BOOK, AND THIS IS CAPTAIN MORENO'S FIRST ON-CAMERA INTERVIEW.

WHERE DO YOU SEE THE CHURCH HERE IN CUBA OVER THE NEXT FIVE OR SIX YEARS?

>> Translator: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CUBA HAS BEEN VERY POSITIVE.

WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REACH MORE PEOPLE AND SERVE MORE NEEDS.

>> Reporter: ORLANDO MARQUEZ COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR AND EDITOR OF ITS NEW WORD MAGAZINE SAYS PEOPLE HERE ARE AWARE OF THE POPE'S HAND IN CUBA/AMERICA RELATIONS.

>> HE SENDS BOTH LETTERS TO CASTRO AND OBAMA.

HE ENCOURAGED THE PROCESS.

HE WANTED TO REMOVE THE OBSTACLES IN ORDER TO IMPROVE RELATIONSHIPS.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE STILL SKEPTICS AND SOME IN THE CUBAN EXILE COMMUNITY DON'T THINK REFORMS, RELIGIOUS OR OTHERWISE, CAN TRULY TAKE PLACE WITHOUT AN END TO THE CASTRO REGIME.

BUT INSIDE CHURCHES ACROSS THE ISLAND, THERE IS LESS TALK ABOUT POLITICS AND MORE FOCUS ON HEARTS AND MINDS.

>> HOW DO YOU RESTORE THE SOCIAL VALUES?

MAYBE THE BOOM, ECONOMICAL BOOM, RESTORING MONEY WILL BE FAST.

BUT RESTORING VALUES, ESPECIALLY IN THE NEW GENERATION, WILL BE DIFFICULT.

>> RELIGION IS NOT ONLY LIVING IN A TEMPLE AMONG FOUR WALLS.

RELIGION FOR US MUST BE INVOLVED.

>> Reporter: YOU CAN TRAVEL TO CUBA AND SEE A SNAPSHOT OF THE PAST, BUT THESE DAYS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE SPEAKING ABOUT THE FUTURE.

FOR "RELIGION AND ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY," DAN LOTHIAN IN HAVANA, CUBA.

>>> IN OTHER NEWS, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE U.S., PROSECUTORS HAVE CHARGED MEMBERS OF A CATHOLIC RELIGIOUS ORDER WITH FACILITATING THE ABUSE OF DOZENS OF CHILDREN.

PENNSYLVANIA PROSECUTORS SAID THREE FRANCISCAN FRIARS KNEW ABOUT SEXUAL ABUSE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST BROTHER STEPHEN BAKER BUT CONTINUED TO PLACE HIM IN JOBS THAT GAVE HIM ACCESS TO CHILDREN FROM THE 1980S UNTIL 2010.

IN A SEPARATE CASE ALSO IN PENNSYLVANIA, A GRAND JURY REPORT EARLIER THIS MONTH CHRONICLED ALLEGED ABUSES BY 35 DIOCESAN PRIESTS, DATING BACK TO THE 1950s.

MOST OF THE PRIESTS NAMED IN THAT REPORT HAVE DIED.

MEANWHILE, IN THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION, THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND HAS PROMISED TO MAKE FAR-REACHING CHANGES AFTER PUBLICATION OF ITS FIRST INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE CHURCH'S HANDLING OF SEX ABUSE CASES.

THE REPORT HIGHLIGHTS THE FAILURE OF THOSE IN SENIOR POSITIONS TO RESPOND TO VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE.

>>> WE HAVE A SPECIAL REPORT NOW FROM FRED DE SAM LAZARO ON JAIPUR FOOT, A FACILITY IN INDIA WHERE DISABLED PEOPLE, UP TO 25,000 A YEAR, CAN GET FREE ARTIFICIAL LIMBS.

AND OVERCOMING DISABILITY CAN OPEN UP NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORK, EDUCATION AND HOPE.

>> Reporter: JAIPUR IS ONE OF INDIA'S TOP TOURIST DESTINATIONS BUT NOT FAR FROM ITS ARCHITECTURAL LANDMARKS IS A FAR MORE MODEST ONE THAT DRAWS A WHOLE DIFFERENT KIND OF VISITOR.

THEY COME, LITERALLY, ON HANDS AND KNEES TO AN ORGANIZATION COMMONLY KNOWN AS JAIPUR FOOT.

>> EVERY YEAR WE ARE FITTING ANYTHING BETWEEN 23,000 TO 25,000 LIMBS.

>> Reporter: D.R.

MEHTA BEGAN OFFERING ARTIFICIAL LIMBS AND OTHER SERVICES TO PHYSICALLY DISABLED PEOPLE NEARLY 40 YEARS AGO AFTER SUFFERING A BROKEN LEG THAT NEARLY HAD TO BE AMPUTATED AFTER A CAR ACCIDENT.

A 74-YEAR-OLD FORMER BANK REGULATOR, MEHTA SAYS THE EXPERIENCE SENSITIZED HIM TO THE PLIGHT OF MILLIONS IN THIS COUNTRY WHO LACK GOOD ORTHOPEDIC CARE, DESPERATE PEOPLE LIKE ZAREENA, A WIDOW WHO SAID SHE IS REDUCED TO PANHANDLING TO SUPPORT HER TWO CHILDREN.

SHE COMES FROM BOMBAY.

LONG DISTANCE.

SHE HAS COME TO GET A CYCLE.

>> Translator: YOU ARE THE ANSWER TO MY PRAYERS.

>> Reporter: SHE'S ONE OF AT LEAST 5.5 MILLION PEOPLE IN INDIA WITH SO-CALLED LOCOMOTOR DISABILITIES, CAUSED IN HER CASE BY CHILDHOOD POLIO.

OTHERS SUFFER CONGENITAL CONDITIONS.

BUT THE MOST FREQUENT CUSTOMERS ARE AMPUTEES, VICTIMS OF RAIL OR ROAD ACCIDENTS.

THEY ARE SERVED FREE OF CHARGE.

THE ORGANIZATION RUNS ON GOVERNMENT AND FOUNDATION GRANTS, AND ITS COSTS FOR A TYPICAL LOWER LIMB, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE MINUSCULE BY WESTERN STANDARDS.

>> NOW IT'S $50.

>> Reporter: HERE'S A COMPARISON.

IN THE UNITED STATES, A PROSTHESIS LIKE THIS WOULD TYPICALLY RANGE IN PRICE FROM $8,000 TO $12,000.

IT WOULD BE MADE OF METAL, ALUMINUM, POSSIBLY CARBON FIBER, WHEREAS IN JAIPUR THE KEY INGREDIENT IS A PVC PIPING MORE COMMONLY USED TO IRRIGATE FARMS.

AND THIS IS THE KEY TO A $50 ARTIFICIAL LEG.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE MADE IN SIMPLE MOLDING FACILITIES, CUT AND TRIMMED BY HAND.

ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WORKERS THEMSELVES HAVE JAIPUR LIMBS.

THEY ARE MADE PHYSICALLY WHOLE AGAIN, MEHTA SAID, AS HE ASKED THESE AMPUTEES TO SHOW US BY SPRINTING.

>> THEY CAN GO AND RUN BACK IN THEIR FIELD, FACTORY, OR SHOP, WORK AND EARN THEIR LIVING.

THEY START EARNING AGAIN.

THEY ACQUIRE SOCIAL RESPECT, AND THEY ACQUIRE SELF-CONFIDENCE AGAIN.

>> Reporter: SOCIAL RESPECT AND SELF-CONFIDENCE ARE CRITICAL IN A LAND WHERE DISABILITY CARRIES STIGMA, SEEN AS BAD KARMA, PUNISHMENT FOR ONE'S MISDEEDS IN A PREVIOUS LIFE, SAYS POOJA MUKUL, AN ORTHOPEDICS SPECIALIST AT JAIPUR.

>> DISABILITY IN THE WEST IS SEEN AS PURE DISABILITY.

YOU JUST LOU A LIMB.

YOU MET WITH AN ACCIDENT OR YOU WENT TO WAR OR WHATEVER.

BUT HERE IN INDIA, WE ASSOCIATE EVERYTHING WITH KARMA.

PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED AS DISABLED.

THEY WANT TO LOOK NORMAL.

THEY DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THEY'VE LOST A LIMB.

>> Reporter: DR. MUKUL SAYS THAT'S ESPECIALLY CHALLENGING IN AMPUTATIONS ABOVE THE KNEE.

>> SO MUCH SO THAT IT'S BETTER TO LOSE BOTH THE LIMBS BELOW THE KNEE THAN TO LOSE ONE LEG ABOVE THE KNEE.

AND THE KNEE HAS BEEN THE WEAKEST LINK IN PROSTHETIC COMPONENTRY IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD.

WE'VE HAD VERY SIMPLE KNEE JOINTS WHICH ARE SINGLE AXIS, WHICH ARE MORE LIKE DOOR HINGES, AND WE'VE BEEN USING THEM LARGELY BECAUSE OF THE SIMPLICITY, LOW COST AND ALSO NON-AVAILABILITY OF ANY OTHER OPTIONS.

>> Reporter: DR. MUKUL IS LEADING THE EFFORT TO DEVELOP BETTER OPTIONS, PARTNERING WITH M.I.T.

AND STANFORD UNIVERSITY.

WITH ANIMATION SOFTWARE TYPICALLY USED IN MOVIES, THEY'VE CONDUCTED SO-CALLED GAIT ANALYSIS TO INFORM THE DESIGN.

>> SO THIS IS THE FIRST PROTOTYPE OR VERSION ONE OF THE POLYCENTRIC KNEE THAT WE DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION WITH STANFORD.

>> Reporter: TRIALS OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS WITH HUNDREDS OF PATIENTS IN INDIA AND SEVERAL OTHER DEVELOPING NATIONS HELPED REFINE THE NEW JAIPUR KNEE.

>> THIS HAD THIS CLICKING SOUND.

>> Reporter: REMOVING, FOR EXAMPLE, A CLICKING SOUND FROM VERSION ONE.

>> OUR PATIENTS DON'T WANT TO HEAR CLICKS, AND THEY DON'T WANT TO BE LABELED AS DISABLED.

THEY DON'T WANT A SOUND PRECEDING THEIR ENTRY INTO ANY AREA.

SO THEN WE GOT A BUMPER PUT IN HERE, AND NOW IT'S SILENT.

ALSO THE GEOMETRY.

THIS IS VERY SQUARISH, DOESN'T MATCH THE HUMAN GEOMETRY IN ANY WAY.

THIS ONE IS MORE LIKE A KNEE.

>> Reporter: THE NEW JAIPUR KNEE, SPECIFICALLY TAILORED FOR THE DEVELOPING WORLD, WILL BE READY FOR MASS PRODUCTION LATER THIS YEAR.

>> WE HAVE TRIED TO MARRY SERVICE WITH SCIENCE.

AND THAT'S OUR MOTTO.

>> Reporter: THAT MOTTO WAS LEARNED EARLY FROM HIS MOTHER, HE SAYS.

>> SHE FELT THAT, IN TERMS OF RELIGION, TO HELP OTHERS IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY GOOD KARMA.

>> Reporter: IN A COUNTRY WHERE KARMA AND RELIGIOUS PIETY ARE IMPORTANT, THE JAIPUR FOOT PROJECT GOES OUT OF ITS WAY TO DISPLAY ICONS FROM ALL OF INDIA'S MAJOR RELIGIONS, A SYMBOL THAT EVERYONE IS WELCOME.

>> THIS IS MAHAVEER.

>> Reporter: MEHTA HIMSELF IS A FOLLOWER OF A JAINISM, WHOSE ANCIENT GURU MAHAVEER PREACHED AMONG OTHER THINGS THAT ALL LIFE AND LIFE FORMS ARE EQUAL.

>> THIS IS GANESHA.

THIS IS BUDDHA.

>> Reporter: IN MODERN TIMES, HE SAYS, THAT MEANS RESTORING NOT JUST PEOPLE'S MOBILITY BUT ALSO THEIR DIGNITY.

MANY WHO COME ARE ALSO PROVIDED MEANS TO START A MICROENTERPRISE, FOR EXAMPLE, A SEWING MACHINE OR MORE COMMONLY SIMPLE KITS TO START A ROADSIDE TEA STALL.

>> EVERY LADY KNOWS HOW TO MAKE TEA.

>> Reporter: AND EVERYBODY DRINKS TEA.

>> EVERYBODY DRINKS TEA.

>> Reporter: ZAREENA WAS GETTING READY TO RETURN HOME.

>> Translator: HAVING THIS CYCLE GIVES ME SOME FREEDOM NOW.

>> Reporter: THE TRICYCLE PROMISES RELIEF FROM SEVERE STRESS ON HER ARMS AND LEGS, SHE SAID.

>> Translator: MY NEIGHBORS TOLD ME THAT I COULD OPEN A SMALL SHOP SELLING LITTLE CANDIES, SMOKES AND MATCHES.

I SHOULD BE ABLE TO PUT THESE KIDS IN SCHOOL NOW.

THAT'S ALL I WANT.

>> Reporter: FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG WHILE, SHE SAYS, THE FUTURE THEY RIDE INTO WILL CARRY HOPE FOR HER CHILDREN.

FOR "RELIGION AND ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY," THIS IS FRED DE SAM LAZARO IN JAIPUR, INDIA.

>>> POPE FRANCIS ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK THAT MOTHER TERESA WILL OFFICIALLY BECOME A SAINT IN SEPTEMBER.

THE ALBANIAN NUN IS KNOWN FOR HER WORK IN INDIA THROUGH THE ORDER SHE FOUNDED, THE MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY.

FRANCIS CLEARED THE WAY FOR SAINTHOOD IN DECEMBER AFTER HE RECOGNIZED THE SECOND MIRACLE ATTRIBUTED TO HER INTERVENTION.

>>> ANTIQUITIES OFFICIALS IN ISRAEL HAVE ANNOUNCED THE DISCOVERY OF A RARE 2,000-YEAR-OLD ROMAN GOLD COIN NEAR THE SEA OF GALILEE.

THE COIN WAS FOUND BY AN ISRAELI HIKER AND IS ONLY THE SECOND KNOWN ONE OF ITS KIND.

IT CONTAINS A PORTRAIT OF CAESAR AUGUSTUS, WHO'S MENTIONED IN THE BIBLICAL STORIES ABOUT JESUS' BIRTH.

AUTHORITIES SAY THE COIN WAS MINTED BY EMPEROR TRAJAN AROUND THE YEAR 107.

>>> FINALLY, THIS COMING WEEK IS A BUSY ONE ON OUR CALENDAR.

ON MONDAY, BAHAIS AND ZOROASTRIANS CELEBRATE NAW-RUZ, THEIR NEW YEAR.

IT FOLLOWS 19 DAYS OF FASTING.

ON WEDNESDAY, HINDUS BEGIN CELEBRATING THE POPULAR SPRING HOLIDAY HOLI.

AS PART OF THE FESTIVITIES, MANY THROW COLORED WATER AND POWDER ON EACH OTHER TO MARK THE TRIUMPH OF GOOD OVER EVIL.

ON SUNDOWN WEDNESDAY, JEWS BEGIN CELEBRATING PURIM AND THE BIBLICAL STORY OF QUEEN ESTHER WHO RISKED HER LIFE TO PROTECT THE JEWISH PEOPLE.

MANY GATHER IN TEMPLES AND SYNAGOGUES IN COSTUME TO RETELL THE STORY OF COURAGE AND DELIVERANCE.

IT'S OFTEN CALLED THE WHOLE MEGILLAH.

ALSO THIS WEEK, WESTERN CHRISTIANS ARE OBSERVING HOLY WEEK, BEGINNING WITH PALM SUNDAY AND CULMINATING WITH EASTER.

AROUND THE WORLD, THERE ARE MANY SPECIAL SERVICES AND RITUALS TO HELP THEM REMEMBER THE GOSPEL STORIES OF JESUS' CRUCIFIXION AND RESURRECTION.

IN CHIMAYO, NEW MEXICO, ONE OF THOSE SPECIAL RITUALS IS AN ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE WHERE PARTICIPANTS EXPERIENCE THEIR OWN SUFFERING AND JOY.

OUR GUIDES WERE TWO EPISCOPAL PRIESTS, ROCKY SCHUSTER OF TAOS AND KENNETH SEMON OF SANTA FE.

>> I TRY TO TELL PEOPLE, DON'T JUST COME ON SUNDAY, YOU KNOW.

YOU'LL MISS IT.

YOU'LL MISS EVERYTHING THAT THIS MEANS AND ALL THAT LEADS UP TO IT.

THEY'RE CALLED THE THREE SOLEMN DAYS, TO GO THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE OF THE THREE DAYS IS REALLY TO GO THROUGH WHAT CHANGES LIFE FOR PEOPLE.

AND IT STARTS MAUNDY THURSDAY WITH THE WASHING OF THE FEET AND THE LAST SUPPER AND JESUS' INSTITUTION OF THE HOLY EUCHARIST.

>> JESUS GIVES THE NEW COMMANDMENT, LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS I HAVE LOVED YOU, AS OPPOSED TO AS YOU WOULD HAVE OTHERS LOVE YOU.

YOU SERVE ONE ANOTHER, YOU FEED ONE ANOTHER, YOU TAKE CARE OF ONE ANOTHER, EVEN TO THE POINT OF DEATH.

AND IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT, YOU'LL FIND NEW LIFE, YOU'LL GET THE EASTER EXPERIENCE, YOU'LL DISCOVER WHAT ETERNAL LIFE IS REALLY ALL ABOUT.

>> I MUST TELL YOU, IT'S SO HUMBLING TO WASH PEOPLE'S FEET.

I CANNOT TELL YOU WHAT AN EXPERIENCE THAT IS AND WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS REALLY.

IN JESUS' DAY THEY WEREN'T NECESSARILY WEARING SHOES, AND, IN FACT, A SERVANT COULD NOT BE COMPELLED TO WASH SOMEONE'S FEET.

SO, YOU SEE, IT'S EVEN MORE OF AN EXPRESSION OF SERVICE AND HUMILITY BEFORE YOUR FELLOWS.

WE DRESS IN WHITE SO IT'S A GREAT CHANGE FROM THE PURPLE WE'VE BEEN WEARING OR THE RED WE'VE WORN THROUGHOUT HOLY WEEK.

WHEN THE SERVICE IS OVER, AFTER EVERYONE HAS RECEIVED COMMUNION, WE WILL PROCESS INTO THE "GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE," WHICH IS IN OUR CHAPEL.

JESUS SAYS, COULD YOU WATCH WITH ME BUT AN HOUR?

HE SAYS THAT TO HIS DISCIPLES.

AND SO PEOPLE WILL SIT THERE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT IN PRAYER, OF COURSE, SILENCE.

>> WE KNOW THAT HE LEAVES THE LAST SUPPER, HE GOES AND PRAYS AND IS CAPTURED AND TAKEN TO TRIAL.

>> AT THE END OF THE SERVICE, INSTEAD OF THE FINAL BLESSING, WE STRIP THE ALTAR.

WE PULL EVERYTHING OUT OF THE SANCTUARY, EVERYTHING WITH COLOR.

AND ALL THE WHILE WE'RE STRIPPING THE ALTAR, THE CHOIR WILL BE CHANTING A PSALM OF, YOU KNOW, THIS IS VERY SERIOUS.

LIFE IS COMING TO AN END.

>> YOU GET THE IMAGERY OF JESUS BEING STRIPPED OF HIS CLOTHING AND WHIPPED AND THE REST OF THE STARKNESS OF THE REST OF THE STORY.

>> AND THE LIGHTS GO OFF.

YOU FEEL THE DARKNESS DESCEND OVER THE EARTH.

YOU REALLY DO.

>> GOOD FRIDAY IS THE ULTIMATE ACT OF LOVING US.

IT IS THE CRUCIFIXION, IT IS TAKING THE SUFFERING THAT HE TOOK UNDER ARREST, IT IS THE DYING.

AND SO DOING THESE PHYSICAL THINGS AND ACTS OF CONTRITION MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO PEOPLE ON GOOD FRIDAY.

>> PILGRIMAGE BECOMES A METAPHOR FOR LIFE, YOU KNOW.

WE'RE GOING TO THE HOLY PLACE, FOLLOWING OUR LORD WHO GOES BEFORE US.

AND THE TRADITION HERE IS TO GO TO CHIMAYO, TO THIS WONDERFUL LITTLE PLACE, THE SANTUARIO.

THERE'S A TRADITION THAT THE EARTH, THE DIRT IN THE SACRISTY, HAS HEALING POWERS.

AND SO IT'S A SORT OF SACRED SITE.

>> THIS IS THE MOST RELIGIOUS THING THAT I DO EVERY YEAR BECAUSE IT JUST FEELS REALLY HOLY.

AND I SUPPOSE I COULD WALK IT BY MYSELF ANY OTHER TIME OF YEAR, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE WITH THIS CROWD.

>> WE'RE GOING TO BE TIRED.

WE'RE GOING TO BE VERY EXHAUSTED BY THE END OF THE DAY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, JESUS DID THIS FOR US AND SO WE GOT TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT BACK, AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

SO IT IS KIND OF VERY SPIRITUALLY UPLIFTING.

>> THAT PHYSICAL PARTICIPATION ADDS AN EXTRA DIMENSION.

IT'S NOT JUST SITTING IN A PEW OR STANDING OR KNEELING.

THAT ACTUAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PUTS IT INTO YOUR BODY SO YOU FEEL IT.

>> YOU'RE PHYSICALLY EXHAUSTED.

YOU HAVE BLISTERS.

I MEAN, YOU'RE JUST WORN OUT.

AND IT JUST GIVES YOU SUCH A TINY LITTLE TASTE OF WHAT JESUS HAD TO ENDURE FOR US.

>> WHEN YOU COME TO EASTER SUNDAY, OUR DESIRE IS TO NOT JUST GIVE THANKS FOR WHAT HAPPENED 2,000 YEARS AGO BUT, IN TRUTH, TO COMPREHEND THE NEW LIFE THAT THE RESURRECTION BRINGS TO ALL OF US, THAT WHEN WE LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS CHRIST LOVED US WE ACTUALLY GET TO LIVE THAT RESURRECTED LIFE.

AND TO TAKE THAT OUT WITH US WHEN WE LEAVE HERE, NOT JUST TO SERVE ONE ANOTHER BUT TO SERVE EVERYBODY WE ENCOUNTER.

THAT WHOLE SERVICE REPRESENTS THE JOY WE CAN HAVE IN THE WORLD, THE REST OF THE WORLD, THE REST OF THE TIME.

>>> THAT'S OUR PROGRAM FOR NOW.

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