' which which is 'which is done at noon. in rome, it is done at noon. we are doing it slightly earlier because of the schedule in knock. he is probably here meeting a lot of the people who volunteered to work in knock. there is someone in a wheelchair there, symbolising the important ministry of care for the disabled and sick in knock. they have come here not always expecting that they will be healed but get inner strength and resilience. this is such an important work for pope francis, accompanying people. speaking yesterday at the shelter for the homeless, he really made a strong statement. the only one he has made so far to priests accompanying people in their vulnerability. be there for them and don't put impossible demands on people. and the crowd that was cheering a few minutes ago now standing very solemnly. as they wait for the pope

to re—emerge from the church of the apparition. the questions you were talking about a few minutes ago, pa rt talking about a few minutes ago, part of the criticism of the catholic church in recent years and the scandals that have beset it has been that the church hasn't been asking enough questions of itself, perhaps. that has been a fair criticism, hasn't it? it has been a fair criticism and what pope francis calls the biggest enemy within the church is clericalism. this is a sense of self protection, protection of the officeholders in the church. it can happen to other organisations as well, we know that, but pope francis is trying to break it down by saying the most important people in the church are the people. it is

a bit like the chess club, where the only people who are important are the chairman and the treasury, not the chairman and the treasury, not the people actually playing chess. and as pope francis returns to rome today, there are going to be people, from abuse survivors to theologians like yourself, senior clergy and so on, sitting back and analysing the entirety of this visit, what has been said, what has been achieved, i am sure the pope will be doing that himself and those around him in the vatican. in terms of the dissection of the visit in ireland and looking at it so far, what do you think has been achieved? for the people who have met pope francis, they will remember his words. hopefully the wonderful words that he has spoken

in his speeches, they will not get lost. calling for a deeper personal faith and greater service of your neighbour. i hope those words would be lost. but for the aftermath and the sense of the institution, i think people will step back and say, what more do we need to do to ensure those who have suffered he must sexual violence within church structures can find justice and be cared for. and for those survivors of abuse, the young women who were in the mandolin laundries, unmarried mothers and so on, for people who don't feel they got what they wanted from these visit, how is the church going to reach out to them?” honestly don't know how that will be done. i hope it will be done because it is very important. there are processes already in place, support services already in place. bishops conference and so on in ireland. i

think the answer to that question is continuing to listen, greater listening, and let people in the situations themselves to tell us what they actually need. they need to be listened to to be heard. and there is not an infinite amount of time for the church to get this right and to satisfy these people, is there, because there have been investigations, reviews, reports, commissions going on for ten years oi’ commissions going on for ten years or more now, almost ten years, into the things going on in ireland. either people say the church is going in the right direction or it isn't. that's true. a lot of these reports are ongoing and they are in the hands of the state. the church can't determine when they will conclude. one is overdue since last february. i should also say that there is a shared responsibility yet, it is not only the responsibility of the church, it is

also the responsibility of the state. i think that needs to be borne in mind as well. father eamon conway, thank you very much. and as we watch pope francis emerge from the church in knock to lead prayers and deliver a short speech outside, we will say goodbye to you from dublin. so there is the scene life in knock, with the pope is about to lead the prayers and make that address. this is the first papal visit, as we have

been hearing, to the republic of ireland for almost a0 years. but a visit that has been overshadowed to some extent by the scandal of clerical abuse and cover—ups. later on, the pope is going to be in dublin and they will be full coverage of that throughout the day, but for now he is in knock in county mayo. we are going to be hearing from him injust a moment. good morning. applause translation: i am

translation: iam happy translation: i am happy to be with you in the house of our lady.” thank god for the opportunity. to be here in this place so dear to the irish people. i thank the archbishop, the reverend, for their warm welcome. in the chapel of the apparition, in a special way, your

families, the families of ireland, mary our mother, knows the joys and struggles felt in each home. she brings love to the throne of her son. as a brings love to the throne of her son. as a remembrance brings love to the throne of her son. as a remembrance of my visit, i have presented the shrine with a golden rosary. i know how important the tradition of the family rosary has been in this country. carry on with this tradition. who can tell how many hearts of

fathers, mothers and children alike have drawn comfort and strength through the years by meditating on oui’ through the years by meditating on our lady's participation in the joyful, luminous, sorrowful and glorious mysteries of christ's life? mary, our mother, she is also the mother of the church. and it is to her that we commented today the journey of god's people on this emerald isle. we ask that our families be sustained in their effo rts families be sustained in their efforts to advance christ's kingdom and to care for the least of our brothers and sisters. i made the

storms and wind that buffett our times, may they be full of faith and goodness, in the best tradition of this nation. created in god's image. a call to the sublime destiny of eternal life. may our lady also look with mercy on all the suffering members of the family. in my prayer before the statue, i presented all the victims of abuse of whatever kind committed by members of the church in ireland.

none of us can fail to be moved by the stories of young people who suffered abuse. they were robbed of their innocence. they were left with painful memories. this open wound challenges us to be firm in the pursuit of truth and justice.

i begged the lord's forgiveness for these sins and for the scandal and betrayal felt by so many others in god's family. i asked our blessing mother to intercede for the healing of the survivors and to confirm every member of our christian family in the resolve never again to permit these situations to occur. an intercession for all of us. so that we could proceed following justice. and repair, as far as we

are concerned, the damage done. my pilgrimage to knock also allows me to address a warm greeting to the bolivian people of northern ireland. —— beloveds people of northern ireland. although my journey —— beloveds people of northern ireland. although myjourney does not include a visit to the north, i assure you of my affection and my closeness in prayer. i ask our lady to sustain all the members of the irish family, to persevere as brothers and sisters in the work of reconciliation. with gratitude for the advance and the significant

growth of friendship and cooperation between the christian communities. i pray that all christ's followers will support the continuing efforts to advance the peace process and to build a harmonious and just society for today's children. be they christian, be they muslims, bv jewish —— bvjewish, bv whatever faith. the sons and daughters of ireland. —— bvjewish, bv whatever faith. let us turn to the placid virgin mary. —— blessing virgin

mary. they pray i offer a special greeting to the men and women of this country who are in prison. i especially thank those who upon learning that i would visit ireland, i assure you and your families that i am very close to you. i assure you and your families of my closeness in prayer. may our lady of mercy watch over you and protect you and strengthen you in faith and hope. thank you. applause

they sing you are watching our continuing coverage in the uk and around the world of pope francis's visit to ireland. his trip to the shrine of knock in county mayo in the west of ireland. it is coming to a conclusion now. many thousands of people there to listen to post francis today —— pope francis today,

and in the speech he gave in the last few minutes, he said he prayed for god's forgiveness for the open wounds of abuse and said they would be firm and decisive action to secure truth and justice. and my guess, father eamon conway, is still with me. that is a very significant line in terms of anything we have heard from pope francis on this trip so heard from pope francis on this trip so far. so many of the other speeches have had so many other things in them but these lines have really stood out. the words are very clear. they are also acknowledging that these are open wounds and the pain continues for so many people. more needs to be done to bring about the ealing not just

more needs to be done to bring about the ealing notjust of the trail of trust and the sexual violence but also the way the structure did not respond or cake compassionately, believing —— care compassionately, believing —— care compassionately, believing people when they came forward. it will be very interesting to get the reaction of abuse survivors to these specific words. they have been calling for action and while this doesn't set up any specific steps, it does seem like a commitment, doesn't it? these are not the context in which you are going to set out specific steps. theseis going to set out specific steps. these is the context of prayer. but ido these is the context of prayer. but i do believe pope francis will go away from her and put those things in place. so as we watch these images from knock interesting to note that the pope also mention, in his words, a warm greeting to the beloveds people of northern ireland.

that has been mentioned a few times on this trip. could he make a further trip back to the island of ireland, which would include a trip back north of the border. from knock he will get back on the plane that will take him back to dublin and a mass in a few hours' time, later on this afternoon, which will conclude the official reason for his visit, his presence at the world meeting of families. we will continue our coverage of pope francis's visit to ireland on bbc news. the weather is going downhill for most of us this morning and this

afternoon. increasing cloud, strengthening wind and some rain to. the winds are strong, particularly around western and southern coasts, gusting to around a0 mph. here is the cloud spreading of the atlantic due to an area of low pressure and we have weather fronts and they will be parked right on top of the uk during the afternoon. in the east, this is where the heaviest of the rain will arrive later today. after that dry spell this morning, by the time we get a lunchtime, we can see that rain spreading right across the uk. however, across the west, noticed that the weather is going to improve later this afternoon so i suspect belfast and maybe western parts of scotland, places where the sun will come out. so not such a bad end to the date year. but the rain may last in the south—east until the latter pa rt may last in the south—east until the latter part of the evening. tonight, the skies will eventually clear,

there will be a bit of a breeze out there. it would be too cold though. and then bank holiday monday, it isn't looking too bad at all. the weather system is well out of the way. it's moving into scandinavia. we are in between weather systems. we are in between weather systems. we are in the middle so it is a window of opportunity tomorrow. if you are hoping for some sunshine, you are hoping for some sunshine, you are hoping for some sunshine, you are going to get it across the bulk of the uk. maybe catch one or two showers. it is not going to be a com pletely two showers. it is not going to be a completely dry day. but they are very hit and miss and most of us will escape them. and it will feel a lot warmer. 20 in london, the high teens in belfast. as we head through monday night into tuesday, we start to see some slightly warmer it coming in temporarily. thejet strea m coming in temporarily. thejet stream shifting to the north—west of us $0 stream shifting to the north—west of us so in the south we will see soap temperatures climbing. —— those

temperatures. possibly heading the mid—20s on tuesday. in the northwest we are closer to low pressure so the western isles of scotland and northern ireland getting a little bit of rain. this is bbc news i'm annita mcveigh, live in dublin. the headlines at 11am: on the second day of his visit to ireland, the pope prays for god's forgiveness over sex abuse allegations linked to the catholic church in ireland. and promises action to secure truth and promises action to secure truth and justice. translation: this open wound challenges us to be firm and decisive in the pursuit of truth and justice. we'll be following the second day of the pope's visit to ireland for you. and i'm ben brown — the other headlines this hour: