this is d.w. news life from berlin pope francis condemns the sexual abuse of children and the roman catholic church and the wider society francis says the church would make protecting children to tie his priority and cover up of abuse that was common in the past also coming out. clashes that as well as borders as the military beats back attempts to bring humanitarian aid into the country opposition leader upon by doe urges the international community to keep all options open and says it will meet with u.s.

vice president mike pence on monday. and then determine when his lake of fire and took their chance to pull level with the table top first don't want. i'm called for like good to have you with us francis has vowed the catholic church will spare no effort to bring child abusers and the clergy to justice the pontiff was speaking at the end of a four day vatican summit to stop it ophelia in the church the gathering took place amid an avalanche of allegations against catholic priests and evidence that their superiors concealed their crimes in his address francis promised the church would end its culture of cover ups and decisively confront perpetrators zero point two reaffirm that the church will spare no effort to do the truth all it is necessary to bring to justice who. has committed such crimes. the church will never seek to

hush up to take seriously any case but. let's go right away to our religious affairs correspondent in rome the pope has promised decisive action against abuse what's your reaction to his speech today. well i mean it was really it was really quite impressive mainly because i think it amounts to essentially a there to ration of war you know when to to a large degree of the collation of a civil war within the church so it's very important to see into consideration that this was a statement made in this hell of a would only for journalist press and it was made sort of it's intially distin atari i mean the interlocutor where church members. so in a very concrete and thorough going way that essentially the pope turned on his own

church and said essentially praying the good wishes to good will the penance and the bring has now come to an end that will be part of it but no actually criminal activity will be turned to justice and you know the implementation of that policy is what is left to be seen but the fact is that this is a major change in policy approach to the question of abuse for all the tough talk and assurances the pope didn't actually apologize to abuse survivors why not. well essentially because for two reasons i think i mean the apology and expression of apology in the conversation with victims was very much the top of their gender for the last three years of broaches sexual abuse not only that in fact in preparation for this summit and apparently shops and clergy that participated were

asked by the pope to meet and we use victims so in a sense i think that has a lot to do with the fact that he spoke himself seems to understand the time for apologies and good words has come to an end in a way the fact is that this conversation i mean the one that we actually witness this address that the target of that or the recipient of that was not meant to be the victim but as i said a moment ago was meant to be the church itself so not only i mean it was obviously not the place to apologize to victims because he was talking to the church but he took actually a very very deliberate or it very aggressive position in relation to the crimes committed he actually talk about evil essentially within the church and the clergy and cleary khalif some being essentially the very condition for sustaining aiding and abetting this kind of criminal activity so just to make another very important point very clear we're no longer talking about since the church for the last twenty

years since two thousand and one when the boston globe but brought this. into full view despite all previous suspicions and previous reports the church has been talking about sinning sinning against other human beings and singing about god again scott now this pope and this church is actually talking about crimes and that means essentially bringing in justice systems. and the public speech wasn't particularly big on specific commitments so why do you think he singled out specific problems like another fee for example. well i'm not entirely sure that it was about specific commitments i think that there were several specific elements that were offered during sort of during this four days but very particularly this turning to justice is a very specific you know a very specific proposition i think that it was very telling that he talked about

pornography once again he was not talking about pornography in the white or in the white or gun takes in society he was talking essentially about the use of child pornography weed in the church i mean i don't think i have any memory of seeing a pope i mean you know seeing bishops or cardinals let alone a pope as initially accused the church i mean turning on to the church and accusing the church and its officials of aiding and abetting the use of child pornography i mean in this sense i think that it's fair to say that this by common wisdom as to what has that happened here you know it will take days probably to process the speech something truly momentous just to place the question nice and how is it that this is going to be implemented but you know this is in a sense got in the devil is always in the details of course. thank you very much it's you're welcome. and as well as opposition has failed in a bid to break

a government blockade on humanitarian aid to the country at least two people were killed in clashes us troops loyal to president nicolas maduro stopped eight shipments border crossings on monday safe proclaimed interim president why dole will attend a meeting of latin american foreign ministers and colombia also talked to u.s. vice president mike pence i know is urging the international community to keep all options open the. opposition groups were hoping soldiers at the border would stand aside for the a chip minutes instead troops loyal to the government used tear gas and gunfire to defend their barricades these clashes took place at a crossing between brazil and venezuela in the east of the country. says the children aren't dying or starving in venezuela yes they are he isn't because he's sitting in the presidential palace while we're here in the street working like donkeys and you know. hundreds of kilometers away

at the u.n. a border crossing to colombia the business where the national guards fired take gas and rubber bullets they are under orders not to let foreign aid into the crisis ridden country trucks carrying food and medical supplies was set alight as they tried to cross the border so far president madeira is blockade is holding firm. we are trying to get aid into venezuela but they are not letting anything in from the other side they are throwing rocks and firing tear gas. going on here this is what happened over there was the repression of unarmed people. people who are going in peace to take humanitarian aid to those who need it. the volunteers and aid convoys have now withdrawn unwilling to risk further bloodshed to break the government's barricades opposition leader why do is weighing

his next step. for normal we will not rest. no we will not rest until venezuela's free. we are eternally grateful to the international community and even. we ask that all options remain on the table. on monday why do will meet us vice president mike pence to discuss the ongoing crisis. now to some other stories making news around the world. north korean leader kim jong un has left for vietnam on his armor train the three thousand kilometer journey is expected to take two days came will meet with u.s. president donald trump on thursday. at least thirty five more workers have died after drinking tainted alcohol in india the total death toll has topped one hundred and thirty so far at least two hundred

more people are still hospitalized officials say the illegal liquor contained toxic amounts of methanol to increase potency police have so far arrested ten people. polls have been opened in the west african state of senegal which is holding a presidential election incumbent macky sall who's seeking a second term is hoping his economic record will help him avoid a runoff for challengers who are vying to replace all opposition figures were banned from running results are due on friday. temperatures drop below freezing in the german capital over the weekend meaning a life threatening conditions for homeless people in the city our next report accompanies volunteers in berlin who spend their night helping those sleep outside . the warning bus sets off sophia and all of our tonight's team the first calls are already coming in. depending on the weather they could get up

to one hundred calls a night. the. paramedics have just called the warm boss about a drunken man they cannot attend to sophia and all of us bring him to an emergency shelter it's already full but they will make an exception outside temperatures hover around the freezing mark. sophia and all of us do this voluntarily outside of their regular jobs. you do. for me personally my life is going very well with you i have a wonderful wife i have a warm apartment i have a good job drop. least give back a little of the things that i enjoy. the next destination a homeless man who has only

a thin blanket and is sitting outside in the cold. sophia and all over supply the young romanian with a jacket a scarf a thermal mat and a sleeping bag as he does not want to go to a shelter. have ya see it's quotes from i know it's almost two am and now even i am really cold and we just saw him sitting on his suitcase with a thin blanket that i would normally use on my sofa that didn't look good and it was clear to me that we had to help somehow. from. the ceiling is grateful for the volunteers help. and. it would. be for. so few in all over plan to check on more frequently tonight they just may have saved him from freezing to death.

turning to the bundesliga now iron aren't difficult to grasp the season one game they're performing like champions and the next they're erratic and inconsistent the reigning champions house would have to berlin and their opponent was certainly no pushover neko much a side lost earlier this season to hatta but they had a change of fortunes this time around. pretty much seen as was back in the starting eleven after a strong performance against liverpool but by and struggled to find their mojo the best chance of the first half culture here to have been named in the twenty sixth minute jerome portend saving his sight smack. the reigning champion struggled defensively and davies pounced this time it was yahshua to make the rescue. nothing seemed to work out by an offensively and to this point i take my team is heading home to give by and then be in the sixty second minute the spaniard

took advantage of goalkeeper when a yosh thanks mistake. but it got worse for the visitors in the eighty fourth minute countryman the kick was sent off after this encounter with the rabbit you have and afs. the free kick was cause for concern that tomas miller was unable to take advantage of a hard fought one nil victory fabiani because this is now the most important part of the season we have to be prepared next month to go i think we already have to see how to do it in place but these are three important points will. be fifty three point zero that is good. the more difficult games ahead this season so we want to smash our opponent several times this season is different because everyone is playing well against us in this guns i thought it was easy but we did it to go more we still believe we can win the title. and did what they have to do now they are

hoping dortmund slip up again on sunday. you're watching news from berlin coming up next as world stories of the week and reports will be back at the top of the hour with a new politan international news topic and you can always get all the latest on our web site that's d w. where i come from we have to fight for a free press and was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one t.v. shadow and a few newspapers with official information as a journalist i have worked on the streets of many characters and their.