but. not all the time they will not succeed in dividing us about i'll not succeed in taking the people off the streets because we're tired of this dictatorship. taking the stand global news that matters d. w. made from minds. of the composite these sheep are on their way to church. they're being blessed here. they will come when i like animals but they don't. make the regulation i'm so well tidy there. this roman catholic priest is a bit of a maverick. father

in hell is in charge of the church of sun and tone it parish in the heart of madrid is one of the most unusual in spain yet they're in the organ numbered positively where his faith santo whenever he can the 81 year old starts his day with a walk around the church in the tower you father until they get a fine and you do you have sandwiches in the over the a lot of the. everyday volunteers provide breakfast and lunch for homeless people for impoverished pensioners and for others who can't afford to feed themselves. 30 years in you can't get there until something sweet a very hungry. as. most churches in spain open their doors only for services son anton never closes.

our toilets baby changing facilities and drinking water. but i still had to fight long and hard for his 24 hour church in 2015 the bishop gave him permission to revamp the inside of son and tone. were replaced with comfortable chairs now anyone can rest prayed or sleep here. many homeless people are happy to accept what the church offers. for. their kids there are just as these are ribbons in the cologne you can write your name and the name of your beloved on them a little and then tie the 2 names together here. so your love also remains firm. and father and he doesn't care if the lovers are 2 men or 2 women there is a large gay scene here in the district of madrid. for leadership. and our church is fiber it has to go it's more about life than death was on the

toward us and we became priests to bless people not to curse them because when the what if i meet a priest who refuses to bless 2 people of the same sex who are in love because katie i would tell him to go to the shop and resign or this. because that same person would be prepared to bless metals cars or even buildings for us also in the way when i say he was. in san antonio or the church of the poor as it's called in madrid you can charge your cell phone there's also free y. 5 for people who can't afford an internet connection. to the chapel houses a telephone helpline this is another of the many social services provided by father and has n.g.o.s in sahara still a pos are of messengers of peace with the help of an army of volunteers.

under the good morning how are you more place of peace. talking to somebody who ranged he just keeps saying i love you i love you more and horses that's always nice is a bit. of animal chant that wouldn't daddy astaire 80 volunteers working here in shifts from monday to friday before 9 am to 7 pm in june alone we received 1105 calls 3 weeks and all these calls here are just from jim i get myself out etc i'm going to bed and. i. force subway stations down the line from sun and tone clothes to madrid's main sites and shopping district is the robin hood restaurant. its father and his latest project to restore dignity to the homeless and those in need. the

idea is not to steal from the rich to feed the poor instead it gives those better off a chance to share their wealth the paying guests enable the restaurant to serve up the same fine food for free to people without money. the tables are laid with polish cutlery table cloths and napkins. most people here don't want to be filmed they're too ashamed of being recognized. i . the dishes prepared in this kitchen for the needy are far from the simple filling food you'd see in the capital soup kitchens.

there are now 2 more robin-hood restaurants in the city the concept is proving successful paying customers like to dine out here food tastes even better when you're not just satisfying your own needs i mean there's going to be that's just a mystery i'm not sitting here we can see the people gathering to east of the minute just like us. said it was me and those that somehow i feel connected to them as a result you're missing the missing the tomato you know i mean i guess with the if it's the moniker if we were just talking about the idea of this restaurant to say thanks to some of the homeless people might be completely on their own without any families to help them with something or something for me so i suppose they're all in a difficult situation that stress. that's moving. this is interesting to me too. i mean has been coming to robin hood for 6 months now the needy often wait

months to get a place. a michigan to take ornament. mischa's my financial situation is like this each month and i have $100.00 maybe $130.00 euros left after paying for all of my regular outgoings the initial political movement and that's not enough to cover food for a month that's impossible you know wish in bullshit issues and it's not just food that i need but also money for clothes to go out for a drink now and then. i can't afford it from tesco and the winter is coming soon does she know all dinner with you i wouldn't come here to eat if i didn't need to. i would give my place to someone in greater need to get me to shoot the shit. spain has an unemployment rate of 15 percent that's more than twice as high as the e.u.'s bridge. 27 percent of the country's population is classified as poor the number of needy in madrid continues to rise. nomic crisis hit many people including the

middle classes often the effects were rapid and unexpected. i mean used to work as a technician digitalisation put him out of a job 8 years ago on top of that came a divorce and high child support payments lost everything i. really felt i couldn't leave this here share back there takes a lot i. kind he has 5 years to go before he can draw pension the 60 year old earns a few year owes by delivering newspapers. when i get the horse i have 2 children and he's 26 and i make it was 19. years we all know if i see them around once a month. i don't want them to know how things really are with me. that i don't tell them because i don't want them to suffer too. as in the when we see each other we

have a nice time but why don't we go for a drink you know what part of me from any other close members of my family don't know either defeaters and. my brothers are older than raise. a they have enough to do coping with everyday life for. the altar area in san antonio is separated from the rest of the church with a curtain because people aren't praying in the navy they're having breakfast. butter on toast set up his in geo messengers of peace back in 1962. since then the organization has started many projects to help needy children people with disabilities refugees and the lonely. in spain father until has become famous politicians and clerics appreciate the priest who works on behalf of the poor worldwide. i mean would also like to help out in san antonio. that afternoon he was beginning

a 2. day induction course to work as a volunteer he hopes these new tasks will give him more structure in his daily life . but there are also some homeless people like sarah who are critical of father and his charity work. you just got if you will just but i'm grateful to the volunteer staff who come here and give their time for free but i'm opposed to the way the father instrumentalism the need for his media appearances that they're vulnerable because it doesn't matter whether they're homeless people and the elderly the sick or the young it's obvious and abusive. he will not come out and he never travels alone there is always a camera there somewhere recording it all. his prestige isn't just there to respond to interview requests. they have an agenda. they go knocking at every door on his behalf whenever they can but it doesn't that but i meant that if people think that i will get on here we have the former spanish presidents on this. even

if they wish and here are the posts that i served under. called the 6th john paul the 2nd the thought of john the 23rd benedict the 16th and the current pope francis who have already had the honor of meeting several times. you know the vatican is on the line because. he's always ringing about. anyone who meets father and he'll can easily see he loves an audience everyone recognizes his face. many people attend his masses but there are some homeless people who claim that there's a large organization behind san antonio that collects a lot of money but offers the homeless relatively little help. it's unclear whether there's any substance to these allegations. one thing is clear father on health

provides on the spot help in san antonio and if anyone is looking for a new apartment or a new job the priest has many contacts who can help. with. the n.d.o. . the is among the father's critics it's in favor of a strict separation between church and state. lyricism in spain doesn't have a long tradition. it only dates back to 1975 the end of the franco dictatorship. under franco church and state were closely interlinked. the head of a roper laker antonio gomez said this is still not a thing of the past. he vented his criticism of father

and sheryl on a talk show. i would like to say hello to everyone including father on the shining hero of church charity work a man above criticism. and yet welfare as a normal business motivated by normal profit interests it is the enemy of on a solidarity and it makes the needy even needy or. the rich bend down to the poor and offer them a few bread crumbs. what is the result. thank you 1000000 the poor and perpetuate their situation. pretty clear statement. he is right the state has to take on responsibility for the safety and the health of the citizens. but church welfare

isn't a curse those of us who do charitable work aren't the bad guys what's to be done at the state doesn't take action to take a look at the soup kitchens we jump in when the state fails to act. and the spanish welfare state has little to offer the fall out from the eurozone debt crisis has led to many cutbacks gomez's demand is that the church should not be allowed to replace the state when it comes to helping the poor. their organizations both religious and non-religious that use poverty to justify their actions but they are in the market to make money from those. instrumentalists poverty to make money. they are interested in profit and as such these organizations don't solve a single cause of poverty. on the contrary action

take a look at the soup kitchens we jump in when the state fails to act. and the spanish welfare state has little to offer the fall out from the eurozone debt crisis has led to many cutbacks gomez's demand is that the church should not be allowed to replace the state when it comes to helping the poor. man for a few minutes. from their organizations both religious and non-religious that use poverty to justify their actions before but they are in the market to make money from those. instrumentalists poverty to make money. they are interested in profit and as such these organizations don't solve a single cause of poverty. on the contrary also because their existence helped. justify the state sitting back so that it no longer has to take any political measures to battle poverty for real. i don't. think us can put on

a couple of. other tell recognizes the state's responsibility but he doesn't want to see people going hungry but how exactly is his charity work funded and how big are his church run n.g.o.s profits those questions go unanswered. the start of the 2 day induction course for volunteers jaimie was part of the cohort. and good day to you so you're the new intake or whatever you. do you want to work as ball in tears if. i may i may as a volunteer you have to be able to do 3 things this course 1st you have to be able to love it secondly to help or thirdly important having time for people you know it's very important do you want to do that yes of course and of course they must know your. father in jail is aware of what some people say about his projects many

are suspicious of his proximity to power the country has been plagued with corruption scandals. it's our duty as priests to stand by the poor not just the poor the honor forrest of the war or more than a money it's our duty just as it's our duty to obey god. that is one of the fundamental ideas of our church. going as long back as peter. you know and that's what the current pope believes. when the faithful say that prayers change the world it's true but you have to go further. the world changes because of the deeds of good heads of state politicians and aid and development workers. prayers alone are not enough yes. they also don't hurt anyone who'd like her. father until he's known for always maintaining a good relationship with the government of the day could it be that he's only so

tolerant towards homosexuals because he wants to get on the good side of politicians who will pursue liberal policies in this respect for years. christopher street day is just around the corner it's a big event in the 2 acre district attended by people from all over spain. visitors to send in tone are impressed by father i chose open church. but it's a last minute the priest withdrew permission for us to film the blessing of a gay couple church doctrine forbids such blessings perhaps father and hill was afraid of getting on the wrong side of the bishop. thomas i thought i've got a famous by coming here let's draw the curtains one of you at the front of you at the side and you at the other side. we're closing the curtains now because of the football match on the wall the photo went on spain's national team was playing that evening and the game was going to be

screened in san antonio jaime and the other volunteers had a lot to do. do you have any more chairs. as the these ones aren't as heavy. as you come on we can carry to. look at the check of the. shoulder i realize that i was going to find it difficult at 1st because it isn't easy. there but with time i'm really beginning to enjoy ask him but working with others seeing that i can help him i feel useful again. but i'm doing something to help people in need out of me that's good for me and i need to shift the issue of their mission if i think. as far as father and hill is concerned the poor in the homeless should not be stopped from participating in big social events that means soccer loving spanish people should be able to watch matches. the. soft drinks and snacks were supplied to add to the enjoyment of the evening.

i. was. right. maria was also planning to attend the public screening of the match in san anton. her teammate bear had persuaded her to go this women's football tournaments was taking place to mark christopher street day. the 2 women play in one of madrid best teams. but they are lesbians and they're good friends too despite their differences they are is a devout catholic maria has left the church like so many other young spaniards for her being a lesbian lose out being a catholic. her coming out has left deep rift in her family. me about it asked. about my stepfather is very religious that he would never accept

my life and women friends and then when i told my mother that i was lesbian she had a crisis and she kept my coming out a secret she even lied to. husband she didn't know how she should break it to him many people suffer because of the church because it's not a place for coming together and a place to face it excludes people. kind of along the lines of if you don't follow our own rules but we don't want you in our club ministers it increases. because i was a minister. grew up saying the rosary when she was 12 she was sure she wanted to become a nun. today at the age of $34.00 she's an active member of spain's women's movement which has been very vocal in the country for many months thousands of women have been taking to the streets almost every week to protest against sexism domestic violence and gender discrimination is going ok let's get in on. this i think the church plays a very important role in maintaining the status quo. isn't going to be oh it's

always the men who occupy positions of power in the church. and women are always in the 2nd row. even the bible states that menstruation was a punishment because eve had persuaded adam to eat the forbidden fruit and paradise . in the bible everyone's always massacring each other but who's the evil one it's easy. to say about how i mean messy and they are almost part of being a christian and of helping others and i like that because when you're lonely or feeling bad or really have a health problem you can find support and relief in the church. you can be free here but it's liberating. i mean really really. after the tournaments 2 women wanted to combine a walk through to a car with a visit to the public screening in san antonio. both of them have heard

a lot about father and hill and his church into a car but they've never been to san antonio. i. maria hasn't been inside a church for many years. the church's double standards its failure to address abuse and corruption scandals led more than half of spain's young people to turn their backs on the church. and that in a country that was one of the bastions of catholicism in europe. are churches like san antonio the right way to regain significance. certainly many people have come to the public screening of the spain match and it has brought the district's inhabitants together was something. that i. during the match emotions run high. 7 7 was

i thought the devout catholic they are has mixed feelings about opening the church for these kinds of activities i in them i guess and the fact that they're eating and drinking in a church as if it were abolished it's just respect that will exactly yes the church is a place full prep for contemplation and for nothing else. after the final whistle jaime and the other volunteers hurried to turn son and tone back into a church they only had a few minutes to do it the match play into extra time. mass will have to start a bit later. father and hell was as usual on his cell phone until the very last minute. jaime was accepted into the circle of volunteers now he too was wearing the yellow vest and with

a certain amount of pride the last few weeks in the parish had visibly done him good his somber mood had lifted. but father in hell has not brought. to god the same goes for most of the other homeless people here. their experiences and sun and don't have much effect on their faith or lack of it. but i mean. i don't feel closer to the church because of my volunteer work i believe in god just as i have always believed in him. but i am nevertheless incredibly grateful that people like father uncut exist for as long as there are no other people doing the social work. and i wish him all the best for his work. with. the christian history day festivities were in full swing now to waco was celebrating tolerance and diversity.

what kind of impression had father and fellows open church made on bear and maria. this is what i want to go to church and help them get my faith is about helping your neighbor regardless of sexual orientation shouted out yes this is what you do i can't quite follow you oh yeah you know why where is 40 k. . going to focus it because you can be a good person without doing good in the sense of the catholic church i am good but not because i'm afraid of ending up in hell if i weren't there when i have empathy for my fellow humans i guess that's why i'm a good person i don't need faith for that to be a part of a good idea. either i phone might not have persuaded maria but the controversial cleric who undoubtedly does much good does have a big following into a coma and his idea of an open church could be a promising model for other places. they

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