the global corona crisis you can find more information online at e.w. dot com and on t.w. social media channels. these sheep are on their way to church. they're being blessed here. i mean like animals but they don't belong in a church made the owner of regulation and so on tidy their. view 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 if they were in the organ already positively where his faith planted whenever he can the 81 year old starts his day with a walk around the church you know how are you father until they get on a flight and you do you have sandwiches in the over the top of the goal every day volunteers provide breakfast and lunch for homeless people for impoverished pensioners and for others who can't afford to feed themselves. but i'm already seen your kids get there and tonight something sweet i.e. very hungry. yet. most churches in spain open their doors only for services son and tone never closes.

there are 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 hard church pews were replaced with comfortable chairs now anyone can rest prayed for sleep here. many homeless people are happy to accept what the church offers. their kids you know just as these are ribbons in the cologne you can write your name and the name of your beloved on them. 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 churches fibrous think is that it's more about life than death on the

toward us and we became priests to bless people not to curse them and get on the what if i meet a priest who refuses to bless 2 people of the same sex who are in love there's a katie i would tell him to go to the bishop and resign or the workers should because that same person would be prepared to bless metals cars or even buildings because also in the pay when there's a heat here. 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. the chapel houses a telephone helpline this is another of the many social services provided by father and his n.g.o.s mensah heroes are of messengers of peace with the help of an army of volunteers. or the good morning

how are you place all peace. talking to somebody ranged he just keeps saying i love you i love you but horses that's always nice is a bit. of animal change that wouldn't be a fair 80 volunteers working here in shifts from monday to friday before 9 am to 7 pm to engine alone we received 1105 calls 350 all these calls here are just from jim jim asked how that's where i'm going to bed and who. i. are. for subway stations down the line from sun and tone clothes to madrid's main sites and shopping district is the robin hood restaurant. it's 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. but 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 and i'm sitting here we can see the people gathering to east in a minute just like us. said it was me and those that somehow i feel connected to them as a result you're missing dog missing data modelling it out when he died yesterday and were free to monica and 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 so the families i suppose they're all in a difficult situation they're stressed. that's moving. most is fischerspooner can you talk. to me has been coming to robin hood for 6 months now the needy often wait

months to get a place. a new she doesn't take or moment to make it an issue my financial situation is like this each month and i have a 100 maybe $130.00 euros left after paying for all of my regular outgoings political movement and that's not enough to cover food for a month that's impossible and i wish as an issue 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 as she know all getting 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 government to keep the ship. spain has an unemployment rate of 15 percent that's more than twice as high as the e.u. average. 27 percent of the country's population is classified as poor the number of needy in madrid continues to rise the economic. prices 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. yet they felt they couldn't leave this here share back there takes a lot of. time he has 5 years to go before he can draw a pension the 60 year old earns a few year owes by delivering newspapers. when i get the horse i have 2 children. he's 26 and i make it was 19. 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. when we see each other we have

a nice time we go for a drink you know what part of me from many other close members of my family don't know either. 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. 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 tests 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 instrumental lies and the need for his media appearances in that they're vulnerable it doesn't matter whether they're homeless people the elderly the sick or the young it's obvious and abusive. he never travels alone there is always a camera there somewhere recording it all. and his press team isn't just there to respond to interview requests the moment that it was. they have an agenda. they go knocking at every door on his behalf but whenever they can doesn't that by the middle of people think that i will because some here we have the former spanish

president. even there they wish and here the pope is that i served under those who hold all 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. as you know it is always ringing for another. anyone who meets father and count 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 and help

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. them. with. the n.d.o. . 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 iraq by later on tonio gomez said this is still not a thing of the past. he vented his criticism of father

and hill 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 is motivated by the 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. is that you millionth the poor and perpetuate their situation. a 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 who feel. the instrumentalists poverty to make money. they are interested in profit and as such as these organizations don't solve a single cause of poverty. on the contrary also because their

existence helps justify the state sitting back so that it no longer has to take any political measures to battle poverty for real. i was going to. put on a couple of. father who 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 one n.g.o.s profits those questions go unanswered. the start of the 2 day induction course for volunteers jaime was part of the cohort. and what a good day to you so you're the new intake. here. when you want to work as ball in tears. i mean jaime as a volunteer. to be able to do 3 things in this course 1st you have to be able to love it secondly to help the 3rd lee to have time for people you know

it's very important do you want to do that to yes of course. the must know she's 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 morrison of the war or sporting among us 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 but 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 these prayers alone are not enough but they also

don't hurt anyone who has like a. 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 a district attended by people from all over spain. visitors to san in tone are impressed by father and his 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. homicide but i've got a famous becoming what it's going to get 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 other photo the one on spain's national team was playing that evening and the game was going to be screened in san antonio and the other volunteers had a lot to do then you must say yes do you have any more chairs. as the these ones aren't as heavy. as it could come on we can carry to. look at the check of the broken keep you or shall i realize that i was going to find it difficult at 1st because it isn't easy. but with time i'm really beginning to enjoy him to working with others seeing that i can help him i feel useful again that i'm doing something to help people in need that's good for me to shift the issue of their mission if i think. as far as father and hill is concerned the poor and 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 astro city but my stepfather is very religious he would never accept my like on women and then when i told my mother that i was lesbian she had a crisis some 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 it's a place to face it excludes people. kind of along the lines of if you don't follow our rules but we don't want you in our club as it increases in the beginning wasn't just looking good it would be really 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 a listener in on. this i think the church plays a very important role in maintaining the status quo. isn't ready to be oh it's always the men who occupy positions of power in the church. and women are always in the 2nd row. linea 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 . not irrational that a lot more lies say well i mean messy and they are almost part of being a christian and of helping others i like that because when you're lonely or feeling bad 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 wasn't. that i. was.

during the match emotions run high. 7 7 was i thought the devout catholic has mixed feelings about opening a 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 or it's just a speck of all exactly yes the church is a place full prep for contemplation and for nothing else was. 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 on 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 jaime. to god the same goes for most of the other homeless people here. their experiences in sun and tony 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've 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 christmas tree day festivities we're in full swing now

to waco was celebrating tolerance and diversity. what kind of impression had father i'm fios open church made on bear and maria. is foolishness what i want to go to church and health is my faith is about helping your neighbor regardless of sexual orientation shouted out yes this is why i can't quite follow you. why. for to get. it out there is 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 but a good guy be a. father i'm cone might not have persuaded maria that's a 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.

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