thank you, shaun. mass continuing at
phoenix park in dublin led by pope
francis, and a really very striking
opening to the mass, when pope
francis, speaking in his native
spanish, asked for forgiveness for
abuse at all levels, and theologian
father eamon conway listening to
that with me, you are struck by
that, weren't you? deeply moved. it
is unprecedented in my experience at
the beginning of mass like that for
the beginning of mass like that for
the holy father to break with the
norms of opening a mass which is
normally a short right of penance,
to speak specifically about the
various wounds in the universal
church, naming the various contexts
in which people have been hurt and
wounded and abused here in ireland,
in homes for babies and mothers,
children in the care of the church,
those who were victimised as
children and so on, and he broke