abuse survivor who wa nts to collins, and abuse survivor who wants to do the right thing in the catholic churchcultural resistance to one of the simplest thing she would imagine the church wants to change, child sexual abuse. how can you imagine them moving on something when it comes to ordination of women. i had talked recently with a local parish priest, and he described the relationship with women as one of hatred and fear, that dark and deep and disdainful and misogynistic. 0ne isn't too optimistic about that. and the inclusion of lgb key people, we heard again from leo varadkar in the run—up to the arrival of the pope, how he rejected how uncomfortable he is with the way the church describes lgb key people, and we might have had talks from priests who are considered to liberal in the run—up to this event. ——. clearly the church has a lot of work to do. what has pope francis said. the treatment of lg bt people has pope francis said. the treatment of lgbt people as outcasts in society and with pure disdain is utterly repugnant to a progressively liberal country like ireland. the tide has alr

nothing else will revive the catholic church for many ordinary catholics.er under this pope to say what they think. if we ta ke pope to say what they think. if we take that as a starting point and people are saying what they think, does the catholic church need to embrace the change that is being called for, the change that is happening in ireland, with gay marriage, abortion and so on, in order to survive, particularly in europe? i think you're right. under this pope, people do feel freer to speak. the conversations which are happening this weekend would not have happened during the last papal visit. to mention the word abortion on the airwaves would almost not have happened. so ireland is in a different place. if you look at the first few decades of this state, you will find that our legislation is worth catholic first and legislative second. we now have legislators who are legislators. that doesn‘t mean the church is excluded from the public forum. all churches have a legitimacy to argue for their position in relation to social issues. but at the end of

they believe you can't separate the catholic church, the systemic abuse within the catholic church, the and the word and message ofjesus of nazareth, , the word and message ofjesus of nazareth,, because they would see that behaviour by the priests, by the institution itself, as an antithesis to the word ofjesus. they still regard pope francis as god's a presentation on earth, so they will support him for that reason. there are still devout catholics, but if you look at the trajectory of how the country has moved, 67% of people voted to allow abortion in this country. that is something that is completely a part of catholic teaching, to be against abortion. same with the lgbt community and same—sex marriage. many people voted for that, in spite of the fact that the catholic hierarchy have cast doubt lgbt members, even those that still want to remain part of the church. there is an element that people will make decisions about where their moral authority comes from. one of the speakers at the family event in the run—up to this weekend is a jesuit priest from the states who is thought to be

catholic faith here. let's not pretend the country has somehow stepped away from the church entirely. our history and the weather catholic faith was persecuted for many years by britain at the end of the 17th century. catholic emancipation arrives and then the church begins to build itself up. but it was also seen as the solace and comfort for many of our revolutionaries during the revolutionary period and it gets itself into pole position with the absolute thanksgiving of most of the population and the state in 1922. that has changed over the intervening years. but yes, there is a strong identification with the church as the religion of an oppressed people. that is a historic hangover that we have still got. and one has to respect that. i don't wa nt to one has to respect that. i don't want to be an absolute curmudgeon on a day when we are trying to be hospitable to an important visitor. but overriding all of those considerations and is the anger and shame and sorrow that people feel at what went on in this country for so long. we are waiting for the speech to begin. that will be happ

catholic church and they fightjust as hard now as they ever didm catholic church and they fightjust as is not all historical? needs to be institutional reform. words are not enough. interesting recent revelations, it turns out high cardinals, well esteemed princes of the church, turn out to have been abusers themselves. three major american dioceses the nature report to authorities. the raw complaints turns out to be around 10% of active priests in these three dioceses. it is baked in. there needs to be getting all the secret wreckers to the civil authorities because actually the catholic church has better records than the nazis! wreckers about internal practices. —— records. there needs to be a house—cleaning. it is supposed to be infallible, all of these guys who have gotten around him are difficult to dislodge. there has to bea difficult to dislodge. there has to be a house—cleaning, pay the money to the survivors, a willingness to do so. we are apologising regularly and profoundly, safeguarding at the bottom level and report all problems to the authorities. should we be seeing conc

why are we supporting this church which has had so many problems of abuse of children, and so reluctant to change? a moment of reckoning, i think, for catholics i think the timing of this could not be worse, a few weeks since the pennsylvania report. it has brought back the whole issue of church abuse to the fore. despite everything we know and we are all discussing, will there be for some people an element of excitement and pride that he is there? ireland proportionally still has the third highest churchgoing population in europe. exactly. in the recent census more than 75% of people ticked the box saying they are catholic. despite the influx of different religions in the last decade. things like funerals and the traditional wake are a huge part of irish culture. most people still get baptised. catholicism is still part of the irish identity culturally. countries like poland, for example, catholicism was so important in the formation of irish national identity, when ireland emerged as a nation in the early 20th century, it defined irishness. some interesting thoughts this week. in many ways, the 1979 visit, it has been written about by an em

of the world where there isa other parts of the world where there is a strong presence of the catholic churchls. that is the irish deputy prime minister. he is also the foreign minister. the protocol is that someone senior from the government meets distinguished guests when the queen came here last time, she was greeted by the then irish deputy prime minister. the predecessor of simon coveney. and the irish prime minister, of course, has talked about opening up in the new chapter in the state and the catholic church, and that relationship has been linked to closely. leo varadkar argues that. he has called for more separation in that relationship, but he wants a good read —— he wants a good relationship, and the new chapter. many senior clerics are gathered to meet and greet pope francis, along with simon called me, and other government dignitaries. —— simon coveney. you can see the papal flag flying from the cockpit of the alitalia flight. i was mentioning just a few moments ago, about the changing relationship between the people and the church in ireland. attendances at mass are down, but th

in ireland to the catholic church in ireland.in the pursuit of truth and justice. the plane carrying the pope has just touched down back in dublin. this afternoon he is expected here in phoenix park, where he will celebrate a mass in front of a crowd of half a million people. and i'm ben brown — the other headlines this hour: senatorjohn mccain, the vietnam war hero turned senator and us presidential candidate, has died at the age of 81.

festival the catholic church of the nineteenth century the victorian catholic church of. bishops will affect the running the country the church was running the state that has got to end them in live around the chief said in his speech yesterday that it wasn't until twenty five years off the founding of the irish state. department of health departments so well members sent out by the ira just to say the church is basically everybody in the country. model of the imperial now which i just don't see a guy who really want to be a new relationship with the church is that a son and i salute the flag around six thousand and i'm delighted repeatedly thrice pontifical of the church is not meant to protect the institution of most of the chat she still saying that's a sign to live out the message of the gospel the institution has to come second to the gospel so the irish times it means connecting with the early church or somehow shoring. up the gentlemanly of the bishops in the nineteenth century at the bottom of the nineteenth century church of the loop on the night it becomes a dull

catholic country in the world. but rocked by scandals, the church has fallen from grace. dublin, pope francis spoke of the sexual abuse of children by catholic priests and the failure of the church to address it. translation: the failure of ecclesiastical authorities, bishops, religious superiors, priests and others adequately to address these repellent crimes has rightly given rise to outrage and remains a source of pain and shame for the catholic community. i myself share those sentiments. pope francis will meet with survivors of clerical abuse during his visit. some say his condemnation of these crimes is not enough. it has to be zero tolerance and that means every abusive priest, bishop and those who covered it up, be sacked and removed from the church immediately. half the population of ireland turned out to see pope john paul in 1979. back then, homosexuality, contraception and divorce were illegal. now ireland is very much changed. an ireland that is very different from 1979 when a pope was last among us. an ireland i suppose a bit more divided in terms of social i

now, you are putting the blame on the catholic church, but there was a church of ireland, a protestantit did, in ireland, and it seems to have aped the catholic homes in ireland, which is kind of bizarre. it would suggest it was a problem of society, rather than the church. well, i can't really speak for exactly what was going on in the protestant bethany home. but a great deal of research has been done into that home by derek leinster from the bethany group. it's comparable with what happened in the catholic homes, but it seems to have been unique to ireland. even with these infant mortality rates, you are talking about going back to the ‘20s. yes. i mean, that was at a time when there weren't antibiotics, when they weren't vaccinations. and when those come in, the mortality rate drops dramatically. well, yes and no. the mortality rate dropped dramatically in ireland from the late ‘aos onwards, but that coincided with the start of the banished babies trade, which was a huge moneyspinner for the nuns. if i could just actually... i want to pick you up on that, because this is a central

he is the supreme leader of the catholic church, but what is stopping him, who is stopping him, from further action?|i think stopping him, from further action?” think what you have is a church which is represented in 170 countries, each with aaron legal system. —— their own legal system. there are countries where child abuse and rape just are not investigated as crime or viewed as crime. i remembergoing investigated as crime or viewed as crime. i remember going to liberia when i was working for the irish government as a special envoy, and going to see the child abuse centre in the police station in monro via. they had a desk, a chair, and a computer, not even a camera to photograph injuries, and if there was no witness, there could be no prosecution. so you have all those problems across different countries, andi problems across different countries, and i think what we have to recognise is, this is not a simple matter of saying, do this and it will be done. the primary responsibility for ms to getting the crime is that the state authorities. the church must cooperate, and the pope has

of the catholic church and i don't attend any of the rights and rituals so if there is if it has me is affects me by distancing the in a community sense. cui have a photo of you meeting the pope we just were looking at it a second ago you met him a few years ago you spoke to him about the issue of sex abuse this weekend the pope is meeting irish abuse survivors in your view is he truly on board as far as the topic of confronting abuse in the catholic church is concerned. no i don't think we've seen that mission that in the. case of the under partner molly. fourteen to now for years it hasn't actually delivered on the marriage columns on the same commission or commission and spend as the promise to prosecute bishops has not actually been implementor's them it's true says the response has been ninety fergal i'm trying a policy is such as is natural or during the week now and what i mash when i mentioned them i called one very concrete and issues to be addressed which aside from leaving or leaving aside the is

doing all those things reached out of bailiwick reach out to our constituency far beyond the catholic church however. this is a problem which is doing him one doing the church great deal of damage and nothing he said today an. indication that he's got out of this problem you know where we are dealing with. not just problem our liberal global sex abuse problem that deals with. basically. i gave a lobby and a lot of catholic institutions in particular seminaries and ills that were still with sustained and consistent child abuse by priests and by religious figures and what did you make of the words spoken by livered care of course the first openly gay and know why irish t.v. show i mean he was pretty direct wasn't he when he he asked the pope to back up words with action. i thought he was i thought a speech was not about the pope's speech i thought it was much better from for a start because he acknowledged the role of the irish state including with the catholic church. in. in a great deal of the system market use in orphanages and state institutions which were church run but there were also st

decades of sexual abuse scandals and the cover ups have served to erode the moral authority of the catholic church. francis said that he shares the shame and pain of the church's failure to tackle abuse here's more. pope francis arrived in dublin knowing the first papal visit to ireland in nearly forty years would be overshadowed by the scandal over sex abuse by predatory priests the very presence of the pope would once have electrified the whole country but social changes and the sex revelations mean the atmosphere is now much more muted the ceremonial greeting from martin's president michael higgins then it was down to business pope francis was forthright church members who should have protected young people had instead abused them. the fundamental the failure of church authorities bishops religious leaders priests and others to adequately address these repugnant crimes with he has rightly led to outrage juice them in the sushi and it remains a source of pain and shame for the catholic community. but. i share in feeling that pain and shame and evil with decent humane. protesters gathered in cent

hurt caused by agencies acting in the name of the catholic church. has said that it is something he believes it is important that pope francis addresses when he comes to ireland in august. so it is recognised by the catholic church now. just about. i first met the archbishop in 2012 when i presented him with what little evidence we had at the time about the mother and baby owns. when you talk about what happened castlepollard, baby owns. when you talk about what happened castlepolla rd, that baby owns. when you talk about what happened castlepollard, that was only seven or eight months after that. it was presented with the fa cts that. it was presented with the facts and figures we had at the time. it was asked to call for a public enquiry and he refused. he refused? it public enquiry and he refused. he refused ? it plain public enquiry and he refused. he refused? it plain lank refused. and that happened a number of times. he simply would not do anything about it. but what has happened as a result of the information that has come to light is that the

believe that pope francis is fully committed to the task of tackling this abuse scandal within the catholic church what's your view is he committed it seems to me that this pope is committed or us committed sort of the head of the church can be in the conditions of in the institutional conditions in which the church exists this is just a it's a mess of operation it's a massive institution in which most of the people that have actually operated a clerical level have been there for like twenty thirty forty years so the problem that the church has is not simply sort of address. they should selfridges addressing the crimes finding redress for the crimes finding a way to stop further crimes finding a way to stop the cover up of those crimes but on top of that there is a question as to how to change institutional culture within the church and that of course these are all things that are and why it's extremely difficult for just one man in a six year period to actually changes nonetheless it has to be said that for a purpose he that has been talking about zero tolerance for six straight years twelve year

of the catholic church pope francis has arrived in dublin for the first papal trip to ireland in almost forty years he's visiting a country that was once staunchly catholic but has since undergone huge social reforms this visit comes as the church faces renewed pressure to tackle sex abuse within its ranks damning new revelations have raised serious doubts over the leadership of media carville's and bishops who mock used of protecting predatory priests but francis has been telling our state reception at dublin castle that he shares the shame and pain of the church's failure to tackle abuse. joining us now from dublin mark vincent healy who was himself abused by catholic priests and now advocates for abuse survivors mark many thanks for talking to us what can you tell us perhaps first of all about your own experience and how it affected your faith. i was a b. in a private school in the sixty nine sts one hundred seventy three right to praise one the end of my junior school years and then once again beginning

in the country including the recent popular vote to legalize abortion long prohibited by the catholic church he said it was time to build a new relationship between church and state people kept in dark corners behind closed doors. cries for help that went on hurt. and these wounds are still open and there is much to be done to bring about justice and truth and healing for the victims and survivors. holy father we ask that you use your office and influence to ensure that this is done here in ireland and also around the world in this saga of widespread abuse of children by members of the catholic church protests were inevitable. these people looking for action not words from the vatican i do get the feeling though. trust will not be returned within the catholic population from simply what will bronson say to the population he needs to meet me our actions are going to be pretty serious action for going to be. alone in silent prayer the leader of one point two billion catholics. later in the day away from the cameras he met eight i were survivors of religious and institutional abuse for ninety m

the catholic church is out to protect the catholic church.t does very little for victims and in new york state i think it works against it. i hate to bring politics into it, but it lobbies to prevent a bill being past by the senate -- passed by the republican-controlled senate that would extend the statute of limitations in these types of cases. that is a sin. that is a travesty the church would work actively against victims to prevent legislation moving forward. i was part of the boston case. i was sexually abused by a priest i met in upstate new york and lived with in boston. what happened with that is i joined a global arbitration. they gave me some money and promised me some counseling and pretty much they just forgot about me. i got the money and the counseling dried up and the shame. there is a lot of shame in what happened to me. there is a lot of shame in me talking about it and i think one of the things that helps the catholic church is that they want to take away your voice. they don't want victims to talk. they don't want victims t

in the country including the recent popular vote to legalize abortion long prohibited by the catholic church he said it was time to build a new relationship between church and state people kept in dark corners behind closed doors cries for help that went on heard be and these wounds are still open. and there is much to be done to bring about justice and truth and healing for the victims and survivors be holy father we ask that you use your office and influence to ensure that this is done here in ireland and also around the world. in this saga of widespread abuse of children by members of the catholic church protests were inevitable. these people looking for action not words from the vatican i do get the feeling though dobbs. trust will not be returned within the catholic population from simply walk or process say to the common population he needs to meet actions are going to be curious on what was actually going to be. alone in silent prayer the leader of one point two billion catholics. later in the day away from the cameras he met eight i were survivors of religious an institutional abuse

in the country including the recent popular vote to legalize abortion long prohibited by the catholic church he said it was time to build a new relationship between church and state people kept in dark corners behind closed doors cries for help that went on heard. and these wounds are still open and there is much to be done to bring about justice and truth and healing for the victims and survivors. holy father we ask that you use your office and influence to ensure that this is done here in ireland and also around the world. in this saga of widespread abuse of children by members of the catholic church protests were inevitable. these people are looking for action not words from the vatican i do get the feeling though the. trust will not be returned within the catholic population from simply what will bronson say to the common population be nice to me are the actions you're going to be putting us on one whose actions are going to be. alone in silent prayer the leader of one point two billion catholics. pope francis has gone further than any pope in acknowledging the church's wrongs but as new

the catholic church and other churches fill that gap to the benefit of many generations of people. ofoundly grateful for that contribution down the centuries. even today as we struggle with a housing shortage and homelessness, catholic organisations of people inspired by their catholic faith fill a gap inspired by their catholic faith filla gap in inspired by their catholic faith fill a gap in providing some of those services. for example through organisations like cross care. holy father, during your papacy, we have witnessed your compassion for people around the edge of our society, for people who have not shared in our relative prosperity and people and families who have slipped through the net. your visit to the day centre today reminds us of the enormous work we have to do to make sure the promise of the new testa m e nt sure the promise of the new testament is the fellow, always protect, trust, hope and persevere and neverfail. protect, trust, hope and persevere and never fail. at protect, trust, hope and persevere and neverfail. at times in the past we have failed. there are

i went to their catholic school, attended a youth group in a convent. the church catholic priest, who had been ordained for months beforejohn priest, who had been ordained for months before john paul priest, who had been ordained for months beforejohn paul ii‘s visit, even though the church knew he was abusing people before that visit. i rememberjohn paul ii saying asela gunaratne is a crowd of 300,000 young people, young people of ireland, —— john paul young people, young people of ireland, ——john paul ii saying, as he looked out across a crowd of 300 young people, young people of ireland, i love you. it is pretty heartbreaking. given all that has come to light over that period, and the fact that you are sadly one of very many people who have had similar experiences, what is the response you will have to do is visit and what are you planning as pope francis comes to dublin? visit and what are you planning as pope francis comes to dublin7m visit and what are you planning as pope francis comes to dublin? it is important to separate out the various elements of the v

the catholic church is front and center in the worst sexual abuse scandal the church has ever seen in the nation's history a new report by the u.s. government finds more than three hundred catholic priests sexually abused thousands of children in pennsylvania what's worse and there may be many many more unaccounted for r.t. correspondent ashley banks has more. i do your investigation into the catholic church in pennsylvania reveals three hundred priests sexually abused more than a thousand children in four years what's worse is that a series of bishops cover it up the investigation covers six of pennsylvania's eight catholic diocese and found more than one thousand victims making this the largest examination by a government agency and the u.s. of child sexual abuse within the catholic church what's more alarming is that the grand jury is saying of that the number of sexually abused children is a much higher than what's being reported because a lot of files have been missing and a lot of kid didn't come forward because they were scared shortly after this report was released spins of be

his two day trip comes at a time of controversy in the catholic church, relating to how sexual abuse gations have been handled. irish prime minister, leo varadkar, has said he is glad the church is now less dominant in ireland. andrew plant reports. dublin has spent weeks preparing for its first papal visit in almost a0 yea rs. its first papal visit in almost a0 years. saturday will bring pope francis to island, with hundreds of thousands expected here in the city's phoenix park on sunday to attend mass. —— ireland. in 1979, whenjohn paul attend mass. —— ireland. in 1979, when john paul ii attend mass. —— ireland. in 1979, whenjohn paul ii came to ireland, 90% of catholics attended weekly mass. contraception, abortion and divorce were against the war here. now that figure is a0% and it is a very different ireland that will greet pope francis. i think in the past deep catholic church had too much of a dominant place in iris society. i think it still has a place in iris society but not one that determines public policy. —— irish society. all determines our laws. many are using the pope'

he met and encouraged people who work hard within the catholic church on safeguarding.estminster cathedral. now, these are three of the stepping stones. you begin with the stepping stones. you begin with the suffering. the are determined about the work we do at present and in the future and we do not hide, we do not try to hide the things that have gone wrong in the past. that particularly is the crucial lesson. and how we measure the success of this visit? it is notjust about numbers, we cannot expect the numbers, we cannot expect the numbers we saw 39 years ago. what was a successful the like's no, we cannot expect those numbers because a0 yea rs cannot expect those numbers because a0 years ago there was no health and safety regulations. the crowd in phoenix park is limited to half a million. they are not able to come if one wanted to come. the success of this will be much more in the spirit that surfaces in this country. i had been here a couple of days and there is no doubt about the vitality of the catholic church in ireland and the love and enthusiasm that people

that has caused people i believe to look at the catholic church in a different way. ven in our most recent census which was only a few years ago, 78% of irish people still identify as catholic. millions of people are regular mass goers, and these events around the papal visit will be attended by maybe 750,000 irish people, which makes it the biggest event that happened in the country in a very long time. so, i think if i were to sum it up i would say that the catholic church is still very much part of our society, but not at the centre of it in the way that it was a0 years ago. do you think the church and its role in society here in ireland has been diminished more by secularism from without or by scandal from within? erm... it's difficult to quantify. it's definitely a mixture of the two. you've lived here, you'd seen the impact of these scandals. i think the scandals certainly damaged the credibility of the catholic church. for example, some time ago, 20 or 30 years ago now, when we were deciding to introduce, for example, divorce into ireland, people learning that

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defining issue of pope francis during his visit to once proudly catholic ireland. >> do this in memory of me. >> reporter: where many churchesmpty, where the institution is struggling for purpose and credibility. >> i went into the hospital when i was 12, just turned 13, i was sexually assaulted by the catholic chaplain. >> reporter: after decades of recovering, mary collins has become a powerful voice. last year she walked away from a vatican panel advising pope francis because nothing changed. she wasn't satisfied with his recent written apology. >> we wrote the pope a strong letter, a lot is good. unfortunately, he says we are working on a way to whoel hold people accountable. we're decades on, you can't still be working on it. >> reporter: darren mcgavin wanted to show us another painful locate, in phoenix park, where pope francis will say mass. >> he laid me down in the gully. >> reporter: another place he was raped by the priest that he once trusted. >> he didn't even say sorry. >> reporter: darren and other victims say apologies are important. but from the pope, they also want firm policies to ensure no one suffers li

notjust the catholic church but that churches in general of the western world and that as a phenomenonminister of ireland, thank you very much for your time. and just bringing you now some breaking news coming to us from the vatican which has announced that the vatican which has announced that the pope has met eight survivors of sexual abuse today, early evening we we re sexual abuse today, early evening we were told he talked to them for 90 minutes. the pope has met eight sexual abuse survivors early this evening, speaking to them for 90 minutes. we were told earlier that he would indeed be meeting with survivors and we were told that we would not hear about it until it had happened as is the case and we were also told by the church that this was a essentially a private meeting but if the people the pope was speaking to wanted to talk about the conversation afterwards, it would be up conversation afterwards, it would be up to them. we do not know yet whether any of those abuse survivors who have spoken to be pope will be going public with details of the conversation. what they said to

in the country including the recent popular vote to legalize abortion long prohibited by the catholic church he said it was time to build a new relationship between church and state people kept in dark corners behind closed doors cries for help that went on hurt. and these wounds are still open and there is much to be done to bring about justice and truth and healing for the victims and survivors. holy father we ask that you use your office and influence to ensure that this is done here in ireland and also around the world in this saga of widespread abuse of children by members of the catholic church protests were inevitable. these people looking for action not words from the vatican i do get the feeling though god's. trust will not be returned within the catholic population from simply what will process will say to the common population he needs to meet me on the actions you're going to be with us on what was actually from going to be. alone in silent prayer the leader of one point two billion catholics. later in the day away from the cameras he met eight i were survivors of religious and i

despite the sex abuse scandal shaking the catholic church the pontiff still has huge public support. lined the streets to give the pope an enthusiastic welcome as he was driven to st mary's cathedral. inside the pope prayed for victims of clerical abuse in front of a light known as the can live innocence he was forthright in condemning the churches to scrape. church authorities bishops religious leaders priests and others to adequately address these repugnant crimes which he has rightly to outrage jews. to shield and it remains a source of pain and shame for the catholic community and. i share in feeling that pain and shame. of protesters in central dublin brandished baby shoes in solidarity with child victims of abuse. there is a great that is. really challenging. challenging the corruption of the vatican says the pope has met eight irish survivors of abuse and the pontiff clearly still enjoys great personal popularity. and would like a miracle for me to say i cannot be on search there's room for america and we hope francis will arrange it for us because when. the papal visit to ire

church has fallen over a cliff. its moral authority is completely destroyed. we still have quite a high percentage of catholicsngernails. are you glad that the church is having less of a dominant effect? the short answer is yes. i think in the past the catholic church had too much of a dominant place in irish society. i think it still has a place in irish society, but not one that determines public policy or determines our laws. judging by trade in the exhibition hall, the catholic church is pinning its hopes on the popularity of pope francis. this is the best one. he remains the star attraction. but unless it can convince the world that it has changed, then the future of the roman catholic church in ireland will continue to be overshadowed by its past. martin bashir, bbc news, dublin. it's being descibed as one of the biggest events in the history of the internet, despite the fact the names ksi and logan paul probably mean little to some people. the two youtube stars are set to earn millions of dollars in a boxing match on saturday that's being broadcast via pay per view online. colin paterson reports. the bi

ireland to hear pope francis say mass this comes after the pontiff asks for forgiveness for the catholic church over its sexual abuse scandals he says the church must take firm and decisive action in pursuit of truth and justice but its critics say words are not enough also coming up one of the most independent voices in u.s. politics has fallen silent senator john mccain died overnight at the age of eighty one losing his battle against brain cancer mccain's wife cindy paid tribute to her late husband saying he passed the way he lived on his own terms. than zimbabwe's new president emerson and is sworn in after his narrow victory in july is just needed to lection the now faces of difficult task of uniting the country after an election of the opposition says it was raked. i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us pope francis is wrapping up his visit to ireland as many as half a million people are gathering to hear the pope say mass in dublin's phoenix park. earlier visiting in a town pilgrimage town of knock at the pope begs for god's forgiveness over the sex abuse scandals which ha

church has fallen over a cliff. its moral authority is completely destroyed. we still have quite a high percentage of catholicsgernails. are you glad that the church is having less of a dominant effect? the short answer is yes. i think in the past the catholic church had too much of a dominant place in irish society. i think it still has a place in irish society, but not one that determines public policy or determines our laws. judging by trade in the exhibition hall, the catholic church is pinning its hopes on the popularity of pope francis. this is the best one. he remains the star attraction. but unless it can convince the world that it has changed, then the future of the roman catholic church in ireland will continue to be overshadowed by its past. martin bashir, bbc news, dublin. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come. two of the biggest youtube stars take their rivalry to the boxing ring — to create one of the most—hyped events in the history of the internet. this is bbc world news today. i‘m lewis vaughan jones. the latest headlines donald trump has called off his top diplomat‘s visit to north ko

he talked about dark aspects of the catholic church history and he asked for the catholic church to deal with the issues that have been plaguing the church and the time has come for a new chapter. of course, the pope then went on to deliver his message. he talked about the duty of every generation to protect spiritual values in the face of the difficulty that families are facing at this time. he did talk about the grave scandal of abuse of young people under the care of the church. he talked about the betrayal of trust and he said the gravity of the abuse scandal cast a light on many and it served to emphasise the importance of children to the church. so pope francis has given that key speech in dublin. it is a historic visit. it is the first visit by a pope in almost a0 years in a much changed ireland, and he had much to say about many of the controversies that have been plaguing the church. we can listen back to some of that speech, where he also talked about the good friday agreement, the peace agreement with northern ireland. translation: we can give thanks for the two decades of pea

who is supposed to be leading the catholic church. but this is such a massive issue, i am beginning to think this is the worst crisis probably the catholic church has faced since the reformation. you are just back from ireland, by chance. what was your sense of it? i visited in the last week where i am from, and there is huge attention and expectations for the pope to do something more than just apologise, essentially. people want specifics now. i think it is fair to say it has been more negative than positive, high—profile people like the former president of ireland, mary mcaleese, herself a doctoral student in canon law. she has been outspoken, critical, vocal in the last few weeks about the church's views on homosexuality and women. there will be huge pressure on the pope to say something specific. it is not pope francis's first visit to ireland, he learned