we have seen a glimpse of a catholic, but also a critic of the catholic, but also a critic of the catholics you are looking to see, the concrete steps to deal with abusers and those who covered up with abusers and those who covered up of —— abuse, how much of that is in the purview of the pope as an individual or is he hamstrung by the bureaucracy of the vatican? we hear that he is under the power of the cury, which is a notoriously conservative group of men —— the curator, who are opposed to any change of canon law. but nonetheless, the pope has power and could, if he has the will to do so, tell the curia that he wishes to change canon law and appoint a commission to do so. it would be possible for him to fire anybody who gets in the way of changes in how the church deals with abuse. he can't at the moment fire a cardinal archbishop or a bishop. ridiculous. where are the lines of accountability? exactly. so that needs to happen. and people like mary mcaleese, a trend canon lawyer herself, would be an interesting person to involve in seeing how to make the model more responsive to potentia

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

this is an opportunity for pope francis to speak irish catholics and catholics around the world, especiallyre perhaps fewer and fewer people are identifying as catholics, although here and ireland a vast majority of the population still do. almost at the end of day one of this visit, how do you think they have done? it is an opportunity. it was an opportunity because his main speech yesterday was the one where he spoke to our head of government, our head of states and dignitaries and that is where he should have dealt with the church's role within the irish constitution and the irish state, and unfortunately that is a strong consensus to say that he failed in that regard and he reiterated the apologies of the past, but remember, ireland has been dealing with abuse scandal since the 1990s. are we still having this conversation where the head of the catholic church is not saying that those people would have to face justice? we know over 90% of the perpetrators globally have walked free and that is the case with the catholic church now and he didn't meet his words with actions or talk about ma

many catholics have changed, too.sit comes after a whole series of terrible revelations around the world, in america, in chile and a recent report here in britain. it'll be interesting to see how he is received by the irish people. and what he has to say about abuse himself. we know he will be making three speeches over the course of the weekend, three addresses. an assumption he will at some stage meet people who are survivors of abuse. where does the hard—hitting element of the visit come? at what point does he have to address this head on? i think he does, he put out an apology in the last few days about abuse. he said the church's action on abuse had not been timely. he talked about what a terrible thing it was but i think people want to know a bit more. we have been waiting five years since pope francis was elected to do more about the abuse scandal in the church. i think we want to see some actual action. there has been a commission that is supposed to look into abuse. everyone was pleased when he invited abuse

it is really a global issue for the catholic church.oo irish people, but really he is speaking to international catholics. thank you very much. that grand jury reported pennsylvania, just published in the last week or so, implicating around 300 priests in the abuse of more than 1000 children during the 1970s and 1980s. some of the members of the church hierarchy from the us that were supposed to be attending the meeting this weekend have had to pull out of that, dealing with all of that in the us. let's check the time. it is about 10.10. in 20 minutes, the flight carrying pope francis is due to arrive at dublin international airport. the welcome party there, ready to greet him. we will be back when he arrives. for the moment, from dublin castle, back to you. we will be back as soon as we have more on the arrival. women in england will be allowed to take the second dose of an early abortion pill at home, under a department of health plan due to take effect by the end of the year. last month, the government was criticised as being "out of

issue but it is not exclusively the catholic church. 0ther it is not exclusively the catholic churchtions including the bbc have been struck with this problem and organisations have real difficulty in adjusting and how to grapple with it and it is and how to grapple with it and it is a journey the catholic church is on. i think let's see what he says in the other encounters and he has yet to meet the victims of abuse and crucially rather than hearing from him,| crucially rather than hearing from him, iwill crucially rather than hearing from him, i will be very interested if any of them say what you said to them because i think that personal encounter is where hope frances really comes alive. the first part of this visit is very stilted, it is the diplomatic, forgive the diplomat in me, it is the statecraft and that is not his natural terrain up. his terrain is what you'll see in the centre, what you see on the streets in the hundreds of thousands of people who come out onto the streets of dublin this evening. that is not something we can predict that noontime today. it is a journey t

run institutions, other catholic run institutions, other scandals that the catholic church has had toont in recent yea rs. church has had to confront in recent years. so we heard from him a bit earlier, here at dublin castle, where i'm speaking to you from. addressing this issue but is it to the satisfaction of those who want the satisfaction of those who want the church to do more customer we will get some reaction to that in a moment. first this report from emma vardy. descending on dublin this morning, shepherd one, the papal plane. this is ireland's first visit from the pope in four decades. and welcoming the head of the catholic church has been a much anticipated moment. ireland was once known as the most catholic country in the world. but rocked by scandals, the church has fallen from grace. in 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 giv

this is deja news live from then with the catholic church facing fresh outrage of child sex abuse pope francis heads to. the pontiff has promised to address the issue but will that be enough to satisfy calls for justice look at the perspective of an irish abuse of survival in just a couple of minutes also on the program. a mediterranean moment for south america with two million venezuelans on the move the u.n. says the region's migration crisis is starting to resemble what happened in europe in twenty fifteen e. and b. w. news has been following one family's faintness in journeys across schools. and we'll have the highlights for you of last night's top soccer clash as the bundesliga gets back to business cereal champions by munich facing another top team hoffenheim in that curtain raiser last night the bavarians provide old but it wasn't the dominant start they were hoping for. with. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring thanks for joining us in just over an hour's time pope francis arrives in dublin for the first papal trip to ireland in almost forty years he'll be visiting

use a little of the catholic tough love with the catholic church.he legislative end of this in pennsylvania, i've been to the capital regularly for the last 2.5 years since becoming public to pass a very commonsense legislation that representative mark rosie of berks county, also a rape victim of the church -- he was raped in a shower at 13, which is why he is a representative. he is pushing for this legislation. the republican-controlled senate in pennsylvania that is dominated by lobbyists from the insurance federation, from the catholic conference, will not -- nermeen: what is the insurance federation? >> the insurance agents to or the father go through because they are the ones that will be setting the bill. the church only does it, they don't play for. amy: explain the catholic conference. >> a conference of bishops in the country they get together, even though each individual diocese is run individually by each individual bishop, they only have that control of their , they do meet. on certain aspects of the religion and activities, i believe t

colm o'gorman was fourteen years old when he was raped by a roman catholic priest he's now the head of amnesty international development we have to speak out to ensure that the vatican is subjected to proper accountability. i'm not the only way we can be confident that we've done everything we can in our power to protect children and normal adults wherever they may be pope francis is to cross the catholic world as a reformer because he restore faith in catholicism the biggest risk to the church is future in ireland is the church itself. the german chancellor angela merkel has paid have a spec's to the one point five million armenians who died during the nineteen fifteen mass killings merkel is visiting armenia as part of a three day visit to the south caucasus region she avoided using the term genocide to describe the killings but she did recognize that the resolution germany's parliament two years ago that declared the killings were a genocide germany has acknowledged that it has and direct involvement in the massacre as an ally of the ottoman empire. and we have the germans as friend

this is deja news live from berlin with the catholic church facing fresh outrage over child sex abuse pope francis heads to. the pontiff has promised to address the issue but will that be enough to satisfy calls for justice we'll get the perspective of an irish abuse survivor. also on the program a group of migrants go on hunger strike off to italy refuses to admit them one hundred fifty people have been stranded on board this coast guard vessel for over a week now the european union meeting to resolve the crisis files to come up with a solution. and highlights for you of last night's top soccer clashes the buddhist review gets back to business cereal champions by munich facing another top team. in that coaching raiser last night at the veterans provide old but it wasn't the dominant stop they were hoping for. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring thanks for joining us pope francis is due to arrive in dublin shortly for the first papal trip to ireland in almost forty years he'll be visiting a country that was one staunch catholic but has since undergone huge social reforms h

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 dul

so it is recognised by the catholic church now. just about.and baby homes. when you talk about what happened at castlepollard, that was only seven or eight months after that. it was presented with the facts and figures we had at the time. he was asked to call for a public inquiry, and he refused. he refused? he point—blank 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 government is taking action. there is a commission that will be reporting in february and looking at all these. do you accept that as the right process? yes and no. certainly the inquiry was the right way forward, but it was a flawed inquiry in that it does not address the whole issue. a large section of our community has been excluded. one thing we‘re campaigning for its full inclusion in the inquiry, because unless you are actually born in a mother and baby home, you are not included in the inquiry. there is scope in the inquiry into the scale of ill

catholic bishops to resign. we'll have more on pope francis' letter and the catholic church abuse scandal after headadlines. president trump is heading to chcharleston, west virginia, toy toto hold a campaigngn rally and announce a massive rollback of obama-era environmental regulations for coal-fired power plants. the deregulation will dramatically weaken president obama's signature clean power plan, which aimed to cut carbon dioxide emissions in order to address climimate change. under president trump's planned deregulation, individual states will now be allowed to decide whether to curb emissions. "the washington post" reports the deregulation will mean at least 12 times more carbon dioxide will be released into the atmosphere over the next decade. the deregulation will also rollback rules aimed at reducing air pollution from the plants. andrew wheeler, the current acting administrator of the environmental protection agency, is a former coal industry lobbyist. president trump met with federal immigration agen

inspired by their catholic faith fill a gap inspired by their catholic faith filla gap in inspired bylic 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 dark aspects of the catholic church's history as one of your bishops recently said. we think of the words of the psalm that tell us children area of the psalm that tell us children are a heritage of the lord. we are reminded of the failure is of wider society and the church

despite the sex abuse scandal rocking the catholic church the pontiff still has huge support dubliners lined the streets to give the pope. one enthusiastic welcome as he was driven to mary's cathedral to bless newlywed couple. for a closer look at the pope's visit to dublin i'm joined in the studio now by a reporter at william glucose so william there's been quite a great quite a lot of criticism against the pope especially in connection with the issue of clerical abuse what have the pope's critics in ireland been saying now especially online there they're saying no they're saying nope there's actually a hashtag called say nope to the pope which sounds funny but of course is deadly serious that many are using to discuss their outrage at the catholic church and the pope's visit you can see an irish rugby writer he put it very bluntly in this tweet he said i wish every weekend could be ireland winning the grand slam on st patrick's day and twickenham which is a major rugby stadium in england instead this weekend we have to host the leader of the world's largest pedophile ring hash tag sa

catholic faithful are you not there. in the churches is a male private club. and a later on that women are owned by but they don't get the board they don't get don't get to take any decisions right ok betty adney interesting to talk to you thank you you thank. the russian opposition leader alexina valley's been arrested outside his home in moscow in the valley his face woman said on twitter that he's been taken to a local police ation the reason for his detention is still unclear he was released in june after spending a month in jail for resisting the police and organizing an authorized rally valen is one of president bush's most vocal critics and has been repeatedly put behind. the israeli yes is very mild military launched a crackdown leading to what's being called the ethnic cleansing of the ranger hundreds of thousands of people fled to neighboring bangladesh. where the refugees there have been holding peaceful protests demanding justice and safe return to their homes there are now more than seven hundred thousand people living in camps near the border it'

ireland was once known as the most catholic country in the world.d by scandals, the church has fallen from grace. in 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 irelan

news live from berlin pope francis visits islanders the catholic church faces fresh outrage over the child sex abuse the pontiff has promised to address the issue during his two day trip but will that be enough to satisfy calls for justice we talked to an irish abuse survivor. also on the program with over two million venezuelans on the move the unit united nations says south america's migration crisis is starting to resemble what's happening in europe in fact in twenty fifteen dublin news has been following one family's fate is it journeys across borders. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a good to have you with us the head 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 prie

host: have you ever been catholic? are you catholic? n't catholic.i i have a cousin that was molested by a catholic priest in cleveland, ohio. jim jordan,ernal -- congressman jim jordan is accused of this. just like you have child trafficking, you have child homosexual, all these illegal things going on. host: let's stick with the church. should the u.s. federal government gets involved? jim jordan, these people when they speak out like they do and talk about everybody else, you need to take a look in the mirror because these are the people -- trump has never been in a church. why don't you talk about that? host: ok, we will stick to the topic. the new york times op-ed sections has a piece by marshy by marcin has a piece hamilton, a professor of practice at the university of pennsylvania and a piece executive of child usa. her piece, there be light in church." she writes the roman classic turkey sex abuse -- roman clergy sexcatholic placedcandal -- alongside the recent release of an exhaustive or injury report in pennsylvania that describes more than

the liberal catholics and there are conservative catholics, and the conservative catholics tent to vote just on the life issue. >> you're absolutely right. a big split among catholics now. the catholic vote was overwhelmingly democratic in the knew deal era because chocks tended to be working class, termed to be people who benefited from the new deal program its but there's been a big realignment among catholics. the i big split in catholics -- it's ideological and the choice issue is one issue. not the only one that divides catholics but there's also the big racial divide among catholics and a growing proportion of catholics in the united states are hispanic, and hispanic catholics are very democratic, very democratic. white catholics tend to be republican. not entirely. obviously there's still a pretty large share of democrats there, but they've swung toward the republican party considerably. but the hispanics are the only part of the catholic community that is actually growing in size. white catholics are shrinking, and so if the catholic church in this country is going thrive in the

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 minutes likely the most emotional moment of his thirty six hour visit for all involved pope francis has gone further than any pope in acknowledging the church's wrongs but as new allegations of abuse continue to surface the biggest challenge to the church in ireland is the church itself. pope francis is an island and arguably one of the darkest moments in the church's modern history become pope francis universally respected as a true reformer reinvigorate face and what the catholic church stands for. thousands of the faithful croke park stadium to hear pope francis speak his visit is a moment of joy for many believe is an island a country where more than seventy percent of the population identify as catholic but as the country embraces secular values irish society regardless of faith wants to hold the church to account for past wrongs need baka al jazeera dublin. well i

so it is recognised by the catholic church now. just about.ence 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 government is taking action. there is a commission that will be reporting in february and looking at all these. do you accept that has the right process ? do you accept that has the right process? yes and no. certainly the enquiry was the right way forward bu

not just in the catholic church, but in society as a whole.ed a long letter in which he expressed his shame and horror and expressed his own personal regret and was quite determined that the church will tackle this evil that has found a lodging in our house. so i would expect he would repeat those things when he is here. but he will do it in the context of an unflinching conviction of the presence of god in our lives and the way in which, with the help of the holy spirit we construct family life, society life that is good for all. clearly there is a lot about which we should repent, clearly there is a lot about which we can celebrate and be determined for 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 a crucial lesson to us all the time. clearly many people will be listening closely to what pope francis has to say on that issue. meanwhile, in the light of what you we re meanwhile, in the light of what you were seeing was the changing role of the church over these decades

this is developing news live from berlin with the catholic church facing fresh outrage over child sex abuse pope francis heads to. the punters has promised to address the issue they have but will that be enough to satisfy calls for justice. also on the program a mediterranean moment for south america with two million venezuelans on the move the u.n. says the region's migration crisis is starting to resemble what happened in europe back in twenty first to g.w. news has been following one family's fate as it journeys across borders. and highlights for you of last night's top soccer clashes the bundesliga gets back to business cereal champions by munich facing another team hoffenheim in the cup and writes a last night the bavarians provide goals but it wasn't the dominant start they were hoping. to win. hello welcome my name is christopher springer thanks for joining us 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 since on the gong huge social reforms his visit comes as the cathol

i think american catholics and really americans who are not catholics, will be very distressed by thiseport by the vatican that several popes have been aware that some of these cases have been going around and not at that on it is a real blow to the authority of the church. the pope is refusing to say anything about this and is quoted as saying, basically, i am about this and is quoted as saying, basically, iam paraphrasing, saying he expects us as journalists to make oui’ he expects us as journalists to make our right conclusions.” he expects us as journalists to make our right conclusions. i think that is not what american catholics are going to be wanting to hear from here because one of the criticism that has surfaced quickly in the wa ke that has surfaced quickly in the wake of these recent scandals, is the tendency for the church hierarchy to retreat behind pr. circling the wagons and avoid publicly discussing these cases and what people desperately want to hear is some form of public apology and acknowledgement that the reason a serious problem because it is a real question of h

why when more politicians are publicly reclaiming their catholic faith will those same politicians be ready to face the inevitable clashes on issues like immigration and state sanctioned murder with the catholic church faith that is quite literally telling the faithful that it's time for a major change wow wild man the pope came out gone in the day in the use of drowning in the in the term about peace and life but. man that is incredible and the big is really big because you know i've never been for the death penalty at all i've never really thought it's been powerful and you know i've never i've and i never understood it's not it's not a good thing that's not you know and it's interesting how this is playing out politically especially when you look at like how it's affecting the two parties and things of that nature well i think there's a dam head of the catholic herald had wrote a piece months ago called the trouble with catholic politicians and what he asked is which is worse left wing politicians who contradict the church on marriage and abortion or right wing catholic politicians

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 ha

herald had wrote a piece months ago called the trouble with catholic politicians and what he asked is which is worse left wing politicians who contradict the church on marriage and abortion or right wing catholic politicians who neglect the church's teaching on immigration and on the faith duty to correct some of the injustices of the market and there are there are all these things that say that as a catholic. it's really about the world it's about the world around you and what you can do to make that a better place and more toward what the ideal is so. what are they going to do that we're talking about people like ocasio cortez justin trudeau brett kavanaugh the new supreme court is possible for justice he is a catholic he's a devout catholic where is he going to land on this if if it comes up well i've always asked this question and maybe it's not popular among people the faith you know what happens when they die but what if we don't know what happens when we die and what it's like no matter what you didn't life you die and it's a happy. one place after you do you have to you're don

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in chile committed by catholic clergy. it is absolutely in the air here that the pope has to address this issue and not simply in terms of offering the kind of apologies and reassurances that have been heard from popes and other church officials in the past. but offer something concrete that will give people reason to believe that after decades of these kind of revelations that something is going to give, george. >> john allen, thank you so much for your time and perspective. we'll keep in up the with you. there is plenty of anger of many catholics in ireland a country dealing with its own history of abuse. photos of some victims were projected in dublin friday night. as we mentioned, the pontiff plans to pooem meet wimeet with victims ahead of pope francis' trip to ireland. >> i survived. i consider myself something of a thriveer at times and i am privileged to work with survivors and make my little continue buying to this fight against this evil scourge. but my brother mike didn't survive and the drug and alcohol that co

pope francis has spoken of his pain and shame at the failure of the roman catholic church to deal with sexual abuse by the clergy in ireland. he was speaking on the first day of his two—day trip to the country, the first papal visit in nearly a0 years. thousands of people lined the streets to greet the pontiff, who'll be at a festival later to celebrate family life. our religion editor, martin bashir, is in dublin. good evening. yes, pope francis who is 81 years of age has kept up a pretty hectic schedule today. it began at the presidential residence, moved on to dublin castle and then saint mary's pro cathedral. all of that having flown in from italy. departing from rome at 8:30 this morning, pope francis made his customary visit to the cargo of correspondents and camera crews on board, including the bbc. martin bashir, the bbc. unlike the last papal visit, when popejohn paul kissed the runway, francis deployed a smile and a wave. music. his first visit was to the residence of president michael d higgins. he moved on to a meeting of civil leaders and the diplomatic corps, and it was h

an isolated catholic enclave in east belfast from the surrounding area. in two thousand and two it was the scene of the riots in the city since the start of the peace process. a catholic lives with his family in. shadow of the short strands wore as vivid memories of what. there was. on the smaller of short straw. and. a lot of it because a tree or the top of this particular spot because this was seen as a formal spot on the wall was a lot of time. here we love. the whole everyone. destroyed. of our. students and both came true. both in. two thousand people were hurt i mean. covered up. every day it was very dark going. to not just me it was. lives with her family place the other side of the wall the protestant side i actually moved in here in the troubles in two thousand today because. other people in here had children. and they were paid by the people next door and when you need people to move in here that want to free it eleven here so i. and i moved in. she was at my head in the back and it was just and the allies over there. said their manual. talk on

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

they're catholics and isis here actually had no basic human rights the had no for the rights they had all those raids taken away from. us in nineteen ninety eight all the political parties signed up to the good friday agreement breaking three decades of deadlock it established a power sharing assembly and paved the way for the withdrawal of british troops on the disbanding of paramilitary groups. after many false starts the assembly assumed its full power in may two thousand and seven the sworn enemies of yesterday unionist leader ian paisley and the republican leader martin mcguinness became first minister and deputy first minister. of what northern ireland has now is not so much peace as an absence of conflict far from disappearing the walls have grown instead of reconciliation there is partition and tempered stalemate of separate identities and separated lives there is huge presence. in very large particularly the working through. kids going to school in different schools cultures scorning all foreigners in school but it would just not mix. consequence of the rules in the moves the

it's an occasion of greatjoy for many catholics and occasion of celebration from many catholics.ate has been severely tested as a result of chemical abuse and abuse in catholic run institutions. and those who have great discomfort because they want to see the charge to do more. this is the ireland to which pope frances has come, it's a different ireland and the one thatjohn paul ii visited in the last papal visit back in1979, visited in the last papal visit back in 1979, almost four decades ago. but it is one which is still predominantly a catholic country. and know what we are seeing is testimony from a number of families from around the world, notjust ireland, to mark this festival of families. i live in mumbai with my family.

two of my kids go to catholic school. how do people find their way after something like this. >> being raised catholic, i say now is the time you have to dig deep into your faith. your faith, not your church's faith. into your faith. into your heart. think about your judgment day. don't think about -- the church is made up of the people. the people pay all the bills. >> will this finally rock the catholic church? because it hasn't been. >> if it doesn't, i'm giving up. i mean, what else do you have to do? do you have to walk in, kick the door in, bring the cameras and catch him in a hotel in times square? because we're in times square. these guys are just like single guys trying to score on the weekend. this is new york city -- >> with children. >> with children. they visit niagra falls, they take them on camping trips. they take them to the beach. they bring them near st. patrick's day cathedral, take them to a broadway show. >> your abuser was teaching you how to drive. >> teaching me how to drive. we played golf, we pl

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