not simply as a catholic. some catholics thought he went too far in 1960. he made a point of saying my religious life is entirely separate from my political life. that is not something we would say to martin luther king jr. or other people in the 1960's whose religious life very much informed their politics. some people say he would too far, but in retrospect, he probably handled it pretty well. he reassured enough white protestants to support him. he had overwhelming support from the catholic community. >> how significant was the speech in houston? prof. mcgreevy: a big deal. at least in the media at the time, it really took the issue off the table. the speech was early in the campaign and it really made it very difficult for richard nixon, his opponent, to talk about catholicism. even though nixon in some ways wanted to. some of his advisers were doing it behind the scenes. his dad was a very famous strong-willed irish catholic businessman and ambassador to england. it is a good joke because people were worried that joseph kennedy had too much influence o

but the catholic church continues to have a very strong ,osition against birth control so catholic leaders are not allow old, essentially, to participate in efforts to sotribute birth control, these groups tend to fall apart and we land in the very same that we come out on this issue. ahave a colleague who is sheolic ethicist -- i guess would call herself antiabortion. she is very opposed to the idea the the only way you reduce abortion rate is the supreme court. her frustration is, would people stop worrying about the supreme court? they are destroying the country. there are these other things on the ground that we could be doing that as a byproduct or direct effort would reduce the abortion rate, and she is kind of preaching to dead air in a lot of ways. i am just throwing out some things like i do believe the abortion debate remains so fraught. your point is, what about all of imagery that can be very effective? the debate looks simple. that is what i often do think, when i see crosses on the lawn or stuff like that, whatever it may be, make the debate looked very simple ample people in

boycott and protests they hope they can change the face of the catholic church. or the artist ai wei wei has called berlin home for the past 3 years he left house arrest and forced censorship back in china you may remember well he recently announced that he's leaving germany and he's signing off with the largest european exhibition of his work in the german city of dusseldorf as ever the show mixes human rights advocacy with some of the unexpected. beyond sr an activist by way way opens his largest european show ever into suitable for germany and he's in an expectedly unpredictable mood. the show comprises a huge range of his work some not so well known. and some now famous in their own right. he's lived and worked from berlin since he fled china in 2015 i think. i'm. sure. this is. off. and he's maintained his provocative style. his most recent work focuses on the plight and experience of migrants and refugees exhibiting all the clothes left at a greek refugee camp before it was cleared by the authorities so i don't know what was life. when no one could be see o

you have to be baptized by a catholic priest. that was the premise upon which catholics enslaved people. seriously. fonts in theismal slave islands in the atlantic and a lot of these were cursory they wereecause enslaving hundreds of thousands of people. the bureaucracy is so important. the bureaucratic function of this had a really interesting and different implications for people who were enslaved and for people who were in catholic colonies versus those in protestant ones. because they were baptized, they were recognized as part of the catholic community even though they were enslaved. you never want to go down the road of this slavery is better than that slavery, but it did amend that. for example if you were married and a slave owner wanted to sell you, you could appeal to a priest and you have these implications of the way that slavery and christianity function that were very different in catholic colonies and that is why i call it youestant supremacy because have to go into the history of you aformation, were visible faith

the catholic church is an ancient institution with a long and rich history. which encapsulates centuries of human experience. it is also a universal institution with members in every corner of the globe and every culture and language group but it's particular in in local institution and church of your neighborhood, your parish, the heart of your local community. in that parish churchch is where you worship and your religious life is lived and kept the important records of your baptism, confirmation, marriage and other sacraments. but how does this ancient institution express its long experience of human life? and how does the far-flung membership express a unity of mm r ce of the faith? today we talk with an expert in the church's code of law for the governance and mission. this is called cannon law. and you may be surprised to learn ace was, it's a deep, rich important come pew lation of century of norms and standards could be contained in a single volume. and introduction to the volume says its purse purpose to contribute to good order and enhanced free dom

boycott and protests they hope they can change the face of the catholic church. in. the u.s. state of missouri has approved a sweeping bill to ban abortions at 8 weeks of pregnancy becoming the latest state to join alabama in severely restricting the procedure but pro-choice supporters say these laws violate roe v wade that's the landmark supreme court decision in 1973 that up held a woman's right to an abortion in the u.s. they're trying to safeguard access to the procedure our correspondent helen humphrey traveled to alabama to talk with people on both sides of the divide the on about mistake capital has become the latest front line in a fight for reproductive rights that most pro-choice activists thought that one in the 1970 s. inside this building republican governor k. i.v. signed the bill into law and now she has a battle on her hands she has the support of proponents like the lori mullins who runs the copd pregnancy center in montgomery alabama offering baby items and parenting classes in an effort to dissuade women from seeking abortions like the bit so s

. >>> the catholic church has a history and many century of human experience. and it's a universal institution with members from every culture and language group. and it's a particular loion.rchs heart of the local and unique community. in the parish, church is where you worship, where your registration life is lived and the records of baptism, marriage, and others. and how does the institution express the long experience of human life and how does the membership address understanding and unity in the expression of of the faith. the code is called canon law. you may be surprised to learn it's a deep, rich, important compilation of centuries of norms and standards contained in a single volume. an instruction to the volume says the purpose is to, quote, contribute to good order and enhanced freedom among god as people so that our common task on earth might be carried out more effectively. stay with us as we meet rob, the vice chancellor of the archdiocese and learn about the church law and the contribution to the faithful and order. [ cell phone rings ] >> yeah,

of the other stories making news around the world gunmen have killed 6 people in an attack on a catholic church and burkina faso it tucker set fire to the church and several shops in the northern town of diablo before looting the local health center it was the latest in a series of attacks against churches throughout the country. and catholic churches in sri lanka have resumed sunday services for the 1st time since the recent terrorist attacks security was tight as thousands attended mass in the capital colombo more than 250 people were killed on easter sunday when jihadist churches and hotels across the country. israel has reopened border crossings to gaza allowing goods into the palestinian territory just over a week ago and this relation of violence involving palestinian rocket fire and israeli air strikes killed up to 30 people a cease fire has largely held since monday. a passenger jet in me in mar has made an emergency landing using only its rear wheels. national airlines plane was approaching the airport in mandalay when the pilot was unable to deploy the front landing gear none o

al-jazeera or christopher lamb is wrong correspondent for the tablet and international catholic news weekly and he joins us now live via skype sir thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera i suppose a lot of people upon hearing this news would have said well ok so now this new law has been you know sort of decreed making it compulsory for all clergy to report cases of sex abuse but that surely would be up to anyone's conscience to report cases of sexual abuse anyway or cover ups so just explain to us please what is different about this decree. well what was previously a matter of conscience to report abuse is now mandate it or obligated on. priests and nuns but also the entire catholic church to report abuse to their of superiors and every diocese in the world is required to set up an office for handling complaints by twenty twenty that there's a separate legal protections for whistle blowers there are procedures to hold bishops and cardinals accountable flanagan's of the views made against them but also its pacifically cover ups that they are accused of so it's about creat

it also says all catholic diocese around the world must have in place a public and accessible systemor people to report by june of 2020. now the reporting involves reporting to catholic church authorities and not to civil authorities, and it will be most important for those countries that do not yet have this kind of system in place. in europe and in many english-speaking countries there's been a procedure in place for some years now in terms of reporting a sexual abuse. the vatican's top sexual abuse investigator archbishop says that the new document sends an important message to catholic church leadership and that they are not above the law. the new rules go intoey effect june 1st for a three-year trial period, and it remains to be seen how much this will affect the catholic church's overall approach to fighting sexual abuse. delia gallagher, cnn, rome. >> i want to bring in mitch emgarebedian who is an attorney representing clergy, sexual abuse victims around the world for decades now. mitchell, good to see you. you have said that these new rules actually allow the catholic church

he says it is for the good of the chinese catholic community. said it is not surprising that there will be criticism, which he says must be respected. but he also says if that criticism is coming from prejudice positions, his words, ora need criticism is coming from prejudice positions, his words, or a need to maintain old geopolitical balances, well he can't respect that. he says basically that the pope has found a new way of doing business with the chinese, and it is not going to change. and in terms of talking about the way that the chinese government likes to impose this policy of sanitisation and a way of making parts of civil and religious society mould themselves to chinese identity, cardinal parolin says that doesn't matter for the church, the church can still do its work, and it might even complement it. this won't placate critics. it is worth pointing out what the cardinal doesn't say in this interview, as well. he doesn't talk about the frequent arrest and harassment of many catholic clerics in the underground church, including one bi

and catholic churches in sri lanka have resumed sunday services for the 1st time since the terrorist attacks security was tight as thousands attended mass in the capital colombo more than 250 people were killed on easter sunday when jihad is churches and hotels across the country. israel has reopened border crossings to gaza allowing goods into the palestinian territory just over a week ago an escalation of violence involving palestinian rocket fire and israeli air strikes killed up to 30 people a cease fire has largely held since monday. turkey has denied claims by german turkish journalist and as you gel that he was tortured in prison and istanbul the turkish foreign ministry also rejected a demand by germany that ankara sticks to the u.n. anti torture convention he tells and the year behind bars without being formally charged triggering a diplomatic crisis between germany and turkey. here in germany women who are members of the catholic church have begun a week long strike there are fusing to carry out won't tarry work in their churches in protest against the male only priesthood

croats are catholics, serbs are 0rthodox, the bosniaks are muslims. 2a hours have been the worst ever, it would seem. though considering what people have been through here, it is very difficult to make comparisons. all people experiencing terrible suffering. that is something that deep touches me. you see, i live in it. so, came easter, i needed to sing in the church, but there were no singers. so i started this idea of an interreligious choir. singing. we started to sing an old jewish song, it was very easy. singing continues. then the orthodox song and the islamic song, it was very difficult. because there was war between these two groups. people couldn't sing the songs of the enemy, because they physically felt disgust against such music. after two, three or four months, the same people said, "this is beautiful." you see, this is power of music, it cleanses people. we had problems in the beginning, when we sang in our church, "allahu akhbar," the first time, in catholic church, there were people who couldn't accept it. deep male singing. ilahije ar

number of catholics. catholics could build effective political movements. build social institutions, educational institutions, hospitals that ingrained them into a lot of different communities, including the twin cities. you have a lot of catholic institutions in this region. muslims make up just about 1% or 2% of the population depending on the poll you look at. they are a much smaller community. they don't have those same kinds of institutions over time that catholics have been able to build. that might change, but the numbers are certainly not there. coalition building is more significant, which is why i harp on allies and my frustration with many of our allies not doing coalition building. i think it is all our responsibilities to battle islamophobia and all forms of racism, but i feel the primary moral responsibility falls to people like me. muslims fighting islamophobia are trying to survive. jews fighting anti-semitism are trying to survive. it falls on people with my background to do more of the h

——in the catholic church for help. ——in the midst of the sri lankan civil war.sappeared without a trace. to his holiness, the sri lankan government is waging the sri lankan government is waging the war to eliminate the tamil nation. it isa it is a genocidal war. iam not i am not unaware that this they have not been killed, that is for sure. is he dead or is he alive? st patrick's college, northern sri lanka. father francisjoseph st patrick's college, northern sri lanka. father francis joseph first came here as a school by. after being ordained as a catholic priest, he came back to become a teacher. —— a schoolboy. eventually, becoming the school's principle. today, his legacy looms large. mostly his whole life was spent in st patrick's. it was 1988, i entered the school and father francis would come to me with a smiling face and that face is still remembered. even though he was the rector of the college, he knew everybody. he knew students by name. it was during father francis's time at st patrick's when a civil war will break out between sri lankan military and

while catholic seminaries in europe are virtually empty the number of applicants in this mainly muslim country is overwhelming. the indonesian island flores boasts the world's largest training center for catholic priests oh i heard it. on all of. the. seven thirty in the morning the first students are arriving at the later they're all campus a short distance from the port city of moment. more than one thousand philosophy and theology students are currently registered here the majority of them are preparing for ministry in the catholic church. although the seminary has been operating for nearly ninety years the university bill. things are new after an earthquake in one thousand nine hundred two in which more than two thousand people died the church in the can this were rebuilt in part with financial assistance from germany. the father otto teaches here at the late alero catholic institute of philosophy and theology. a member of the indonesian province of the divine word missionaries father also studied in germany. he returned home ten years ago and is now rector of the university where

influence on the catholics because we want to keep our identity. little era has already turned out nearly a thousand priests including ten bishops no wonder the seminary receives requests from regions all over the world where there's a shortage of young pastors. former students from late alero are now working in fifty countries. the abundance of religious vocations in indonesia can be traced back to the work of missionaries and local towns and villages over the years says the provincial superior who is. first of all the presence of missionaries from germany from. their present among the people poor people in villages remote villages for years some even stay for forty years in the same parties. it's so difficult to access. these. business through. this is to me is the main attraction for young people in villages to become. priests. the european missionaries prepare the ground and have handed over nearly all authority to local priests. father gail kish bakker is a german missionary who came here forty three years ago he's the last german priest lectu

teaches here at the late alero catholic institute of philosophy and theology. a member of the indonesian province of the divine word missionaries father also studied in germany. he returned home ten years ago and is now rector of the university where he himself once trained for the priesthood much has changed since then. well you know. this is the largest seminary in the world. sixty students to be. more than half of them almost six hundred candidates for the priesthood and it has to be. founded in one nine hundred thirty seven to train divine word missionaries the seminary is now one of the region's most prestigious universities. several dioceses and fourteen religious orders send their seminarians to late alero of course not all of the young men reach ordination . summoned up working as journalists as teachers of religion. as university professors or even as politicians. but surely a year ago we even had a deputy mayor who completed his studies here. there are forty lecturers on the staff most of them divine were missionaries. the philosophical and theologica

immunity the director of the new film unquiet graves on a british intelligence plot for a massacre at a catholic primary school bustle the headlines we reveal the weapons have been stuck in an italian dock on the whistleblower stuck in an american dollar some more coming up in today's going underground but 1st straight to evidence of britain last year violating article 2 of the u.n. charter the attack started at about 2 o'clock this morning u.k. time targeting 3 sites a base outside damascus thought to be involved in the production of chemical and biological weapons and 2 sites near homes a command bunker and a chemical weapons stockpile except of course syria denied ever having chemical weapons the media along with m.p.'s from both main parties in the supported bombing the s.n.p. liberal democrats implied comrie were opposed to m.p.'s from the new change you k. party supported bombing the greens wanted defacto economic warfare and a crackdown on russia but what if there was no syrian chemical weapons attack what if it was a fabrication as catastrophic as that by tony blair in iraq u.k. journali

here in germany women members of the catholic church have begun a week long strike they're refusing to carry out voluntary work in their churches in protest against the male only priesthood and perceived foot dragging by bishops over sex abuse scandals. these women are staying outside in front of the midst of church the group calling itself mary 2.0 is celebrating mass in its own way with its own songs instead of communion wafers flatbread the aiming to set an example for catholic women across the country. isn't it to call someone fun we're here outside and we're celebrating mass here because we want to show you that we're always outsiders anyway the world's catholics are kept outside because they're women when also involved in decision making we want to play a decisive role in the church before it all began here in the historically catholic city of minster 5 women members of a bible reading group who are angry with the church they want to change. following in martinique his footsteps they stuck their demands to a church do an open letter to the pope mary 2.0 is demanding reforms a har

united states increases the pressure also on the program of france's moves against sex abuse in the catholic church and future priests and nuns around the world will be obliged to inform the church if they suspect abuse is taking place. i'm phil gayle welcome to the program you leaders have been holding an informal summit in the romanian city of c.p.u. to lay out the blocks new strategic agenda they agreed to hold another summit at the end of may after european parliament elections for leaders to begin the process of picking the new hand off the e.u. commission and other top posts iran largely dominated discussions with the e.u. even the country to stand by its commitments under the nuclear deal agreed with world powers in twenty fifteen the u.s. withdrew from the pact a year ago and iraq has not threatened to abandon it unless the other signatures provide quick relief from the u.s. sanctions german chancellor angela merkel held a press conference at which she addressed the issue. it's now even more important that europe shows a united front here we do not want an escalation but we want to k

catholic primary school and ironically have it was the. military wing that may have saved the school children what happened in january about the contacts to it so well how it wasn't for the january 976 the it was 2 attacks on 2 catholic households and they tried the way by the 2 families so you had the revie family and wade cross and come to your ma and you'd also be lonely and there was 3 brothers killed and not attack and also when you died family was 3 members the only old souls that was 6 catholics it was killed in one night and want you to hug and this is their mommy god in the film this is what we build up to is the next night you had 10 protestant work men killed in kings mill it was attacked by our a members and kings mon i were going to be whether they are a saxon that kellen or not but it was our a members that were involved in the killing of those innocent protestants and what happened to that after not sorry was that the plan ongoing for the next act and this was military intelligence what they wanted to do was create something

would petition the catholic church.dad was an aerospace engineer. he actually worked on that ail apollo mission -- early apollo mission, and he talked to my sister and i about having, bringing women, mathematicians on to his team because it made his technical teams better. and when we could see as four kids that hi planter -- my parents, his engineer if's salary wouldn't put us all through college, they started a real estate investment business, and my mom ran it through the day, and we as kids and my dad worked on it on the nights and on the weekend. so i really learned about how a young woman could be in the world and that i could be anything i wanted to be, and that was a very fortunate message to have. >> that's good. one person who's not here today but is still very present in all of our work bill gates sr. who you share in the book that in the 1940s he wrote his thesis on the future world which he saw as having men and women have absolutely equal rights and equal position throughout. >> it was unbelievable. in fac

first of all just quickly yeah i'm a roman catholic soul the spirit is very important to me obviously this is just the picture but through first that eighty five percent of polish society's catholic and we cherish our traditional telling the rest of europe how to live by without telling anyone we what you say it is devalues the real value for europe we value our road into christianity not about the beautiful courts john and your vision of europe these intimate i'm a roman catholic myself i have a totally different vision of my polish could not going to church is there for the slogan of you is diversity and unity unity in diversity diversity makes us rich in any spanked and i think relief to visit very good sixty years of european integration has poured us this peace and freedom and now in these years we have to see human being and security so i think that we have to complete the common market in a digital europe. really and since we have to be fair up in the social aspects i think it's candor that some people don't pay taxes serious normal people have to pay their taxes look on the go

began here in the historically catholic city of minster 5 women members of a bible reading group who are angry with the church they want to change. following in martin leaves his footsteps they stuck their demands to a church door an open letter to the pope mary 2.0 is demanding reforms a harder line against sex abuse and the ordination of women as part of the executive it's clear the church can't go on the way it is in society equality is increasing but the church still lags far behind. today i was told women can do so much in the church there's so much room for us that makes me furious there's so much room for us but apparently not enough for us to carry out religious duties and . even in mass inside the church has significantly fewer worshippers than the mass outside despite that the priest says he's on the side of the women. there's no theological reason why women cannot be ordained and that's why we should do it even if the pope and the bishops don't approve at the moment we have to make the church more credible it's essential to renew the church little by little and that's not

boycott and protests they hope they can change the face of the catholic church. we're turning now to sri lanka and saturday will mark 10 years since the end of that country's long running civil war but is still struggling with the scars a conflict left behind the war broke out in 1903 fitting the singhalese military against the tommy oh liberation tigers the tom eagles were fighting for an independent state for this ethnic minority and may have 2009 the sri lankan military defeated the tumble separatist but at a huge human cost sought that some 50000 fighters and over 100000 civilians were killed many of them tommy else they at least 20000 people are still missing their fates unknown d.w. went to northern sri lanka where survivors have taken the search for missing family members into their own hands. 10 years of demanding an answer j. have anything still doesn't know what happened to her missing daughter the war was winding down she says when masked men tore 16 year old jeromey from her arms and fled. there were did i let go of her and i was lying on the ground i

boycott and protests they hope they can change the face of the catholic church. let's get your modern our top story this hour taiwan's parliament has legalized same sex marriage a 1st nation law grads same sex couples the right to officially register their marriage. this is news live from berlin up next quadriga is looking at the strategies in the standoff between the u.s. and iran i'm brian thomas for the entire news team thanks so much for being with us . quadriga the international talk show before journalists discuss the topic of the week savers are rattling once again in the middle east as a standoff between the u.s. and iran intensifies because u.s. pressure produced a new and better nuclear deal as washington claims more results in the war that's our child the country join us. quadriga next d.w. . europe's big idea the book what's become of it and what it looks like tomorrow. dublin gets ready for an in-depth look at the european elections across. the questions that matter to modern european voters hopes for the new current what challenges fly ahead. can't

it was 2 attacks on 2 catholic households and they tried the way by the 2 families so you had the revie family and wade cross and come to your ma and you'd also be firmly. there was 3 really brothers killed another attack and also knew died from leaders 3 members of the old souls that was 6 catholics was killed in one night and want you to hug and this is demonic are going to fill up this is what we build up to is the next. 10 protestant work men killed and. there was an attack by our a members and kings men and i were going to be whether they are a saxon that kellen or not but it was our a members that were involved in the killing of those innocent protestants and what happened to that after not sorry was that the plan ongoing for the next act and this was military intelligence what they wanted to do was create something so serious that it would spill into civil war where they could have a global to off approach to the area a conventional war against the outer it was very very frustrating that the successful area attacks the pain particularly in this area so far ma they wanted to go in

boycott and protests they hope they can change the face of the catholic church. the internet is in mourning the fraud that launched a 1000 means has passed away social media sensation grumpy cat has died at the age of 7 cats famous cow calls fyfield morphism shot her to online fame and even prompted his owner to quit her job and set up a company promoting her star pet who needs numerous t.v. appearances and starred in her own. give are now on this feline thanks and i am joined by d.w. social media editor data raghav so 1st of all i mean this is a cat why did she become so popular. well i can't believe there i have to talk about her in past tense but she did became become super popular she just she was able to capture everyone's heart due to her very well distinguish expression so grumpy cat was born in arizona in 2012 to owner tabitha she rose to fame when tabitha's brother brian posted a picture of her on reddit and well the rest is history she was able to capture everyone's heart i guess because well each one of us has a little bit of a small grumpy cat within

this theologian is taking on the roman catholic church over its ban on female clergy. piece of the i want to become a catholic priest i feel it's my calling and since i was a teenager a felt a fire within me in my heart in my whole body i should be standing at the altar and be there for people to serve them and go out there because i'm a woman i'm not allowed to. open. german is 28 she study catholic theology in switzerland where she now lives she's given a number of sermons at the st nikolaus church in brain garden even though that's not really permitted the parish priest there says women need to take the initiative . long as women hold back there won't be any progress for. i don't think men will simply make way for them for you know. thousands of women post comments on strong blogs to inspire her to keep fighting she's also written lots of letters to the vatican the answers are always friendly but firm thank you for your commitment but the priesthood is reserved for men. open just because i'm a woman i can't go to the best i can tell him i have a calling to review my

thanks to my catholic mother god rest her soul. the irish rebel songs. what's your take on the wolf songs or derrick warfield? are you fan of their music? is the relevant to this day, and do they resonates with the irish populace or-- >> the wolf tones, i think that people have a variety of opinions in ireland. i talk about and for effect i exaggerate the self-hatred or self-abasement or shame about irish nationalism in the 1990's. if you end up in-- irish people like everyone else have political disagreements and factualism. and this is tom friedmanesque, but in one cab, you know, one person will curse the shin fain and gerry adams. and another one will find out i know anything about patrick pierce and he'll divert the trip to all the sites in dublin that force bombed and who came out of the pub bleeding and you know, what their cousins were like and all of that. so some people like the wolf tones, i'm not the biggest fan, but-- >> and there's interesting overlap, so i was brought up mostly on the clancy brothers, which stay on th

as head of the catholic church pope francis is a guide for one point two billion people in an institution that governs among many things morality but how to lead in an age where the moral compass of the church appears to have been broken by the torrent of sex abuse scandals perpetrated by clerics in positions of power it has caused devastating shadow over the papacy and with the church in deep crisis the latest lord to create by francis shined more light on how clerics should deal with cases of sexual abuse but the vatican's top sexual crimes investigator gave little indication on the penalties that could be faced universe. of conscious. you know give to strict because otherwise it will be. something. flexible enough to work there are one million priests and nuns in the roman catholic church all of the must now report any cases of sexual abuse to church to paris and any cover ups even in countries where the law does not oblige them to do so it follows this year's summit on the issue as well as several high profile scandals such as the conviction of george pell the straight years highest r

catholics feel that heavenis catholicism.th, in nature, in the flowers, especially in human beings. (laughs). we created a name with powerful symbolism. it is not a latin word, it isa symbolism. it is not a latin word, it is a combined word, of" bridge" and "soul. " we must help people to get rid of this fixation, for past, to look in front of them, to be again to hope. friar ivo markovic speaking to witness from the choir‘s uk tour with the wolf institute promoting interfaith dialogue. you can watch witness every month on the bbc news channel or you can catch up on all ourfilms along bbc news channel or you can catch up on all our films along with more than 1000 radio programmes in our online archive. in1997, in 1997, the world's base famous woman, diana the princess of wales called for an international ban on landmines. see visited angola where she got global attention by visiting a live minefield. a man accompanied her on that iconic work. when she arrived she was very nervous. she arrived she was very nervous. she arrived

by at the entire hierarchy of the catholic church i'm complacency all state institutions in. helping god would charge to cover up what was happening so. i think it will have maybe not needed you *-*- them politics right now before the elections. but we have you been elections on sunday here in this country. all right but it will definitely have an imimpact on you k know w people vieww church. and you know how much theyant to be charged to be. actually engage in public life. russian several skills that he should read inside thank you very much indeed for that -- analysis in your reflections on the situation with the polish catholic church recognizing it hasn't done enough to stop. sex abuse of children by priests and the link between the catholic church and the ruling party very much under scrutiny after documentary exposing out this -- horrible abuse and victims giving that testimony. to the filmmakers [inaudible] next fifa. the ruling body of world football has scrapped plans to extend expand. the twenty twenty two world cup which is being staged in canada two forty eight na

subject is how the divisiveness twenty catholic country last year m move to legegalise failet really . thank you very much for being with us europe look to the future at a special post at summits at dinner this evening the tops the main place were chewing over. find a replacement for john claude juncker as president of the european commission france and germany disagree michael michael michael michael postoji defending the credentials of that choice the german chancellor once. i'm conveyed the for the job french president it seems once anyone else but him. let's go to on man in the know in the corridors of power in brussels day keating awaiting u. they could even do you understand the yes some of just wrapped has anything been concluded. it looks like pretty much know as expected -- they are kindd of agreeing to disagree at this point they've tasks done o on tuesday the european council president to work with the european parliament to determine which of the candidates could get a majority. this does represent a kind of defeat foror a manual not crawl who was hoping to have some kind

five years claiming revenge for the land lost by i saw in both syria and iraq the head of the roman catholic church has issued a new law making it compulsory for all clergy to report cases of sexual abuse pope francis issued the landmark the cream which makes priests and nuns directly accountable for sexual abuse or covering it up they'll be required to report any abuse to their superiors for not necessarily to civilian authorities so they got reports. as head of the catholic church pope francis is a guide for one point two billion people in an institution that governs among many things morality but how to lead in an age where the moral compass of the church appears to have been broken by the torrent of sex abuse scandals perpetrated by clerics in positions of power it has cast a devastating shadow over the papacy and what the church in deep crisis the latest lord to create by francis shined more light on how clerics should deal with cases of sexual abuse but the vatican's top sexual crimes investigator gave little indication on the penalties that could be faced i think a universal law has t

pope francis issues new rules designed to crack down on sexual abuse within the roman catholic church. and i would like to see the development of a rain system just coming out of africa now you see the cloud forming and then for me a particular shape a little arched back and then something like a pro one that carries on which it will it will produce some rain probably in the borders when iraq iran and the head of it will bring rain up through the caucasus up through georgia and beyond that's a picture that we see on friday following the rain the be a few showers could be a bit dust picked up as well but that's the picture on friday thirty degrees in baghdad in the sunshine would have a might still be on the ground right for gaps in the sky in said iran as by john and beyond the clouds the sounds of it might just be that tide i think for a day or so if anything it drifts eastwards and does nothing at all part of an occasional shower popped off possibly even in southern pakistan but at least sunshine behind same sort of temperature regime very little in the way of wind now that same clo

his party is closely connected to the polish catholic church, which sees homosexuality as a sin.ation: we don't ask, we don‘t tell. if it is obvious you are like that, don‘t shout it, you can live with someone. just don‘t broadcast it. anti — lg bt protesters are campaigning openly. even at the capital. some go as far as to suggest a link between homosexuality and paedophilia. this is not the official position of the catholic church, but the campaigners do use religion to justify their claims. guiding this country through its troubled history has always been the catholic church, but its reach into so many different aspects of civil society is proving to be extremely divisive and now the church‘s very foundations are being shaken by a new documentary. the film uncovers numerous cases of sexual abuse of children by priests and a cover—up within the catholic church. the church was quick to apologise to the victims. it‘s been viewed over 20 million times online, but the director is concerned that the debate his investigation has ignited iis being hijacked. translation: some are tryin

still ahead on al-jazeera why people abused by catholic priests in argentina want pope francis to return to his homeland . hello there we've got a big loop of cloud surrounding us in the northeastern parts of asia at the moment you can see it on the satellite picture making its way over parts of china and you looping round and all the way up through parts of japan now this whole system is working its way eastwards so for us in japan is should be an improving picture for tuesday sendai will probably have quite a bit of cloud affairs but that should clear away and in the sunshine it shouldn't feel too bad in fact force it so well temperatures should be making it to a pleasant twenty two degrees for the west will be quite hot in beijing at twenty nine but things do cool off as we head into wednesday the cloud makes its way across us and then the temperatures will just be topping at twenty six and the showers will be edging all way a bit further towards the south but it's certainly looking very unsettled for many of us across the southeastern parts of china loss of wet weather that still wit

. >>> the pope takes sweeping action to fight sexual abuse and coverups in the catholic church. the groundbreaking new law aimed at holding bishops accountable and what it does not do. >>> one of the biggest ipo is ever is just hours away. what to expect when uber's stock hits the floor. >>> we will have your mother's day weekend forecast and also find out why the city of danville has gone to the dogs. we'll have the story coming up. ♪ inside out got it figured out,♪ ♪ i'm feeling good. ♪ doing it my own way, ♪ every single day. ♪ and it feels good to feel good. ♪ start your day with sunsweet amazin! prune juice. and feel good. >>> pope francis is taking new steps to combat sexual abuse in the catholic church. he is reporting sexual abuse and any coverups to church authorities. it outlines procedures when the accused is a bishop or a cardinal. the decree covers sexual abuse of minors, child pornography, and the abuse of power. >> perhaps the most revolutionary thing in this decree is that an ordinary catholic, if he or she feels frustrated that a complaint made about a bishop is

we know — my grandparents on both sides were founder members of catholic and anglican churches, rightreat schools, a product of all of that. we are also a product of an extremely conservative anglican movement that is still stranded in 1920. you cannot blame the coloniser anymore. you have to put the bullet points that the british gave you and pound them up again and say you people have become the very hard and brittle centre of establishment, at a time when this continent needs change. as you speak to me, i cannot help reflect on the words of one evangelical american pastor who has done a lot of work in uganda, the kind of person you would be blaming for fostering this anti—gay climate, and he has responded to words such as yours, saying, look, i don't have any special powers to influence, and it is racist to suggest that africans have no will of their own to produce public policies to suit their own values. but put it like this. the anglicans and the catholics, especially in uganda and nigeria, it is not even colonialism anymore. the conservative elements that are dominant are so po