still with me here at dublin castle, catriona crowe, the historian. t opportunity for pope francis as he tries to address the many issues that irish catholics wa nt to the many issues that irish catholics want to see dealt with by the church hierarchy. it is an important moment. 0ne hierarchy. it is an important moment. one would love to think that he may tell us what the church intends to do to create an atmosphere and laws which will prevent enablers of abuse of any sort to happen again. we hear a great deal about canon law from the church. canon law forbids this, that and the other. the answer to that is to change it. it is not beyond their purview. the catholic church has not lasted for 2000 years without being able to shift and change with different societal norms, and it can do it again in relation to this and in relation to women. i doubt he's going to tell us he is in favour of female ordination. mary mcaleese, ourformer president, has recently referred to the catholic church as an empire of misogyny. there seems to be an absolute brick wall ag