father eamon, for the moment, thank you very much.e will be hearing the pope delivering his homily soon, wearing those divestment is specially designed for this mass in the colours, or the colour most associated with ireland, green, of course. and the altar or stage that is being used to this, specially designed, you may rememberjohnny donnelly here from the saw doctors, a new incarnation for you. tell us how you got involved in helping to organise this. they asked my company to help run the show, and part of the show was to come out with the event and to show the whole event and part of that is the whole design of the stage and the altar. so we read the books that the pope is written, and in it he talks about the vine and he talks about surrounding the family and that it is like a wine that matures over time, and that emotion of reading through this, we came up with a circular idea how the stage looks and feels, and we connected it to the joy and feels, and we connected it to thejoy and and feels, and we connected it to the joy and l

father eamon conway, thank you very much.he big crowds as we wait on the pope to begin the maths here, still quite a while, i imagine, to work his way through the crowds. he wants to give as many people as possible who have made the effort to be here the opportunity to see him. and pope francis wanted to give people a chance to see him before he says this mass. that will be the end effectively of the world meeting of families. 0nce effectively of the world meeting of families. once he leaves here he will make another speech, but not one to the irish bishop, and we will wait to hear what words he has for them at this time of considerable turmoil in the church at a time when we are seeing here today for example a great demonstration of people's faith in ireland as well. more from here later, but for now, back to shaun. annita, thank you very much. we will be waiting for that mass to begin, but for now, it's time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review 0h hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news, and ma

with neither theologian father eamon conway.e spoke earlier today as well. —— with me, the theologian. so on the thursday of this visit, we we re so on the thursday of this visit, we were chatting earlier, and you are saying how he was very much bringing the church into family life, but in the church into family life, but in the actions of everyday life, that is where the church is at? his key m essa 9 es is where the church is at? his key messages beyond the words he spoke today. what really matters in the churches family life in the ordinary circumstances of everyday. hopes, bishops, priests, cardinals, they are not the most important people in the church. a sin for pope francis is what he calls clericalism, thinking that priests have some kind of priority pass to holiness. that is in the everyday circumstances of everyday life, making a cup of tea, saying we are sorry, showing forgiveness and being open to correction, the ordinary, everyday moments of human life. that's where pope francis wants to look for price and find chri

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

father eamon conway, thank you very much.s we watch pope francis emerge from the church in knock to lead prayers and deliver a short speech outside, we will say goodbye to you from dublin. so there is the scene life in knock, with the pope is about to lead the prayers and make that address. this is the first papal visit, as we have been hearing, to the republic of ireland for almost a0 years. but a visit that has been overshadowed to some extent by the scandal of clerical abuse and cover—ups. later on, the pope is going to be in dublin and they will be full coverage of that throughout the day, but for now he is in knock in county mayo. we are going to be hearing from him injust a moment. good morning. applause translation: i am translation: iam happy translation: i am happy to be with you in the house of our lady.” thank god for the opportunity. to be here in this place so dear to the irish people. i thank the archbishop, the reverend, for their warm welcome. in the chapel of the apparition, in a special way, your families, t

father eamon connolly, thank you for your thoughts so far.the studio. rather miserable weather there in knock, but let's have a look at the forecast for the uk. we have had rain pouring across some western parts of the uk already. and the are strong around western and southern coasts, gusting to a0 an hour. here is the cloud that is spreading of the atlantic. there is that every of low pressure. in year we have weather fronts and they will pa rt we have weather fronts and they will part on top of the uk during the course of the afternoon. in the east, this is where the heaviest rain will arrive latest today. after that dry spell this morning, by the time we reached lunch time, you can see that rain spreading across the uk. across the west, notice that the weather is going to improve a little bit later this afternoon. in belfast and maybe western scotland, one of the places where the sun will come out in the second half of the afternoon, so not such a bad into the day. the rain may last in east anglia and the south—east until the latter pa rt

with me here in dublin, where pope francis will be later on, the theologian father eamon conway. the apparition there. for those who have joined us, remind us of the story of knock. what you are looking at there, the gable end is where in 1879, it is believed 0ur there, the gable end is where in 1879, it is believed our lady appeared with stjoseph and with st john the evangelist. the youngest witness was 16. people much older than that too. two still alive in 1836 were able to confirm those stories. 0ne died within a few months of that. they say they know they are going to meet their maker and they testify that our lady appeared. 0ne went up and touched the feet. there are signs that this has become such a powerful place of reconciliation and healing for so many people who come from all over the world to knock. it is no surprise that pope francis chose to spend time here. images are heart—warming. i'm not sure if the weather is improving there as much as in dublin. it is getting brighter here. the rain has stopped. i hope that people continue to go to phoenix park but i'm sure fo

with me still in dublin, the theologian father eamon conway. thank you for staying with us.'s talk little bit more about that statement, during the speech, by pope francis. it wasjust statement, during the speech, by pope francis. it was just a statement, during the speech, by pope francis. it wasjust a line, but a very significant line. pope francis. it wasjust a line, but a very significant linelj pope francis. it wasjust a line, but a very significant line. i think so. but a very significant line. i think so. it was absolute commitment and recognition that truth and justice is so important to people who have experienced abuse, not just is so important to people who have experienced abuse, notjust in terms of the actual sexual abuse itself that any cover—up and any failure to greet the revelation of that abuse with utter belief and credibility. to a cce pt with utter belief and credibility. to accept any institutional responsibility for what happened or a nyway responsibility for what happened or anyway it was covered up, very important. do you think it's also a recognitio