when we come back we will discuss the age of laity, in which laity are taking over more and more of the staffing work at the parishes. please join us. ,, >>> hello, welcome back two "mosaic." i'm with doctor melanie mori talking about parish culture and the renewal of the parish culture. there has been a history of waves and immigration bringing their faith, parishes being expanded and built, many different expert groups. that continues with faithful and vibrant people working hard in their parishes. let's move then to the fact that it is as we say, the age of the laity. in the parish, all of these important staffing positions, professional and paid positions of various kinds are being done by laity. i would like to have you addressed a certain aspect of this which is wonderfully explicated in your book. you report as many histories have said that for decades and decades, the sisters, religious sisters, did the heavy lifting in the parishes and were the go to people for creating and sustaining transmitted catholic culture. that no longer exists. but what you have done in your book is an

let's move to the fact that it is, as we like to say, the age of the laity. and in the parish all these important staffing positions, are being down by laity. i'd like to have you address a certain aspect of this which is wonderfully explained in your book, you report as many histories have said, that for decades and decades, the religious sisters did the heavy lifting in the parishes and why the go-to people for sustaining catholic culture. that no longer exists but you've analysed their approach to the work and their techniques, and i think you're trying to decide if we can imitate those approaches and things, and, you know, build a future for ourselves. i'd like you to address that. >> as you say, religious congregations are -- they were the people responsible for transmitting catholicism. we have a lot of time and attention that we spend and focus on the priests and they certainly are the sack remental leaders of the parishes. but the social context was always shaped by nuns and they had the deepest culture within the church and they were responsible for

in the laity, congregations of anglican churches throughout the country, 106 voted in favour, a.d3 againsts this report has not been taken note which means this report has not been ta ken note of. which means this report has not been taken note of. what that means is it cannot form the basis of any moves forward for the anglican church in this country. it cannot be referenced again for at least five yea rs. referenced again for at least five years. so to some extent, the last three years of shared conversations, an impassioned debate, a personal plea today from the archbishop of canterbury, failed to achieve what they wanted. and let's remember. the bishops said this was not the end of the process. all they were saying was that at the moment marriage in church should remain a lifelong union between a man and a woman. that was turned over by the house of clergy, who decided that that was

there is the laity, bishops and the clergy.kicked into the long grass and can't come back with this report, they will have to start again. we are going to wait for the light at 7pm. the other problem here is the unity of the church of england. two sides to this debate and we have a very polite big protest here. lisa, more later. as you say, that vote at 7pm tonight. all the headlines coming up. first the weather and signs of change. we are seeing sunshine coming into wales, the south—west, channel islands as well. a few heavy bursts of rain as they head across the midlands. then it is out of the way but we will find strong winds blowing wetter weather into scotland, not far way from northern ireland. south, different story. things are quieter, drier, the winds will be lighter. could be chilly in the morning. and across the southern parts of england could be some patchy bog which goodling of the most of the morning. one or two showers... windy and wet weather for scotla nd showers... windy and wet weather for scotland in the mor

in the laity, that is members of congregations of anglican churches to the country, 106 voted in favourt, those seven votes. which means that this report has not been taken note of. what it means is, it cannot form the basis of any moves forward for the anglican church in this country. it cannot be referenced again for at least five years. so to some extent the last three years of shared conversations and impassioned debate, a personal plea today from the archbishop of canterbury, failed to achieve what they wanted. let's remember the bishop said in this report this was not the end of the process. all they were saying was that at the moment in church should remaina that at the moment in church should remain a lifelong union between a man and a woman. that was turned over by the house of clergy, who decided it was insufficiently inclusive. what's really interesting is that it is the church within that has rejected this report. this is not members of the congregations, who actually would have supported it. it was members of the clergy who felt that it challenged the notion that the church

that's what this language from senator lugar, senator cardin and also senator laity did. that's what the rule does. that's what we should do. this congress wants to undo that. it's required under the laws in the u.s. and 30 other countries now as well as international initiatives. in other words, what we did here was follow by 30 other countries in a number of more responsible energy companies, i would say, began to implement, pass this language, began to implement these laws. the extractive industries transparent initiative is a global standard that aims to put information comb government revenues from national resources deals -- national resource deals into the public domain in 51 countries, including ours. this includes telling us what taxes the companies pay, which is key to ensuring, to ensure that citizens know what benefits they get from venezuela or nigeria or congo from their natural resources. let me offer examples of the kind of corruption we're talking about. this just turns your stomach. in equitorial guinea, according to anticorruption groups, oil companies,