in the center of france, the major starting point was the church of mary magdalene at vezelay.his great romanesque abbey church at vezelay in the heart of burgundy is built far too large for the needs of its local population. paul crossley is a distinguished architectural historian whose special interest is romanesque and gothic architecture. it served primarily two functions. it housed a large and prosperous community of benedictine monks, and secondly and most importantly, it was one of the foremost places of pilgrimage in france, for here was contained the relics of saint mary magdalene. thousands of pilgrims came through the western portals of this church, and they found themselves in a sacred way... a long avenue of arches and aisles which led them to the distant and luminous choir where the body of saint mary magdalene was contained. the dout mediev christian, holy rel had the power to perform miracles. en the tiest fragment of the body of a snt encased in its riqry rapresented the power, the presence of the saint. much of the art of the time was geared to the cult of sai

they are also talking about the interesting cases of the magdalene laundries, where they say the vatican was involved in torture and slavery. they say the vatican needs to conduct an internal investigation and take steps to prevent this from happening again, and also called for compensation for the families involved. tough statements by the u.n. committee, but the committee made the recommendations, and they are nonbinding. it is not exactly that this committee has teeth to go over the vatican, but at the end of the day it is still an international body, and this is potentially embarrassing for the catholic church. >> thank you. the parliament in the ukraine is back in session to come to a conclusion on a proposal from the opposition that would cut some of the president's powers. the protests began when the ukrainian president turned his back on a trade agreement with the you in favor -- with the european union in favor of russia. in the protest movement look up to europe, and you see them waiting the european flags and what they like is the rule of law. they want to live in a normal cou