church but the roman catholic church is perhaps unique because of its global reach and scale. on the question of the link between celibacy and pedophilia i don't think the link is a direct one in the way that you're suggesting as. indeed there's no research to suggest that that it has and just personally as a man i don't understand how a requirement to be celibate would somehow turn. an adult into somebody who was sexually assaulted child if i'm in a position where i'm being forced to be celibate and i don't feel that i can manage that i may well decide but i have a clandestine sexual relationship with another adult but not with a child. require our you know needing to break the requirement for some. it's a doesn't turn people into child rapists it perhaps turns people into people who have hidden sexual adult relationships and you know that there's no link to suggest something between between the 2. however the fact. the catholic church is an institution and the priesthood is a vocation an institution within which one hides one are denies one's sexual south that itself may or

us on the scale that we've been talking about for many years but that it's endemic within the roman catholic church that it's systemic. and the coverup of abuse by church authorities was a willful intended program that was designed to protect the institution its power and its money and that it was operated and directed by the vatican at the global level and that it's been a global cover up i think that's something we've never really clearly exposed so we're going to go through all of that step by step but 1st ireland is a very catholic country when you came out publicly about your deal when you see the vatican where you supported by the irish or catholics around the world. it was a makes generally speaking when i went very public. i made a documentary with a european television station in 2002 and when that aired there was a very very strong in support of response from people here in our in our into particular but of course there were people who didn't want me to speak about what was happening i mean i got people warning me that i should spend the rest of my life looking over my shoulder i g

corresponded a ybor him caught up with john on a can the roman catholic archbishop of the capital of nigeria she started by asking him whether the crossing the religious divide should be an individual toss or needs the intervention of the church. both bruce. wherever the heads of churches do under stop level eventually everybody has to because peace plaint because whatever has to do with faith is quite some quite similar and they one of the good things with a big battle like this is that it's also gives opportunity for individuals to meet one on one basis and get to do with i'm not a better when i see there's a restaurant for the 1st time i see a good manas as a vicar got to be kind enough to say a few words and that already. establishes a link which can go very far. what are some of the challenges that you face in nigeria in crossing the religious lines that divide people sometimes. the challenge is the churlish of the tendency of some people to abuse so as to feel safe in terms of what their concept of religion namely feeling that. really i need to learn that has the whole truth ev

our correspondent a ybor him with john or ny and the roman catholic archbishop of the capital of nigeria she started by asking him whether the crossing the religious divide should be an individual toss all needs the intervention of the church both both. wherever he has of churches do on this top level eventually everybody has to be copy suppliant because we're told one has to be with faith is correct for some christmas about and they want to go with this was to be written like this is that is just to get opportunity for individuals to meet one on one basis and get to do with i'm not a better when i see is a restaurant for the 1st time and i say good morning as a catholic cardinal and see if you with that already. established a link which can go very far. what are some of the challenges that you face in nigeria in crossing the religious lines that divide people sometimes. oh certainly challenge is the channel of the tendency of some people to be so as to feel safe in terms of what the concept of religion namely feeling that. i really need to learn that has the whole truth everybody else i

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the highest ranking official of the roman catholic church to be found guilty of child sex offenses has lost his appeal against his conviction in australia the home of vatican treasurer cardinal george pell was jailed for 6 years a man for abusing 2 choir boys 20 years ago. almost $100.00 refugees and migrants have spent their 1st night in weeks on dry land after their rescue boat docked in a silly a prosecutor ordered it to be seized ending the standoff between the spanish charity which operates the ship and the italian government hardline migration policy is or at the heart of this leadership crisis which falls prime minister big on day to resign sonia has more from rome as leader of the government had overseen one of the most challenging coalitions in recent times battling one political crisis after another contest being a stabilizing force between 2 vastly different political parties the far right leak and the anti establishment 5 star movement it proved to be an impossible task and qantas said he would be offering his resignation but there was no question over who he thought was re

that identified them as roman catholic. here is a false baptismal certificate stating that her religion is roman catholic. with her new documents, they traveled by train. they found shelter with a woman who took in boarders. on the left is the house where they were sheltered and on the right is a photo of the girls celebrating christmas while in hiding. they were of united with -- --or reunited with isaac they were reunited with isaac. she has two sons, one of whom lives in england. another lives just 10 minutes away. she has two granddaughters. she speaks frequently of her experience during the holocaust. she engages with visitors at the survivor desk. contributor to the publication edge it echoes of memory. she will be available to sign copies available in the bookstore. join me in welcoming our first person today, halina peabody. please join us. [applause] >> which seat? you are the boss. i will take this one. we are so happy to have you here. i am honored to be interviewing you here. ms. peabody: thank you for listening

or one of the most powerful people in the roman catholic church garden george pell as failed to have his conviction on child sex abuse charges overturned tell once the vatican's treasurer is serving a 6 year sentence for sexually abusing 2 choir boys in the 1990 s. . led away in disgrace 78 year old george pell leaves the supreme court of victoria and melton he once dominated australia's catholic church now he's a common prisoner appeals judges a found a controversial jury decision against him was right there has been vigorous and sometimes emotional criticism of the cardinal there has also been strong support for the cardinal by all those. indeed it's fair to say. but this codes has divided the community for you to say get the full. of you survivors and their supporters celebrated the supreme court ruling for these people pal is a symbol of the sins of the church is being announced today ending example of justice . system i. am very sad of yet i think it sounds like to take. the case against pal dates to the mid 1990 s. but despite swirling accusations his stock continued to rise in

became a little more interested in the kkk in the 1928 election when al smith, a catholic, a roman catholic, ran for president. the 1920's was the time of prohibition. the 18th amendment to the constitution went into effect in 1919. it is the only part of the constitution that was ever repealed. it was repealed in 1933 in the 21st amendment to the constitution. it was not just an experiment that failed. it turned out that most americans did not want to be told that they could not buy alcohol. it led to the rise of, of course, speakeasies, who did you know, liquor being imported into the country, much of it from canada over the great lakes, but it did not begin organized crime, but organized crime was very small until prohibition. but this is the era of al capone, chicago, and also a great disrespect for the law and gang wars. and then when prohibition ended, it did not end organized crime. by then they moved into other fields, prostitution, protection and so forth. it took well into the 1960's, actually when bobby kennedy was attorney general, for much of that, not all of it, but for much o

long time ago on our own bashir from power in day in april the highest ranking official of the roman catholic church to be found guilty of child sex offenses has lost his appeal against his conviction in australia the form of vatican treasurer a cardinal george pell was jailed for 6 years among serb using 2 quad boys 20 years ago. almost 100 refugees and migrants. weeks on dry land after their rescue doctrine a silly a prosecutor ordered it to be seized ending the standoff between the spanish charity which operates a ship in the.

transitional phase and that the journey to civilian rule has become the highest ranking official of the roman catholic church to be found guilty of child sex offenses those lost his appeal against conviction in australia former vatican treasurer occurred and old george pell was jailed for 6 years in march on charges of abusing 2 choir boys when he was bishop of melbourne 20 years ago gloria kolaches sent this update from the court. it was 3 grounds under which george pell was appealing his conviction the main grounds was that the jury could not have come to a reasonable decision beyond reasonable doubt that he was guilty of abusing these 2 choir boys back in the 98 ninety's in melbourne when he was the archbishop botch 2 of those judges decided that it was reasonable whilst one of them rice concerns that he thought it would not have been raised to go for the jury to come to the decision that it kind. now they also i had 2 other grounds of appeal one of those was that he wasn't a right in front of the jury it was so many potential juror is at the time that there was a spill out of the room and some of

we have federal investigations in the jeffery epstein and into the roman catholic church and boy scoutsis way pass time that we start hearing presidential candidates start talking about what their intentions are with these federal investigations. we are hearing new story after new story of child sexually assaults, we would like to see what's going to happen in the future in this election year. >> so there is a lot of these cases that we hear about that were a long time ago or you mention nasa where an organization that you would have thought protected people or the catholic church for that matter was not doing that. do you think this change and these lawsuits and this media coverage detur people who are abusers or going to be abusers. is there any effect that had on that group of people? >> i don't know if it will affect the eabusers themselves because they are embolden. they wants to act in plain si . slig sight. where it will change is the enablers. the ones who turned their head and kept quiet. they're not going to keep quiet and go to gayjail for abusers n. they're going to speak up

the most senior member of the roman catholic church to be found guilty of sex offenses as last. appeal against conviction is cardinal george pell formally about treasurer he was jailed in march for abusing 2 choir boys in australia 20 years ago his alexia brian. arriving at court cardinal george pell was taken in through a door away from the waiting crowds there was no room inside for everyone the court packed with other survivors of abuse by the catholic church and tell supporters. oh oh you. 7 know me inside the house of pale he and his 6 year jail term for abusing 2 choir boys when he was a ship of melbourne in the ninety's would stand justice maxwell and i accepted the prosecution submission that the complainant was a very compelling witness was clearly not a lawyer was not a fair interest and was a witness of truth. palace the highest ranking catholic worldwide to be convicted of child sex offenses he was once the vatican's treasurer and one of the pope's closest advisers probably that it was his lawyers had argued that the jury's verdict was unreasonable based on the evide

the most senior member of the roman catholic church to be found guilty of sex offenses has lost his appeal against conviction cardinal pell of form a vatican treasurer. he was jailed in march for abusing 2 boys in australia 20 years ago alexia bryan reports. arriving at court cardinal george pell was taken in through a door away from the wasting crowds there was no room inside for everyone the court packed with other survivors of abuse by the catholic church and support as. all you. 7 finally inside the hands of pale had failed and a 6 year jail term for abuse and 2 choir boys when he was a ship of melbourne in the ninety's would stand justice maxwell and i accepted the prosecution submission but the compliant was a very compelling witness was clearly not a lawyer was not a fair interest and was a witness of truth pal is the highest ranking catholic worldwide to be convicted of child sex offenses he was once the vatican's treasurer and one of the pope's closest advisers probably that. his lawyers had argued that the jury's verdict was unreasonable based on the evidence and that the jury re

but the faculty is pretty mixed mostly protestant maybe 90 percent i'm actually roman catholic. the student body i would say we probably get more students now a nondenominational independent evangelical church for quite i don't know that for a fact but i think it is right. the faculty some are anglican summer presbyterian summer presbyterian calvinist a few of us are catholic so the faculty has no specific denomination. >>host: famous supreme court case. >> 1984 we went all the way to the supreme court. we lost. it had to do with title ix and government funding is a long and complicated story but we eventually decided we have never discriminated against women that was complete nonsense and ase smear. we were admitting women in larger numbers than almost any college certainly in western pennsylvania. but we didn't want to abide by the massive stack of government regulations which we felt intruded on our freedom to operate freely as a college and university so we got to the point where wee decided we would simply have to not take any government money federal or state at any level

back as to protestants what roman catholics and that's all because of these famous. but at the end of the day all of that was just words many people couldn't read but how did he manage to get a revolution going and change all of christianity. you touched on another really important part of the reformation. before everything was held and. people can understand the common person don't know how to read or write and they couldn't hear what the pastor the priest was preaching actually and so martin luther had a big focus on the language and he really unified the german language translated the bible from the latin version to german a big push in the language of the people through that and through social media of the day so printing is word. songs that people remember a focus on catechism and learning that's really how it spread and to focus on in the home not just in the church but the leaders of each household really teach and it's you know it's parents' responsibility it's not just the priest or the pastors responsibility. my next stop is a former monastery where luther

buried and where he rose from the dead 6 denominations the greek orthodox and main up a star like roman catholic ethiopian orthodox syriac also talks and coptic church is share the care of the basilica the lutherans have no say it was built more than a 1000 years before luther. burns is over and some of you might call us late comers . but the tradition goes back to the 1st christian century is that the deckers were deported because there weren't any protestants until the late middle ages was it and we've only been in jerusalem since the 19th century you were living. in. a lake come as they might be but protestants have made their mark all over the holy land. in television for instance it's a curious fact that lutheran christians from southern germany were among the founders of this bustling metropolis 150 years ago if you wanted to live here a cut from foreign missionary tell of evil was a sandy waste land. today the settlement built by missionaries from the pietist lutheran sect known as the templars is overshadowed by towering skyscrapers. the preservation of the old buildings is almost entire

francis has joined international calls for action the leader of the roman catholic church prayed that efforts by all can control the fire. but the we're all concerned about the vast fires that have developed in the amazon that is preserve that with the efforts of all they are controlled as quickly as possible that long in forests is vital for our planet. hezbollah leader has not is condemning israel for sending drones over beirut he described it as a very dangerous escalation lebanon's army says 2 drones entered its airspace one crashed and another exploded in the air as damage the building housing its media office and. enough is enough we will never allow israeli aircraft to attack lebanon or a target in lebanon and the israeli side will never feel safe here's really drones that are coming to lebanon are not coming here to collect information they are suicidal drones that they make killing us from now on we will face the israeli drones when they arrive in lebanon skies we will crush them we will drop them hours earlier the israeli military said it hits a rainy and back targets in syr

us on the scale that we've been talking about for many years but that it's endemic within the roman catholic church that it's systemic. and the coverup of abuse by church authorities was a willful intended program that was designed to protect the institution its power and its money and that it was operated and directed by the vatican at the global level and that it's been a global cover up i think that's something we've now very clearly exposed so we're going to go through all of that step by step but 1st ireland is a very catholic country when you came out publicly about your deal when you see the vatican where you supported by the irish or catholics around the world. it was a makes generally speaking when i went very public. i made a documentary with a european television station in 2002 and when that aired there was a very very strong in support of response from people here in our in our in the particular but of course there were people who didn't want me to speak about what was happening i mean i got people warning me that i should spend the rest of my life looking over my shoulder i got

us on the scale that we've been talking about for many years but that it's endemic within the roman catholic church that it's systemic. and that the cover up of abuse by church authorities was a willful intended program that was designed to protect the institution and its power and its money that it was operated and directed by the vatican at the global level and that it's been a global cover up i think that's something we've never really clearly exposed so we're going to go through all of that step by step but 1st ireland is a very catholic country when you came out publicly about your deal when you see the vatican where you supported by the irish or catholics around the world it was a makes.

raging in many areas well pope francis has joined international calls for action the leader of the roman catholic church prayed that efforts by all controlled by. the you are all concerned about the vast fires that have developed in the amazon let us pray so bad with the efforts of all they are controlled as quickly as possible that long of forests is vital for our planet. still ahead here on hong kong's police deploy water cannons for the 1st time since anti-government protests began. no place left to go arjun calls for more help for the survivors of syria's.

sumi: roman catholic cardinal george pell has failed to have his conviction on child sex abuse chargesverturned. pell is one of the church's most powerful people in the role of the vatican treasurer. he is serving a six-year sentence for sexually abusing two choirboys in the 1990's. reporter: led away in disgrace, 78-year-old george pal leads the supreme court in memeourne. once dominated australia''s catholic church. now he is a common prisoner. the appeals judge found the controversial jury decision against him was right. >> there has been vigorous and at times emotional criticism of the cardinal. there has also been strong support for the cardinal by others. indeed, it is fair to say that this case has divided the community. >> beautiful! reporter: a few survivors and their supporters celebrated the supreme court ruling. for these people, pell is a symbol of the sins of the church. >> an outstanding example of justice. just amamazed. >> there is a god! they are going to get the catholic church! don't let them do this again! reporter: the case against pell dates to the mid-1990's. bu

and stop stirring up trouble on the hong kong issue it is the highest ranking official of the roman catholic church to be found guilty of child sex offenses has lost the appeal against his conviction in australia the form of vatican treasurer a cardinal george pell was jailed in march for abusing 2 choir boys 20 years ago. nigeria's president mohammed who bihari has sworn in $43.00 ministers of his new cabinet it's almost 2 months since he began his 2nd term and 6 months after he was re-elected is expected to assign government portfolios after the ceremony the case of a u.k. flying to oil tanker seized by iran a month ago is making its way through the country's courts there had been speculation the center imperio could be freed after gibraltar a british territory released in the rain in tanker all right up to date those are the very latest headlines here at al-jazeera coming up next it's talk to our jazeera. see see. this deceiving scenery hides one of the world's most dangerous flashpoints. a brewing and ongoing conflict between 2 nuclear drive holes the ridge on the right is in india and t

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f result that's a worldwide fund for nature thanks so much for joining us you're welcome now roman catholic cardinal george powell has failed to have his conviction on child sex abuse charges overturned pa was one of the church's most powerful people in the role of vatican treasurer now he is serving a 6 year sentence for sexually abusing 2 choir boys in the 1900. 11 weigh in disgrace 78 year old george pal leaves the supreme court of victoria and meldon he once dominated australia's catholic church now he's a common prison an appeals judge is a found a controversial jury decision against him was right there has been vigorous and sometimes emotional criticism of the cotton there has also been strong support for the cardinal by others. indeed it's fair to say. but this coast post about it the community for you so you go oh oh. you survivors and their supporters celebrated the supreme court ruling for these people pell is a symbol of the sins of the church. green and anything example of justice and of just the right thing to do yes god yes i get it done right do you think yes the case against

ablaze like rarely before provide answers joined international calls for action the leader of the roman catholic church prayed that efforts by all can control the fire. but the you're all concerned about the vast fires that have developed in the amazon that is preserve that with the efforts of all they are controlled as quickly as possible that long in forests is vital for our planet because it's not just brazil but struggling to cope with wildfires in neighboring bolivia 4 helicopters 6 planes and the boeing super tanker are trying to stop over 1000. some square kilometers fishelson estimate that it will take 200 years for the burn forests restored to be restored to its original state. a peaceful march in hong kong is once again sod with tear gas now being fired by police and petrol bombs thrown by demonstrators police are trying to clear crowds who've blocked streets after thousands marched peacefully protests began over an extradition bill which was later show with the demands of widened to include political reforms. families of hong kong police officers delivered a petition to the office of

at some point next sunday indra thank you very much and one of the most powerful people in the roman catholic church cardinal george pell has failed to have his conviction on child sex abuse charges over time once the vatican's treasured a is 7 a success sentence for sexually abusing 2 quiet boys in the 1990 s. . led away in disgrace 78 year old george pell leaves the supreme court of victoria and meldon he once dominated australia's catholic church now he's a common prisoner appeals judges a found a controversial jury decision against him was right there has been vigorous and sometimes emotional criticism of the cardinal there has also been strong support for the cause. indeed it's fair to say. but this coast has divided the community you see boise state go oh oh. you survivors and their supporters celebrated the supreme court ruling for these people pell is a symbol of the sins of the church he's been an outstanding example of justice and to have just the right to say there is a god there i get it down like that do make. the case against pell dates to the mid 1990 s. but despite swirling ac

state, and that just is county openly roman catholic state, and thatjust is not going to fly, is notumbent on the snp and those who espouse independence to put something for everybody‘s letterbox that will say, this is what the new scotland will look like, precisely which was not done during the brexit referendum. denis, separately as well, we have bloody sunday, continuing the fallout from that, the ongoing obviously emotional impact on people of what they lived through, the desire for justice to be done. it is sometimes suggested that perhaps northern ireland needed something like what happened in south africa with truth and reconciliation. how far has northern ireland moved on since the troubles ended ? northern ireland moved on since the troubles ended? i think people have decided to try and forget about the past. one of the problems here is that northern ireland has not moved on. all those wounds are still there. i think what brexit has done, if it hasn't reopened old wounds, it has ripped the sticking plaster of them. my colleague julian has ripped the sticking plaster of them.

raging in many areas or pope francis has joined international calls for action the leader of the roman catholic church prayed that efforts by all can control the fire . but the you are all concerned about the vast fires that have developed in the amazon let us pray so bad with the efforts of all they are controlled as quickly as possible that long in forests is vital for our planet. the amazon virus have also which but livia burning over 6000 square kilometers areas affected by wildfires have nearly doubled since thursday president evo morales changed course and is now welcoming international aid what critics say the government has been far too slow to respond kathy lopez who enjoy the ports. wildfires are burning beyond brazil's amazon in neighboring bolivia farmlands forests and entire villages in its amazon region have also been destroyed as the fires grow the country is now welcoming international aid president ever moralez was reluctant at 1st saying bolivia had the resources to handle the emergency but he has since changed his mind let's have all of the i work on the support of the presid

the highest ranking official of the roman catholic church has been found guilty of child sex offenses and has lost the appeal against his conviction in australia former vatican treasurer cardinal george pell was jailed in march for abusing 2 choir boys 20 years ago. the vatican knowledge the ruling and said pearl may still have legal options as the proceedings continue to develop the holy see recalls that the cardinal has always maintained his innocence throughout the judicial process and it is his right to appeal to the high court dozens of refugees and migrants who were stranded on a rescue ship off the italian island of lampedusa for almost 3 weeks have now come ashore prosecutors ordered the boat to be allowed to dock and for it to be seized spain and 5 other european union nations have offered to take them in a rebel fighter has been killed in a gun battle with security forces in indian administered kashmir it's the 1st such death since new delhi revote the region's autonomy this month some parts of the area are still under lockdown pakistan is about to take the case to the inter

the highest ranking official of the roman catholic church to be found guilty of child sex offenses as law c. appeal against his conviction in australia former vatican treasurer cardinal george pell was jailed in march for abusing 2 choir boys 20 years ago. china's foreign ministry has confirmed that a missing employee of the british consulate in hong kong has been detained on the mainland beijing says simon violated the law chain went missing on august the 8th whilst on a business trip to the city of. dozens of refugees and migrants who were stranded on a rescue ship off the italian island of lampedusa for almost 3 weeks have now come ashore prosecutors ordered the boats to be allowed to dock and be seized. a rebel fighters has been killed in a gun battle with security forces in indian administered kashmir this is the 1st such death since new delhi revotes the region's autonomy earlier this month some parts of the area are still under lockdown pakistan has vowed to take the case to the international court of justice fragile today there is other latest headlines the stream is next. wha