looking for more than just words so how much do you think the pope's visit can actually help the vatican turn a corner on this issue of clerical abuse well i think that at this point it's quite clear that words will not do you know we have we heard words of contrition coming from the vatican for many years and certainly since the pennsylvania report of we going to have to go we have seen the boat addressing the issue mostly talking about contrition and talking about you know penance and so you know trusting and asking for prayer and all this is fine and good however disserve very serious crimes and i think bad generally public opinion it's no turning that for the period i read enough making demands for a particular policy so breyer will no longer do this point the question is how is it that the vatican is going to deal with greitens and you know they're very particular to the months which is essentially they need to produce policy all right so they need to take action and someone else who's calling for that was ireland's prime minister who spoke earlier let's listen to a clip of that. ho

as for the vatican, ideal in facts and evidence. facts and the evidence in this grand jury report clearly show that bishops and other church officials notified the vatican of these predator press. what happened after that, i don't know. the outrage that i hear, i think it speaks to a broader issue here. individuals put the reputation of their institution, in this case, the catholic church, but could just as easy be hollywood or a university or some government agency, they put the reputation of that institution ahead of the people they're supposed to be protecting. in this case, kids. it's absolutely unacceptable. that's why this grand jury report is so important. that's why grand juries are so important, to allow us to unearth this information so people can be held to account even if they can't be criminally charged and as the grand jurists did, recommend changes to laws so that something like this can never happen again. >> shepard: after they lied to the parents and lied to the church and lied to the police and persuaded prosecuto

after you made that accusation this morning about the vatican, a vatican spokesman told cnn, and i'llquote from the vatican spokesman, if the prosecutor is referring to something outside of the report, we'll wait to see that before commenting. so what evidence, attorney general, do you have that the vatican knew of a cover-up? >> well, let's be clear, wolf. as the chief prosecutor in pennsylvania, i deal with facts and evidence and apply the law. 23 grand jurors in pennsylvania sat for two years collecting evidence, listening to testimony, reviewing over a half a million pages of documents from the church's own secret archives detailing comprehensive, widespread sexual abuse by predator priests of children. noting 301 predator priests. they also found a systematic cover-up, a cover-up led by senior church officials, people like bishops and now one cardinal. in many instances, as the grand jury report shows, not a claim from me but as the grand jury report shows, that cover-up went all the way to the vatican. the church's own documents that were in the secret archives presented in the

prosecutors for instance a case of who are now actually trying to force the vatican to turn the seven ins i think that even those inside the vatican that have good will that have the political will do need the help from those outside that can actually push it into the limelight and force the institution to be more transparent. religious affairs correspondent martin god many thanks indeed for your insights. well turning now to venezuela where an estimated two million people have left the country in recent years fleeing food shortages poverty and economic chaos u.n. officials are now saying the region is heading towards what they describe as a crisis moment similar to the one that europe saw in the mediterranean back in twenty fifteen with neighboring states trying to halt the influx across our borders did i feel the harms of rooty has been following the journey of venezuelan migrants in colombia here's her report. they've got so much luggage they need help carrying it down hill. these two families have come together travelling from caracas all the way through colombia to the ecuadorian

so at the vatican we tried to meet his holiness. he was to hold a public audience on st peter's square. we want to give folks francis a letter with all our questions on his suppose a brawl in the attempt to divert the course of justice in argentina. thousands of people have gathered. will need a miracle to get to talk to the pope. few hours later the pope will be on the rod. the third time it passes we show. you something that. is to give our last. thing a few minutes later. listen. listen to that end it doesn't get us the i don't think that i included you see saddened to . see sunday that that end castle that few i intend that the only one through into d.c. out and. then again i if the deal is this to deal and end castle garcia. but i'm not. despite our quick chat neither pope francis nor any vatican official has ever answered our letter. at the end of this investigation there's one question how can the catholic church retrieve itself from these guilty silences. surgeon men from a number of countries such as belgium the united stat

how does the vatican hold bishops tok for doing exactly what it directed them to do? it's laid out in church documents, in church law, in the grand jury report, in numerous investigations into these issues here in ireland and just last week we had a former with the confirm the fact factory of the states sought to enter into a a legal agreement whether they were held in atkinson files here in ireland or in rome. that is a coverup plain and simple. so the vatican needs to be accountable. right now, pope francis is the man in the big seat. so he needs to place his institution, his office, before an appropriate authority and accountable. i find it staggering the motion that a pope would tell the truth. but it is. >> one of the voices resonating what the pope will hear, thank you for your time and perspective in dublin him we will monitor the pope's arrival to your nation. here in the united states, more cracks in the foundation. people once loyal to the president. people in his inner circle turning against him. we have learned trump's top accountant has been granted immun

so at the vatican we tried to meet his holiness. he wants to hold a public audience on st peter's square. we want to give folks francis a letter with all our questions on his suppose a brawl in the attempt to divert the course of justice in argentina. thousands of people have countered. we'll need a miracle to get to talk to the pope. few hours later the pope will be on the rod. the third time it passes we shot the the. something that. we managed to get our last. thing a few minutes later. i said. something that is as old as the i don't think that i include that i do see out in the. sunday that that and castle get out phew i intend that the influence of the host d.c. out in the you. know better get the deal is this to deal and castle garcia. but i'm. despite our quick chat neither pope francis nor any vatican official has ever answered our letter. at the end of this investigation there is one question how can the catholic church retrieve itself from these guilty silences. serge human from a number of countries such as belgium the un

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holds the vatican says he stays the holy see what operates with operates within the u.n. system to account for its crimes and that the vatican is prepared to acknowledge its crimes and make itself accountable for them no pauper's drama no pope including pope francis this week let's talk about this controversial letter now former vatican diplomat is calling for the pope to resign accusing him of covering up allegations of sexual misconduct by the american cardinal theodore mccarrick what do you make of this and what would the pope resigning achieve. well it's a fairly shocking development i mean in the two thousand year history of the church no senior churches official has ever called on the pope to resign many people with in charge of over the years condemn the vatican for its failure to deal with the sexual crimes of priests peter damian did in the twelfth century and actually when you read the eleven page document published today. you read a reference within his word to excite us psychologist and campaigner on these issues flagged with the with with pope benedict and th

roman catholic playbook and the vatican page, name, and number. >> reporter: the vatican says the popee's on my side, it-- he 'tsn't been on my side, ever. >> reporter: you've been speaking in the last hour with other survivors at the attorney general's press conference about tte statement. what's everyone's reaction? >> rage, anger, disgust. >> reporter: the u.s. conference of catholic bishops today called the church's sex abuse scandal a moral catastrophe. the group's president says he urges church officials in rome to take more concrete steps. and jeff, the pennsylvania attorney general's office is continuing its investigation. ra glor: nikki battiste, who has been leading the way on this story. nikki, thank you. coming up on the "cbs evening news," the woman accusing a well-known congressman and potnetially minnesota attorney general of abuse gives her first television interview. and later, american newspapers respond to attacks from aperident trump. respond to attacks from president trump. my body can stil make its own insulin. i take trulicity once a week to activate my body to r

so let us pray may the vatican order a world wide inquiry commission. so that past scars may be healed i may still have faith in the future. first. of all those. two additional don't google so document on the first thanks. so much trying. to tell you. the temperature. oh you. ate. it too most of it it does. some of the. well. i was not very. good to be able. to go with a very. good fortune you know what. i mean preferred. to tom's want to strive all that. kind of financial survival but it was about money laundering first to visit this should this be different. this is a good start well we have our three banks all set up something in your something in america something overseas the cayman islands it will do all these banks are complicit in their tough talk receiver decided to give much both of them bernie to do some serious mood ok let's see how we did well we've got a nice luxury watch for max and for stacey beautiful jewelry and how about. bill again from that you know what money would hire a. bunch guys are good. the headline. a conservative activist

we know the vatican directed the cover—up.tability, and a first step is for the pope to finally tell the damp truth. the time for this seat and lying by omission is over. francis needs to tell the truth, and he needs to make his institution accountable. —— the time for this seat —— the seat —— deceit. bishops in pennsylvania are trying to get changes to the law to stop victims from getting justice. if francis was interested in justice, from getting justice. if francis was interested injustice, he would not be coming to ireland but would be going to pennsylvania to kick down doors to fire those bishops and instruct lawyers not to oppose such measures but to fight tooth and nail to deliver justice for victims. measures but to fight tooth and nail to deliverjustice for victims. he isn't, he has not, i don't believe that he will. they are not on the side of victims, and they continue to refuse to tell the plain truth. 0k. to refuse to tell the plain truth. ok. thank you for giving up your time to talk to us this evening. thank you

some kind of independent department, outside the vatican responsible for ensuring the vatican responsibleing the investigations that are being done against bishops and cardinals and archbishops that are dealt with properly. the assurance that there has been proper investigation and examination and findings which reflect the evidence. this is not going to be easy, it is going to be a different way of dealing, but we need it. but i guess it should be recognised as criminality as opposed toa recognised as criminality as opposed to a sandwich is the language church often uses. the problem that i think we have is that the church records all allegations are reported to the police and social services. that is the first and important thing. if the first and important thing. if the police prosecute and if the perpetrator is convicted, or if it was a priest, they will be out of the priesthood. then there is the question of what does the church do after that? do they have a continuing role? the church has to find ways of dealing with that. also they have to figure out a way to do with the police say

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they that the vatican officials got in the way the vatican bureaucracy got in the way of them doing that work and she resigned clearly the need to strengthen that commission to make sure that it is seen to be operating chris lamb good book to say much more about the vatican than i can but clearly the pope is in a bit of a dynamic because his the holes drift of his pontificate has been actually to devolve power from the papacy down to the bishops and in this case of course in many cases at least it's the bishops who are to blame christopher lamb you're covering the story from ireland itself so the pope didn't use the word crimes to refer to the incidents of child sexual abuse he called them a repellent as well. but he also said that he pledged a greater commitment to eliminating this scourge in the church at whatever cost and i'm quoting him here but did he offer any concrete detail about how he plans to eliminate the scourge. of the question of abuse and. the domenici and visits and the. fall of the media and. i'm standing here live in phoenix and there are five hundred thousand people b

the vatican reporting that there we re the vatican reporting that there were 300,000 people at this mass in dublin today. that is obviously slightly disappointing from their perspective. the estimated in advance that 500,000 people would be here by the tickets issued, but perhaps the increment weather was the reason why the numbers were not what they hope. but ican numbers were not what they hope. but i can say from the number of people gathered here, it was an incredibly warm and welcoming response to the words they heard first from the bishop of dublin who called for a new spring in the church in ireland in one which did not seek to forget the scandals that we have heard about in the last few decades but a new spring nonetheless. and then pope francis speaking in his native spanish parade for forgiveness for abuses carried out on all levels, he talked about the sexual abuse of children and of course the treatment of unmarried mothers and mother and baby homes. the forced adoptions of those babies and so on. that was mapped as i say with a very warm response from the people here. and if

we have evidence that the vatican had knowledge of the coverup.cally speak to pope francis. >> so he doesn't know about the pope but the vatican knew about it and that they were keeping records of it while denying it and so, you know, merely changing the statute of limitation, while it would be a huge, huge step, is that enough? >> oh, it's certainly not enough and the vatican could transform the situation by doing the following. all of these cases that we're discussing go to the vatican and a congregation for the doctrine of the faith, the congregation that handled this cases has lists of all the priests who have been removed and has files on them. it's time time for the vatican to be transparent about its lists of accused priests and the files it had, very, very explicit files. we had some of them in our archives at bishopaccountability.org that show exactly what the accusations were in these cases. pressure is building and the vatican i think is going to have to respond. >> all right, well obviously we have been following this story for weeks,

the spokesperson for the vatican, greg burke, said to the victims, the pope is on your side.o greg was speaking for the pope. i know we want to hear those words from the pope, but as you know in the vatican, unfortunately, things don't happen according to our time frame, but i think the pope will certainly be speaking about it. >> but he has to be hearing some of these victims who are courageously coming forward say why isn't the pope speaking? i want to hear from the pope himself. what do you think it is that's holding him back, that he isn't responding immediately? >> i think there's a sense in the vatican, ana, that the church is a worldwide institution, so remember, this issue has been dealt with recently in chile. it's in africa. it's all over asia. the united states is one piece of that. granted, the united states is very important, and the vatican recognizes that, but i think the pope is sometimes loath to put certain things to the fore, seemingly excluding other parts of the world so i think it's very measured and i know we want to hear now. i want to hear from him no

was blocked all the time by the curia and by the vatican bureaucrats. change all this? but he does have that authority and if it means clearing out the vatican offices, so be it. nothing else will revive the catholic church for many ordinary catholics. earlier, you said people feel freer under this pope to say what they think. if we ta ke pope to say what they think. if we take that as a starting point and people are saying what they think, does the catholic church need to embrace the change that is being called for, the change that is happening in ireland, with gay marriage, abortion and so on, in order to survive, particularly in europe? i think you're right. under this pope, people do feel freer to speak. the conversations which are happening this weekend would not have happened during the last papal visit. to mention the word abortion on the airwaves would almost not have happened. so ireland is in a different place. if you look at the first few decades of this state, you will find that our legislation is worth catholic first and legislative second.

the vatican flag and irish tricolour flying in the breeze.e deputy prime minister, the foreign affairs minister as well, with his wife and his three children, bethany, angelica, and annelise, who will be presenting flowers to the pope. you have the assembled clerics, waiting to greet him. as well as the ambassador of ireland to the holy see, to the vatican. so, for catholics in ireland, this next visit has been a long time coming. it comes at a crucial time for the relationship between the catholic church and its people. let's just listen. pope francis. we should see him emerge in the next few moments. simon coveney, the irish deputy prime minister and his family stepping forward. the children presenting pope francis with a bouquet of flowers. an important image, being welcomed to the state, albeit a state that wa nts to to the state, albeit a state that wants to write a new chapter between the two. vestments, ropes designed by children. —— robes. greeted by other members of the official welcoming party. the flight, while it was on its way, a

the vatican said sorrow, that's great, i'm glad that vatican gave those words but much more has to best the crime of the abuse, i think everyone is saying that happens in every sector of society. the cover-up doesn't happen in every sector of society. the catholic church in this case has covered up to protect the institution risking the individual over and over and over again. can i tell you i think it's wonderful the bishops of the united states have now said we need to have the vatican, they call it an apostolic visitation, the vatican coming in, an independent investigation, wonderful. can i tell you i'm going to be very clear here, if the vatican doesn't open up its archives as well, it's not transparent. the vatican itself, who in the department of the vatican knew for example the payments that were paid out to the accused and he was still made a cardinal -- who knew within the vatican that those payments were made? if that's not done, then any investigation is not independent. even if the vatican is involved. >> melissa: right now in pennsylvania which is where this attorney gen

the vatican tends to write the speeches so vatican tends to write the speeches so they have an overarchingoverarching theme and i think we will see that in the coming days. i do not think between today and tomorrow we will see any devise a plan of action to increase accountability in the church. what we might see as a result of the visit though, because the child protection policies in place in the catholic church now in ireland are acknowledged to be gold standard and extremely robust. i think that the pope might take that as a template because that is not the case in other parts of the catholic world but very much the case in britain and the united states but not in parts of the developing world. and thatis parts of the developing world. and that is something for the pope to implement. if he does not set out concrete plant in some form or hint at it in one of these speeches is that a major missed opportunity?” think he will hint at it in this meeting with the bishops at the end of the visitjust meeting with the bishops at the end of the visit just before meeting with the bishops at the e

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not for the first time, the vatican is being accused of accommodating an authoritarian regime.lics will be the judge of whether it is a sensible compromise, or a sell—out. john sudworth, bbc news, beijing. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme — why china's most important agricultural region could face deadly heatwaves as a result of climate change. also on the programme: for more than a century, trams have been an iconic feature of hong kong. now a photographer is documenting them from dawn till dusk. the question was whether we want to save our people, and japanese as well, and win the war and taking a chance to win the war by killing our young men. the invasion began at 2am. mr bush, like most other people, was clearly caught by surprise. we call for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all the iraqi forces. 100 years old and still full of vigor, vitality and enjoyment of life. no other king or queen in british history has lived so long, and the queen mother is said to be quietly very pleased indeed that she's achieved this landmark anni

so at the vatican we tried to meet his holiness. he wants to hold a public audience on st peter's square. we want to give folks francis a letter with all our questions on his suppose a brawl in the attempt to divert the course of justice in argentina. thousands of people have heard. will need a miracle to get to talk to the pope. few hours later the pope will be on the rod. the. the third time it passes we shall. do something that. is to give our last. thing a few minutes later. listen. listen to that end if that's the last the i don't think that i include that at tuesday's out in the. sunday that. and then castle got out phew i intend that the line flew into d.c. out and you. know better get the the united states to deal and castle garcia. to go but i'm. that. despite our quick chat neither pope francis nor any vatican official has ever answered our letter. at the end of this investigation there is one question how can the catholic church retrieve itself from these guilty silences. serge human from a number of countries such as bel

the vatican is a very complex system. with the last speaker just pointed out, this should be at the heart of all of our work, and i think that is the challenge here. the other piece is that it is not just the perpetrator and the abuser -- abused that are suffering the system, the whole church, all of the people are suffering, and the priests who have been faithful and not abused. i have so many friends, priest friends, who are afraid to touch anyone nowadays because they have been told by lawyers you could get in trouble. and that whole element of fear, sorrow, division? this is what needs to be addressed systemically by the whole vatican, not just one office. so i hope when the public is to ireland that that gets integrated into the reality that he is witnessing. it is going to be an international meeting that he is going to, but having just issued this letter, an international letter, it is the perfect opportunity to continue that conversation and to really finally. change amy: sister simone, nuns on the best are headed

not much from the vatican this morning.'s comments are in response to the former vatican ambassador to the u.s. who over the weekend made his own explosive allegations that pope francis was aware of some abuse and called on him to resign. the pope in response said that he had read the statement carefully and he called on journalists to make your own judgement. i will not say a single word on this. we have to note that they have a very contentious relationship. in his tenure as the ambassador, the pope came to visit the u.s. he arranged a meeting with kim davis. she was the clerk who refused to sign same-sex marriage certificates. this was a time when the pope tried to -- had wanted to stay above the fray here in the u.s. all this is causing a lot of chaos and self-reflection in the catholic church. >> i'm hearing an e-mail from survivors that we have spoken with over the last couple of weeks who have a lot to say as well. far from the end of this. appreciate it. >>> ruth bader ginsburg, a leader legend, up next, a behind th

i think that the vatican and the pope will be pleased with how the visit went.catholics in ireland who got their once—in—a—lifetime opportunity to be in the pope's presents, it was successful for them, and for the victims of abuse who wanted to draw attention to their plight and their suffering, what they now want is for truth and justice and accountability to flow from the pope. from the people you have spoken to, though, what do they think of the tone, and the many apologies that he gave, and a request for forgiveness? well, you know, i don't think that you can apologise too many times for what has been inflicted on people over the years here. but certainly, from people i was speaking to that were at the various sort of events, at the park, the world, the family festival events, they were very much welcoming that he was making these comments, that he was acknowledging what had happened, and i think that they two of the trip, the tone shifted more to more contrite, more apologetic than the day before —— day two. for many people it is too little, too late, but i

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>> you pulled a page out of the vatican playbook.e and number. >> the vatican said the pope is on your side. what do you make of that? >> if he's been on my side -- he hasn't been on my side ever. >> you've been speaking in the last hour with others at the press conference about the attorney general's statement. what's everyone's reaction? >> rage, anger, disgust. >> the pennsylvania attorney general's office is continuing its investigation. nikki battiste, cbs news, new york. >>> well, coming up on the medical students at new york university receive a huge gift. >>> and swirling flames. a close-up look at a wildfire phenomenon. this is the "cbs morning news." ook at a wildfire phenomenon. this is e "c morning news." we switched to tide pods free & gentle. it's gentle on her skin and out cleans the other free and clear detergent. dermatologist recommended. it's got to be tide. ♪ tag! ♪ you're it! ♪ toyota. let's go places. (woman) we'd been counting down it was our tresiba® reason. he needs insulin to control his high blood sugar and

the vatican will be pleased at how the ireland visit went.their once—in—a—lifetime opportunity to be on the pope's presence, it was successful, and meeting with the victims of abuse and wanting to draw attention onto their suffering. what they want is truth and justice and accountability to flow. from the people you have spoken to, what did they think of the tool and and the many apologies that he gave, and the request for forgiveness? —— what did they think of the tone? i don't think you can apologise too many times but certainly from the people i was speaking to from the events that croke park, the festival of families, they were very much welcoming that he was making these comments and acknowledging what had happened and i think that day two of the trip, the tone shifted to more contrite and apologetic than the day before. i think that for many people it is too little, too late, but i know some people at least appreciate that the comments were made finally. particularly survivors groups, what are they expecting and hoping for from people a

before that, he was a member of the roman vatican bureaucracy. coming to the united states wasn't his first coice, he really didn't want to do that, but he had troubles there before that. he was criticized for being a stern manager, he was also involved in the uncovering of some financial scandals there in e vatican. so we've reported in the past it was kind of the case of him being kicked upstairs into this ambassadorship to the united ates. >> isn't vigano accused himself of several years ago hav overlooked allegations about another cardinal? >> not a cardinal but an archbishop from st. paul, minneapolis. there were charges against him that he was engaged in inappropriate relationship with men. there were some allegations ere. there's also charges of mishandling of sex abuse cases of other priests under his charen. he evally resigned, but an investigation was done by an outside investigor in minneapolis, st. paul, all of that delivered to vigano in his office as ambassador and he had suggested, at one time point, an auxiliary bishop who was lea

sunday morning, the vatican's former ambassador to the u.s.laimed the pope knew disgraced washington cardinal theodore mccarrick was guilty of sexual abuse, but still used him as an hevisor. in the bombshell 11-page letter, archbishop carlo vigano calls on pope francis to "set an exam example for cardinals and bishops who covered up mccarrick's abuses and resign with all of them. he claims he first warned senior vatican officials about .ccarrick in 2000, writing that s pe benedict eventually fired him and banned him from his seminary and alleges current cardinal blind a blind eye after benedict stepped down. vigano says he had a private audience with pope francis in 2013 and told him about y carrick's past. but he says the pope didn't take at he says the pope didn't take any action until mccarrick spsigned in june following media reports he abused a minor. the vatican has not responded to the letter, a spokesperson for cardinal worhl said he did not receive any documentation or ceformation during his time in washington regarding any actions ta

not for the first time, the vatican is being accused of accommodating an authoritarian regime.udge of whether it is a sensible compromise, or a sell—out. john sudworth, bbc news, beijing. a number of truck drivers have been rescued from their vehicles in china after being caught in flash floods. more than 20 trucks were caught in floodwaters in henan province after heavy rains. some of the drivers climbed on top of their cabins as their trucks were dragged down stream. emergency workers used ropes and harnesses to rescue the stranded occupants. their were no reports of injuries. trams are are a prominent part of the cultural hertitege in cities across the world. for more than a century, they've been an iconic feature of hong kong, boasting the only fully operational double—decker tram anywhere. 0ne photographer believes they're so special, she's been documenting the ding dings from dawn to dusk. hello. it's been a weekend of contrast across the uk. scotland and northern ireland have seen more cloud with some outbreaks of rain at times. england and wales have seen plenty of suns

not for the first time, the vatican is being accused of accommodating an authoritarian regime.le compromise, or a sell—out. john sudworth, bbc news, beijing. trams are are a prominent part of the cultural hertitege in cities across the world. for more than a century, they've been an iconic feature of hong kong, boasting the only fully operational double—decker tram anywhere. one photographer believes they're so special, she's been documenting the ‘ding dings' from dawn to dusk. don't forget you can reach me and most of the team on twitter. i'm @nkem|fejika. hello. it's been a weekend of contrast across the uk. scotland and northern ireland have seen more cloud with some outbreaks of rain at times. england and wales have seen plenty of sunshine and it's been very warm if not hot. but some changes to come through the week. slowly we start to lose the heat. it will feel fresher for all of us, an increasing chance of seeing some showers and also still some sunshine, and it's sunshine we'll continue to see for much of england and wales on monday underneath this area of high pressure

thhre aae mmny at the top in the vatican who want to see pope francis removed. he wase fact that reaaly quite devastating for a% %pabout where to go in the futt, not just bout sexual abuse, but other iisues like homosexuality and marriageeannnlment. of thee6 c13 c1ndication damage these allegations could potentially cause, a bishop in the small town of tyler, texas urged the priests in his diocese to consider theseeallegations against pope francis as credible, to discuss them, raise the issues with their own pariihioners, and seriously debate this on social media. and that is really in the heartland of president donald ground with these allegations, to the catholic church and tong pope francis himself. genie: josephine mckenna reporting for us from rome. the u.n. say top mmlitary leaders in myanmar should be prosecuted f f genocide e againt rohingya muslims. that is some of the strongest language yet from u.n. alleged human rights violations in myanmar since the bloody crackdown began ast august. panel released its report today, one year after the crackdown bega

to do that so now it's probably time for prosecutors around the world to start trying to push the vatican to turn these documents and bring essentially criminals to justice all right and very quickly do you think that the pope will address the issue of a clerical abuse in his speech that he expected i think he will address said i think that what we should all be paying close attention to is his trip back to rome in the airplane usually with journalists that's when we hear most of the news that come out of the vatican and most of the ones that really make headlines. thank you so much for your pleasure well let's now look at some of the other stories making news around the world german chancellor has called for stronger economic ties with azerbaijan following a meeting with president of the today does discussed expanding a gas pipeline to southern europe and the human rights situation in the former soviet republic as a biogen his last stop of a three day tour which also included georgia and. russian opposition leader alexina vonnie has been arrested outside his home in moscow of only who ha

the vatican told him to put this priest back into member industry. and whirl would not accept that. whirl objected. he went to the vaticanand fought them on that, and he got them to change their mind. instances that bishop whirl was involved in, but i know of at case, where he fought tooth and nail to get that iest out of ministry, taking on the vatican, taking on cardinals in the vatican, to do so. >> woodruff: just quickly, are structures n in place to prevent, to make sure that isif ort of thing is going on today that the individuals involved are found, that they're punished, and that as much is being done as possible to prent it? >> first of all, anybody, aan laa priest, anybody involved with children in the catholic church has to go through a police background check. secondly, any accusation of abuse has to be reported to the police. and thirdly, any priest who has credible accusations of abuset agaim has to be removed from the ministry, and a full investigation takes place. and if that information is found to be substantiated, then he can never, never be involved in ministry a

to do that so now it's probably time for prosecutors around the world to start trying to push the vatican to turn these documents and bring essentially criminals to justice all right and very quickly do you think that the pope will address the issue of. his speech that he expected i think he will address said i think that what we should all be paying close attention to is his trip back to rome in the airplane usually with journalists that's when we hear most of the news that come out of the vatican and most of the ones that really make headlines thank you so much for your life pleasure. injure effigies in bangladesh have been marking one year since the start of the myanmar army crackdown that forced them to leave their homes protesters marched through the courts is bizarre region where hundreds of thousands are living in makeshift camps and maher says it's ready to take back the refugees but there's been little progress in resolving the crisis the muslim minority are demanding equal rights with others in myanmar. that crackdown of course began after him is carried out coordinated attacks

the vatican is offering no comment on those allegations, and nbc news could not confirm the letter's authenticity or its claims. pope francis issued a sweeping apology in ireland today asking for forgiveness for the clergy's sexual abuse scandal and other, quote, betrayal, of irish catholics by church leaders. >>> playwright neil simon has died. according to a long time friend, simon died this morning in the hospital in manhattan after suffering complications from pneumonia. he was one of america's most successful playwrights whose hits included "the odd couple," and they dominated broadway for decades. in 2006, he won the mark twain prize for american humor. he was 91 years old. >>> still ahead on nbc bay area, it's getting bigger and bigger every year. pride celebrations taking the south baby storm. we'll show you all the sights. >>> low clouds, coastal hill tops there, temperatures in the low 60s. that might not be that surprising, but our valley temperatures over the next few days, that's going to surprise some folks. a closer look at that in the seven-day forecast when we come r

has the vatican asked you to step aside and have you agreed?we obey. aside and have you agreed? if he does get that order, as many here expect, of a communist party backed bishop instead. it is one of a number of concessions in return for which the vatican hopes it will be free to recruit badly needed new members to a unified chinese church. badly needed new members it is an extraordinary moment. badly needed new members a reconciliation between two of history's great opposing forces — catholicism and communism. of history's great opposing forces — while people here may be unable to voice their criticisms to openly, elsewhere there is deep concern. to voice their criticisms to openly, in a seminary in hong kong, a place where china's persecuted christians once fled, the deal is seen as a deep betrayal. so we moved to this house back again. cardinaljoseph zen is particularly concerned that the chinese communist party will have power over all future appointments, with the pope only holding a veto. all future appointments, how many times can you v

getting a little bit more detailfrom park stadium we're getting a little bit more detail from the vaticanwhich lasted for 90 minutes as you say with eight survivors of abuse. we were told of clerical religious and institutional abuse, so really, that covers the range of terrible scandals that have emerged here in ireland both the abuse by priests of children, the cover—up of that abuse, abusive by other members of catholic religious orders and the abuse, the institutional abuse primarily referring to the mother and baby homes where unmarried mothers were sent to have their children because they were deemed as it was then unfit to be seen in society as unmarried mothers and of course the laundry is as well where many of those young women had to work. the vatican has released the names of all but one of the eight, that final person wishing to remain anonymous. those eight survivors of abuse who met and talked to pope frances for 90 minutes earlier in dublin include two priests. they also include marie collins now, i very interesting person and the list because she is a campaigner who has be