church, so a new chapter can be opened but the catholic church has to come to the table and say this is what we are going to do to make amends. when you still have the catholic church refusing to disclose a lot of the records and documentation, and we still need to have judicial enquiries, then thatjust goes to show you that they are not forthcoming with that, so that is really difficult because you don't have a reliable partner to negotiate wet. that is hugely problematic. if you see the catholic church is not coming forward in this regard then how can you trust it, how can you know down the line that will not be further cover—ups. there will be paedophile priests who could target young children, we just paedophile priests who could target young children, wejust don't paedophile priests who could target young children, we just don't know. how could the church they vitalise itself? we are seeing great vitality at croke park tonight, but where once ireland exported priests to the rest of the world, there are very few irish men entering the seminary to train as priests. many of the p

uses to describe lg bt the catholic church uses to describe lgbt people, the catholic church uses to describe lg bt people, for example. the catholic church uses to describe lgbt people, for example. that will bea lgbt people, for example. that will be a fascinating meeting. lgbt people, for example. that will be a fascinating meetinglj lgbt people, for example. that will be a fascinating meeting. i think thatis be a fascinating meeting. i think that is going to be private, but our taoiseach, leo, has said he will raise as many of the issues that are pertinent to the irish population as he can. i noticed when the pope was arriving at aras an uachtarain, he is also meeting the gay minister for children. so he is meeting a very different ireland. in my own group, we have a petition saying to the pope, for heaven ‘s sake, you must remove this language about being irredeemably distorted or evil from anything that is said about lgbt people. it is extraordinary. with a pen, that could be worked out tomorrow. that would be one of the smaller things he could do. one of the easier things he

they believe you can't separate the catholic church, the systemic abuse within the catholic church, the cover—ups and the word and message ofjesus of nazareth, , the word and message ofjesus of nazareth,, because they would see that behaviour by the priests, by the institution itself, as an antithesis to the word ofjesus. they still regard pope francis as god's a presentation on earth, so they will support him for that reason. there are still devout catholics, but if you look at the trajectory of how the country has moved, 67% of people voted to allow abortion in this country. that is something that is completely a part of catholic teaching, to be against abortion. same with the lgbt community and same—sex marriage. many people voted for that, in spite of the fact that the catholic hierarchy have cast doubt lgbt members, even those that still want to remain part of the church. there is an element that people will make decisions about where their moral authority comes from. one of the speakers at the family event in the run—up to this weekend is a jesuit priest from the states who

but the catholic church operates like a set of independent republics. bishops don't even report to the archbishop 01’ don't even report to the archbishop or the cardinal, they report to the pope or possibly did god. it's impossible to know. in that case, you cannot set out a set of global rules by which everybody must adhere. we have some diocese and some religious orders in ireland which allow no access at all to the records. but in any case, it should not be an issue, particularly for survivors. they should have the right to see any record that affect their lives. many of them are dying now, and to think that they may leave this world without having had an opportunity to discover all of the information they are entitled to is heartbreaking. we know that there are going to be a number of demonstrations in dublin this weekend from the lgbt community, from survivors of sexual abuse, women and men, remembering those mothers and babies who were treated in sometimes horrendous conditions in the mother and baby homes and the magdalen laundry is. we didn't

different vestiges of the catholic church very much present in ireland. today, he is going to be greeted by one of the few openly gay leaders in the world, leo varadkar, our taoiseach. i have been reading letters in my newspaper this morning from practising catholics who are basically trying to justify and say, listen, there are two sides of this, we are trying to separate our faith from the institution of catholicism. they are looking for guidance. why are we supporting this church which has had so many problems of abuse of children, and so reluctant to change? a moment of reckoning, i think, for catholics in ireland. i think the timing of this could not be worse, a few weeks since the pennsylvania report. it has brought back the whole issue of church abuse to the fore. despite everything we know and we are all discussing, will there be for some people an element of excitement and pride that he is there? ireland proportionally still has the third highest churchgoing population in europe. exactly. in the recent census more than 75% of people ticked the bo

catholic church and they fightjust as hard now as they ever didm catholic church and they fightjust as hard now as they ever did. it is not all historical? needs to be institutional reform. words are not enough. interesting recent revelations, it turns out high cardinals, well esteemed princes of the church, turn out to have been abusers themselves. three major american dioceses the nature report to authorities. the raw complaints turns out to be around 10% of active priests in these three dioceses. it is baked in. there needs to be getting all the secret wreckers to the civil authorities because actually the catholic church has better records than the nazis! wreckers about internal practices. —— records. there needs to be a house—cleaning. it is supposed to be infallible, all of these guys who have gotten around him are difficult to dislodge. there has to bea difficult to dislodge. there has to be a house—cleaning, pay the money to the survivors, a willingness to do so. we are apologising regularly and profoundly, safeguarding at the bottom level and report all problems to the

it is really a global issue for the catholic church. what pope francis says today may be too irish people, but really he is speaking to international catholics. thank you very much. that grand jury reported pennsylvania, just published in the last week or so, implicating around 300 priests in the abuse of more than 1000 children during the 1970s and 1980s. some of the members of the church hierarchy from the us that were supposed to be attending the meeting this weekend have had to pull out of that, dealing with all of that in the us. let's check the time. it is about 10.10. in 20 minutes, the flight carrying pope francis is due to arrive at dublin international airport. the welcome party there, ready to greet him. we will be back when he arrives. for the moment, from dublin castle, back to you. we will be back as soon as we have more on the arrival. women in england will be allowed to take the second dose of an early abortion pill at home, under a department of health plan due to take effect by the end of the year. last month, the gove

church in ireland to the catholic church in ireland. translation: this open wound challenges us to be firm and decisive in the pursuit of truth and justice. the plane carrying the pope has just touched down back in dublin. this afternoon he is expected here in phoenix park, where he will celebrate a mass in front of a crowd of half a million people. and i'm ben brown — the other headlines this hour: senatorjohn mccain, the vietnam war hero turned senator and us presidential candidate, has died at the age of 81.

festival the catholic church of the nineteenth century the victorian catholic church of. bishops will affect the running the country the church was running the state that has got to end them in live around the chief said in his speech yesterday that it wasn't until twenty five years off the founding of the irish state. department of health departments so well members sent out by the ira just to say the church is basically everybody in the country. model of the imperial now which i just don't see a guy who really want to be a new relationship with the church is that a son and i salute the flag around six thousand and i'm delighted repeatedly thrice pontifical of the church is not meant to protect the institution of most of the chat she still saying that's a sign to live out the message of the gospel the institution has to come second to the gospel so the irish times it means connecting with the early church or somehow shoring. up the gentlemanly of the bishops in the nineteenth century at the bottom of the nineteenth century church of the loop on the night it becomes a dul

so it is recognised by the catholic church now. just about. i first met the archbishop in 2012, when i presented him with what little evidence we had at the time about the mother and baby homes. when you talk about what happened at castlepollard, that was only seven or eight months after that. it was presented with the facts and figures we had at the time. he was asked to call for a public inquiry, and he refused. he refused? he point—blank refused, and that happened a number of times. he simply would not do anything about it. but what has happened as a result of the information that has come to light is that the government is taking action. there is a commission that will be reporting in february and looking at all these. do you accept that as the right process? yes and no. certainly the inquiry was the right way forward, but it was a flawed inquiry in that it does not address the whole issue. a large section of our community has been excluded. one thing we‘re campaigning for its full inclusion in the inquiry, because unless you are actua

if the catholic church has credibility on this issue. well two things he needs to acknowledge the stents and death he used to play is that the reports for example not stated or for what for victims of abuse were or was in the one mission here we have fifteen thousand five hundred reported in the wrong reporting one michael a shit what leo or a karate such as from search was many reports but one of them was one hundred forty one reports that had never been joined together they were national odets and i just actually established that there was no that's three and a half thousand victims so we've got a saturation point here in our limbs over eighteen and a half thousand victims if you compare that with the united states they have a similar figure of eighteen and a half thousand victims but they are the county population that's fifteen times greater than ireland germany i understand is going to be publishing its figures with regards abuse and abuse there is that later this month or next month i think in september ok mock month in some tailin

issue but it is not exclusively the catholic church. 0ther it is not exclusively the catholic church. other organisations including the bbc have been struck with this problem and organisations have real difficulty in adjusting and how to grapple with it and it is and how to grapple with it and it is a journey the catholic church is on. i think let's see what he says in the other encounters and he has yet to meet the victims of abuse and crucially rather than hearing from him,| crucially rather than hearing from him, iwill crucially rather than hearing from him, i will be very interested if any of them say what you said to them because i think that personal encounter is where hope frances really comes alive. the first part of this visit is very stilted, it is the diplomatic, forgive the diplomat in me, it is the statecraft and that is not his natural terrain up. his terrain is what you'll see in the centre, what you see on the streets in the hundreds of thousands of people who come out onto the streets of dublin this evening. that is not something we can predict that noontime today. i

he is the supreme leader of the catholic church, but what is stopping him, who is stopping him, from further action?|i think stopping him, from further action?” think what you have is a church which is represented in 170 countries, each with aaron legal system. —— their own legal system. there are countries where child abuse and rape just are not investigated as crime or viewed as crime. i remembergoing investigated as crime or viewed as crime. i remember going to liberia when i was working for the irish government as a special envoy, and going to see the child abuse centre in the police station in monro via. they had a desk, a chair, and a computer, not even a camera to photograph injuries, and if there was no witness, there could be no prosecution. so you have all those problems across different countries, andi problems across different countries, and i think what we have to recognise is, this is not a simple matter of saying, do this and it will be done. the primary responsibility for ms to getting the crime is that the state authorities. the church must cooperate, and the p

pope francis universally respected as a true reformer reinvigorate face and what the catholic church stands for. thousands of the faithful croke park stadium to hear pope francis speak his visit is a moment of joy for many believe is an island a country where more than seventy percent of the population identify as catholic but as the country embraces secular values irish society regardless of faith wants to hold the church to account for past wrongs need baka al jazeera dublin. let's listen to a minister is under investigation after he refused to let one hundred fifty migrants enter only leading to a ten day standoff albania island and as least catholic church have agreed to take the asylum seekers after mateo selvin have refused to let them disembark a coast guard boat unless other nations pledged to take them salvatore to that he'd be proud of the prosecutor wanted to interrogate or rest him for defending the borders and security of his country. now peru has granted asylum to hundreds of venezuelans despite the introduction of new entry restrictions to stem the flow of migrants as

catholic faithful are you not there. in the churches is a male private club. and a later on that women are owned by but they don't get the board they don't get don't get to take any decisions right ok betty adney interesting to talk to you thank you you thank. the russian opposition leader alexina valley's been arrested outside his home in moscow in the valley his face woman said on twitter that he's been taken to a local police ation the reason for his detention is still unclear he was released in june after spending a month in jail for resisting the police and organizing an authorized rally valen is one of president bush's most vocal critics and has been repeatedly put behind. the israeli yes is very mild military launched a crackdown leading to what's being called the ethnic cleansing of the ranger hundreds of thousands of people fled to neighboring bangladesh. where the refugees there have been holding peaceful protests demanding justice and safe return to their homes there are now more than seven hundred thousand people living in camps near the border it'

despite the sex abuse scandal rocking the catholic church the pontiff still has huge support dubliners lined the streets to give the pope. one enthusiastic welcome as he was driven to mary's cathedral to bless newlywed couple. for a closer look at the pope's visit to dublin i'm joined in the studio now by a reporter at william glucose so william there's been quite a great quite a lot of criticism against the pope especially in connection with the issue of clerical abuse what have the pope's critics in ireland been saying now especially online there they're saying no they're saying nope there's actually a hashtag called say nope to the pope which sounds funny but of course is deadly serious that many are using to discuss their outrage at the catholic church and the pope's visit you can see an irish rugby writer he put it very bluntly in this tweet he said i wish every weekend could be ireland winning the grand slam on st patrick's day and twickenham which is a major rugby stadium in england instead this weekend we have to host the leader of the world's largest pedophile ring hash tag sa

so it is recognised by the catholic church now. just about. i first met the archbishop in 2012 when i presented him with what little evidence we had at the time about the mother and baby owns. when you talk about what happened castlepollard, baby owns. when you talk about what happened castlepolla rd, that baby owns. when you talk about what happened castlepollard, that was only seven or eight months after that. it was presented with the fa cts that. it was presented with the facts and figures we had at the time. it was asked to call for a public enquiry and he refused. he refused? it public enquiry and he refused. he refused ? it plain public enquiry and he refused. he refused? it plain lank refused. and that happened a number of times. he simply would not do anything about it. but what has happened as a result of the information that has come to light is that the government is taking action. there is a commission that will be reporting in february and looking at all these. do you accept that has the right process ? do you accept that has the

pope francis universally respected as a true reformer reinvigorate face and what the catholic church stands for. this is a side of the church the pope wants to celebrate and inspire a day center for dublin homeless run by a religious order there are people in the city whose lives depend on the church's help people left behind in island's economic recovery and what can we expect from the pope tomorrow. well no the pope has perhaps dealt with some of the most pressing and challenging parts of his visit here we know of course that he met with aids survivors of clerical religious and institutional abuse for ninety minutes a bit earlier on in the day a meeting that must have been very emotional indeed now that that has been dealt with of course it doesn't go away he will undoubtedly as he moves west to county mayo and the shrine of nork in the west of ireland on sunday morning be faced with more opportunities to reiterate what the church's stance is and really sets the goals for what the church can achieve going forward it is of course his aim in coming to ireland to reinvigorate a sense

this is developing news live from berlin with the catholic church facing fresh outrage over child sex abuse pope francis heads to. the punters has promised to address the issue they have but will that be enough to satisfy calls for justice. also on the program a mediterranean moment for south america with two million venezuelans on the move the u.n. says the region's migration crisis is starting to resemble what happened in europe back in twenty first to g.w. news has been following one family's fate as it journeys across borders. and highlights for you of last night's top soccer clashes the bundesliga gets back to business cereal champions by munich facing another team hoffenheim in the cup and writes a last night the bavarians provide goals but it wasn't the dominant start they were hoping. to win. hello welcome my name is christopher springer thanks for joining us pope francis has arrived in dublin for the first papal trip to ireland in almost forty years he's visiting a country that was once staunchly catholic but since on the gong huge social reforms his visit comes as the cathol

the catholic church is out to protect the catholic church. it does very little for victims and in new york state i think it works against it. i hate to bring politics into it, but it lobbies to prevent a bill being past by the senate -- passed by the republican-controlled senate that would extend the statute of limitations in these types of cases. that is a sin. that is a travesty the church would work actively against victims to prevent legislation moving forward. i was part of the boston case. i was sexually abused by a priest i met in upstate new york and lived with in boston. what happened with that is i joined a global arbitration. they gave me some money and promised me some counseling and pretty much they just forgot about me. i got the money and the counseling dried up and the shame. there is a lot of shame in what happened to me. there is a lot of shame in me talking about it and i think one of the things that helps the catholic church is that they want to take away your voice. they don't want victims to talk. they don't want victims

i think the scandals certainly damaged the credibility of the catholic church. for example, some time ago, 20 or 30 years ago now, when we were deciding to introduce, for example, divorce into ireland, people learning that some priests had children and had, not wives, but for all intents and purposes did — that obviously changed their credibility. so, a0, 50, 60 years ago if something was said by the parish priest, if something was said by the local bishop, the vast majority of people in ireland would have taken that to be the truth, or the right view that they should take. and all those different scandals of course damaged the credibility of the church when it came to those issues of public policy. but i think that was just part of it. the country's been changing anyway, as is the normal case as countries develop, as people become more educated, as they become more prosperous, as they travel more. we've got a lot of migration in ireland as well. people always left, but in the last a0 years lots have come back as well, so it's much more of a two—way movement

pope francis universally respected as a true reformer reinvigorate face and what the catholic church stands for. thousands of the faithful packed croke park stadium to hear pope francis speak his visit is a moment of joy the many believe is an island a country where more than seventy percent of the population identify as catholic but as the country embraces secular values irish society regardless of faith wants to hold the church to account for pos wrongs. al-jazeera dublin. not having that end of an abuse survivor bay from the u.s. state of arizona who runs and that for the victims and he says the poet needs to offer victims more than just words. we can't come out of the church of best getting itself we saw that in pennsylvania one diocese over knew of ten predator priests previous to the grand jury after the grand jury find out there are seventy five so we know that the church has been hiding information for for years decades. so the pope could do something very very simple and that is demand that every bishop in the world report every instance of of child abuse to the police italy

his arrival comes at a time of turmoil for the catholic church there. tropical storm lane is moving closer to hawaii and authorities are warning ofa hawaii and authorities are warning of a risk of torrential rains. flooding and torrential landslides could also affect the island. as the syrian war grinds to a halt, people are returning to their homes. raqqa was infamous across the world as the ‘capital‘ of the so—called islamic state group. the united nations says nearly 80% of the city was destroyed in the united states—led campaign to remove them which ended in october last year. since then, there's been a steady stream of families moving back, as dina demrdash reports. this woman is backing to go home. she and her nine children are returning to the syrian city of raqqa. they have been on the move for five years. translation: some relatives could not get attacked. the situation was bad in the camp. that is why we are going back. if you could see our home, you would wonder why we are returning to it. it is a two-hour drive to raqqa. most of it l

the catholic church and other churches fill that gap to the benefit of many generations of people. we remain profoundly grateful for that contribution down the centuries. even today as we struggle with a housing shortage and homelessness, catholic organisations of people inspired by their catholic faith fill a gap inspired by their catholic faith filla gap in inspired by their catholic faith fill a gap in providing some of those services. for example through organisations like cross care. holy father, during your papacy, we have witnessed your compassion for people around the edge of our society, for people who have not shared in our relative prosperity and people and families who have slipped through the net. your visit to the day centre today reminds us of the enormous work we have to do to make sure the promise of the new testa m e nt sure the promise of the new testament is the fellow, always protect, trust, hope and persevere and neverfail. protect, trust, hope and persevere and never fail. at protect, trust, hope and persevere and neverfail. at times in the past we have faile

and welcoming the head of the catholic church has been a much anticipated moment. ireland was once known as the most catholic country in the world. but rocked by scandals, the church has fallen from grace. in dublin, pope francis spoke of the sexual abuse of children by catholic priests and the failure of the church to address it. translation: the failure of ecclesiastical authorities, bishops, religious superiors, priests and others adequately to address these repellent crimes has rightly given rise to outrage and remains a source of pain and shame for the catholic community. i myself share those sentiments. pope francis will meet with survivors of clerical abuse during his visit. some say his condemnation of these crimes is not enough. it has to be zero tolerance and that means every abusive priest, bishop and those who covered it up, be sacked and removed from the church immediately. half the population of ireland turned out to see pope john paul in 1979. back then, homosexuality, contraception and divorce were illegal. now ireland is very much changed. an irela

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the catholic church is front and center in the worst sexual abuse scandal the church has ever seen in the nation's history a new report by the u.s. government finds more than three hundred catholic priests sexually abused thousands of children in pennsylvania what's worse and there may be many many more unaccounted for r.t. correspondent ashley banks has more. i do your investigation into the catholic church in pennsylvania reveals three hundred priests sexually abused more than a thousand children in four years what's worse is that a series of bishops cover it up the investigation covers six of pennsylvania's eight catholic diocese and found more than one thousand victims making this the largest examination by a government agency and the u.s. of child sexual abuse within the catholic church what's more alarming is that the grand jury is saying of that the number of sexually abused children is a much higher than what's being reported because a lot of files have been missing and a lot of kid didn't come forward because they were scared shortly after this report was released spins of be

not just in the catholic church, but in society as a whole. and the pope this week, earlier this week, published a long letter in which he expressed his shame and horror and expressed his own personal regret and was quite determined that the church will tackle this evil that has found a lodging in our house. so i would expect he would repeat those things when he is here. but he will do it in the context of an unflinching conviction of the presence of god in our lives and the way in which, with the help of the holy spirit we construct family life, society life that is good for all. clearly there is a lot about which we should repent, clearly there is a lot about which we can celebrate and be determined for the future. and we do not hide, we do not try to hide the things that have gone wrong in the past. that particularly is a crucial lesson to us all the time. clearly many people will be listening closely to what pope francis has to say on that issue. meanwhile, in the light of what you we re meanwhile, in the light of what you were seeing was

who is supposed to be leading the catholic church. but this is such a massive issue, i am beginning to think this is the worst crisis probably the catholic church has faced since the reformation. you are just back from ireland, by chance. what was your sense of it? i visited in the last week where i am from, and there is huge attention and expectations for the pope to do something more than just apologise, essentially. people want specifics now. i think it is fair to say it has been more negative than positive, high—profile people like the former president of ireland, mary mcaleese, herself a doctoral student in canon law. she has been outspoken, critical, vocal in the last few weeks about the church's views on homosexuality and women. there will be huge pressure on the pope to say something specific. it is not pope francis's first visit to ireland, he learned

he met and encouraged people who work hard within the catholic church on safeguarding. and he made a public apology in westminster cathedral. now, these are three of the stepping stones. you begin with the stepping stones. you begin with the suffering. the are determined about the work we do at present and in the future and we do not hide, we do not try to hide the things that have gone wrong in the past. that particularly is the crucial lesson. and how we measure the success of this visit? it is notjust about numbers, we cannot expect the numbers, we cannot expect the numbers we saw 39 years ago. what was a successful the like's no, we cannot expect those numbers because a0 yea rs cannot expect those numbers because a0 years ago there was no health and safety regulations. the crowd in phoenix park is limited to half a million. they are not able to come if one wanted to come. the success of this will be much more in the spirit that surfaces in this country. i had been here a couple of days and there is no doubt about the vitality of the catholic church in ireland and th

church every three years to celebrate and reflect on the role of the family in the catholic church. pope francis will listen to testimonies from families from ireland, candidate, iraq, africa and many countries represented here tonight. —— canada. by concert has been going on. a river dance troupe performing in upwards of 70,000 people at this event this evening. and we wait to hear what pope francis will say on what will be his third public speech on his first day of his visit to ireland. we will bring that to you but back to the studio. 0ther other news on bbc news... egypt's top prosecutor says the deaths of a british couple who died at a hotel resort in the country — were not due to poisonous gas emissions in their room. john and susan cooper were staying at the steigenberger aqua magic hotel in hurghada, both died on tuesday amid claims the hotel's air conditioning system might be to blame. concern following the deaths led to other holidaymakers being flown home — the first have now arrived back in the uk as katy austin reports. it is still unclear how an apparent fit a

pope francis universally respected as a true reformer reinvigorate face and what the catholic church stands for. thousands of the faithful croke park stadium to hear pope francis speak his visit is a moment of joy for many believe is an island a country where more than seventy percent of the population identify as catholic but as the country embraces secular values irish society regardless of faith wants to hold the church to account for past wrongs need baka al jazeera dublin. well ireland is described as the ground zero of the church's global abuse crisis a series of scandals have been revealed through media reporting and government inquiries thousands of children were raped molested and abused in church for institutions the church is one of one has one of the worst records of abuse but the institutions image has taken a hit in other countries as well in australia a former archbishop recently became the most senior catholic in the world to be convicted of covering up crimes a five year investigation recently documented tens of thousands of child abuse cases most happened in catholi

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despite the sex abuse scandal shaking the catholic church the pontiff still has huge public support. lined the streets to give the pope an enthusiastic welcome as he was driven to st mary's cathedral. inside the pope prayed for victims of clerical abuse in front of a light known as the can live innocence he was forthright in condemning the churches to scrape. church authorities bishops religious leaders priests and others to adequately address these repugnant crimes which he has rightly to outrage jews. to shield and it remains a source of pain and shame for the catholic community and. i share in feeling that pain and shame. of protesters in central dublin brandished baby shoes in solidarity with child victims of abuse. there is a great that is. really challenging. challenging the corruption of the vatican says the pope has met eight irish survivors of abuse and the pontiff clearly still enjoys great personal popularity. and would like a miracle for me to say i cannot be on search there's room for america and we hope francis will arrange it for us because when. the papal visit to ire

catholic church lost its relevance in ireland i don't think that it has lost completely its relevance and that probably will not happen in the media future because the fact is you know it is said institution that he's completely deluded and completely suffused not only the state but society so even at the stages in which estate has managed to modulate the influence of the church at the local level i mean people still see their priests and their church institutions as actually central to their daily lives nonetheless it must be said arlen it's a particular case precisely because the church was included pretty much at every level of the state birdsey clearly in their use of social service and social policy and it's very clear over the last ten years actually thirty years really of revelations that the public trust in the institution to be able to keep up with the policy of the secular state and protected citizens particularly children has actually been completely completely effaced so i think that this points to a farther secularization of the state even if this is cited it's not quite

pope francis universally respected as a true reformer reinvigorate face and what the catholic church stands for. thousands of the faithful croke park stadium to hear pope francis speak his visit is a moment of joy for many believe is an island a country where more than seventy percent of the population identify as catholic but as the country embraces secular values irish society regardless of faith wants to hold the church to account for past wrongs of barkha al-jazeera dublin u.s. senator john mccain has died he was eighty one the announcement of his death came fewer than forty eight hours after his family said he was ending medical efforts to treat brain cancer john mccain was the two thousand and eight republican party presidential nominee man a distinguished military veteran mike hanna takes a look back at his life. from prison off war to presidential candidate in two thousand and eight john mccain mounted a challenge against barack obama but lost in a landslide my friends we have we have come to the end of a long journey. merican people have spoken and they have spoken clearly h

pope francis is heading to ireland — a country where the catholic church is in steep decline. a british couple die suddenly in an egyptian hotel. their family don't believe the official explanation. an online sensation. two youtube stars go head to head in the boxing ring, and millions of dollars are at stake. hello, and a very warm welcome to bbc news. catastrophic flooding and landslides are expected in hawaii over the next 2a hours, as hurricane lane makes its way past the islands. it has been downgraded to a category two storm, but authorities are warning that lives are still at risk. hurricanes are rare in hawaii. this is the biggest storm in nearly three decades. james cook's there. this is what hurricane lane has done to hawaii already. and it's still churning towards the islands. so far, it's not the ferocious winds, but the torrential rain which is the biggest problem. there are reports of catastrophic flooding, of landslides, and of water rescues. tourists among those who've been pulled to safety. police loudspeaker: attention, attention, the beaches are closed. plea

i think in the past the catholic church had too much of a dominant place in irish society. i think it still has a place in irish society, but not one that determines public policy or determines our laws. judging by trade in the exhibition hall, the catholic church is pinning its hopes on the popularity of pope francis. this is the best one. he remains the star attraction. but unless it can convince the world that it has changed, then the future of the roman catholic church in ireland will continue to be overshadowed by its past. martin bashir, bbc news, dublin. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come. two of the biggest youtube stars take their rivalry to the boxing ring — to create one of the most—hyped events in the history of the internet. this is bbc world news today. i‘m lewis vaughan jones. the latest headlines donald trump has called off his top diplomat‘s visit to north korea, saying there‘s not enough progress on denuclearization. hawaii has been hit by torrential rain, flooding, and landslides, as hurricane lane moves closer. the former first minis