they were arch conservative they were 100 in glove with the catholic church. 2 men came to epitomize that relationship prime minister of a lair are regarded by many as the father of the modern republic of ireland and archbishop john charles mcquaid. mcquade worked very closely with him you could almost say that devil lera it was the prime minister. the position of the catholic church as the arbiter of all that was ethical correct and moral in a society. became beyond challenge. they wished to tray this island as a shining light of catholicism. but with no sex education allowed in schools and contraception and abortion bans by church and states pregnancies outside marriage were perhaps inevitable. and the solution to that. was mother and baby homes. the whole point of faith institutions was take height and contain any sexual morality from the catholic. maiden who commissioned crimes against women and children weren't because they weren't evidence but the pregnant woman was evidence the l.h.s. from a child was evidence that people had sex out of sight of marriage. from the 1922 new mot

they were arch conservative they were handing in glove with the catholic church. 2 men came to a pitch some eyes that relationship prime minister of alero regarded by many as the father of the modern republic of ireland and archbishop john charles mcquaid. mcquade worked very closely. you could almost say that devil lera it was the prime minister. the position of the catholic church as the arbiter of all that was ethical correct and moral in a society. became the challenge. they wished to train this island as a shining light of catholicism. but with no sex education allowed in schools and contraception and abortion bans by church and states pregnancies outside marriage were perhaps inevitable. and the solution to that. was mother and baby homes. the whole point of faith institutions take height and contain any sexual immorality from the catholic. men who commissioned crimes against women and children weren't because they weren't evidence but the pregnant woman was evidence the l.h.s. from a child was evidence that people had sex out of marriage. from the 1922 new mother and baby homes

had to close down and so the catholic church sent its lobbyists to washington d.c. something that i didn't even know they had or that they needed but the catholic church puts their army of lobbyists millions of dollars worth since i'm to d.c. before the 1st relief package gets passed and they said make sure we can get some of this money everybody knew lots of money was coming catholic church wanted it because they needed it as you said because they had to pay off all of these assault and continue to pay right and so basically taxpayers gave them money to pay off their assault cases from these from these 'd bishops and such that are still in the business either still doing business what was a pope for pope francis says to to whatever he says listen you just need to go in for 20 years you need to make amends with god not you need to go to prison for what you've done you just need to make amends we've got i mean that's still the mentality and we pay them. $3000000000.00 probably more right that we know of and that's the that's the scariest part of it is that that's all

they were arch conservative they were 100 in glove with the catholic church. 2 men came to epitomize that relationship prime minister payment of a lera regarded by many as the father of the modern republic of ireland and archbishop john charles mcquaid. mcquade worked very closely and you could almost say that devil lera it was the prime minister fall. the position of the catholic church as the arbiter of all that was ethical correct and moral in a society. became the challenge. they wished to train this island as a shining light of catholicism. but with no sex education allowed in schools and contraception and abortion bans by church and states pregnancies outside marriage were perhaps inevitable. and the solution to that. was mother and baby homes. the whole point of these institutions was take height and contain any sexual immorality from a catholic. maiden who commissioned crimes against women and children weren't because they weren't evidence but the pregnant woman was evidence the l.h.s. from a child was evidence that people had sex out of marriage. from 922 new mother and baby

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a catholic mission more than 200 years old burned to the ground at least 5 other churches across the country were vandalized on the weekend of july 12th but according to the media research center no major news network gave any coverage to these disturbing events . from the defacing a religious statues to setting fire to a 249 year old mission on the weekend of july 12th these events through the fingers of major network evening newscast and media research center pointing out that of the 270 minutes between a.b.c. n.b.c. and c.b.s. for the weekend no newscast mentioned anything about the attacks on the catholic church 2 statues of the virgin mary were defaced another with the word idol graffitied all over in queens new york on july 10th at st peter's parish in boston massachusetts on saturday july 11th yet another virgin mary statue was set on fire on july 11th as well a suspect rammed his minivan into the queen of peace catholic church in florida that reportedly said in the building on fire just before morning mass no injuries reported one of los angeles's oldest catholic outpost the

a catholic mission more than 200 years old burned to the ground and at least 5 other churches across the country were vandalized on the weekend of july 12th but according to the media research center no major news network gave any coverage to these disturbing events. from the defacing a religious statues to setting fire to a 249 year old mission on the weekend of july 12th these events through the fingers of major network evening newscast and media research center pointing out that 217 minutes between a.b.c. n.b.c. and c.b.s. for the weekend no newscast mentioned anything about the attacks on the catholic church 2 statues of the virgin mary were defaced another with the word idol graffitied all over in queens new york on july 10th at st peter's parish in boston massachusetts on saturday july 11th yet another virgin mary statue was set on fire on july 11th as well a suspect rammed his minivan into the queen of peace catholic church in florida that reportedly said in the building on fire just before morning mass no injuries reported one of los angeles's oldest catholic outpost the sank

they were arch conservative they were 100 in glove with the catholic church. 2 men came to a pizza mine is that relationship prime minister of a lair a regarded by many as the father of the modern republic of ireland and archbishop john charles mcquaid. mcquade worked very closely and you could almost say that devil lera it was the prime minister. the position of the catholic church as the arbiter of all that was ethical correct and moral in a society. became beyond challenge. they wished to train this island as a shining light of catholicism. but with no sex education allowed in schools and contraception and abortion bans by church and states pregnancies outside marriage were perhaps inevitable. and the solution to that. was mother and baby homes. the whole point of these institutions was take height and contain any sexual morality from a catholic. maiden who commissioned crimes against women and children because they weren't evidence but the pregnant woman was evidence the l.h.s. from a child was evidence that people had sex out of marriage. from the 1922 new mother and baby homes spr

and to the atmosphere in the country for so many centuries by the rigid codes of the catholic church. conservative catholic nationalist of their words if it was your family background today what you're present is just the opposite what happened ireland changed everyone in every family slowly change themselves i mean it wasn't you know if it began perhaps with the women's movement but i mean women who weren't part of the women's movement just slowly in their own houses became more powerful became you know became more powerful or became less interested in being being made feel small and out of that group other movements about how to treat children about gay people or people for example who didn't feel racial or religious feeling so their society became slowly sometimes imperceptibly and then quickly. very liberal place to live and in easy place to live. for a long time the catholic church did have a strong influence in ireland around 80 percent of the irish population is catholic . a series of sex abuse scandals has tarnished the church's reputation but the priests and nuns to be diplom

yet for a long time the catholic church did have a strong influence in arms around 80 percent of the irish populations catholic. a series of sex abuse scandals has tarnished the church's reputation but the priests and nuns toby depicts are likeable. in the last 2 decades a couple of scandals in the catholic church also in the or in all over the world but became public but including the irish county where you are from what all this garage looking back to you see your own experience in a different light i do because i was in a boarding school where a good number of the priests ended up in jail and so i think if you're a novelist but if you're anybody but just said knowledge and you're looking at think i know where that happened and how it happened but at the time i missed. i didn't realize what was going on right in front of me and i think for a novelist it's a tremendously interesting idea that all the time perhaps in all of our lives in our lives there's something going on that's maybe obvious except if they don't notice us. in a landmark referendum of 2015 a majority of irish citize

a catholic mission more than 200 years old and burned to the ground at least 5 other churches across the country were vandalized on the weekend of july 12th but according to the media research center no major news network gave any coverage to these disturbing events. from the defacing a religious statues to setting fire to a 249 year old mission on the weekend of july 12th these events slip through the fingers of major network evening newscasts and media research center pointing out that of the 270 minutes between a.b.c. n.b.c. and c.b.s. for the weekend no newscast mentioned anything about the attacks on the catholic church 2 statues of the virgin mary were defaced another with the word idol graffitied all over in queens new york on july 10th at st peter's parish in boston massachusetts on saturday july 11th yet another virgin mary statue was set on fire on july 11th as well a suspect rammed his minivan into the queen of peace catholic church in florida that reportedly said in the building on fire just before morning mass no injuries reported one of los angeles's oldest catholic out

the catholic church and its supporters say parliament in the democratic republic of congo is not ready to mint. hundreds marched to the parliament building in the capital kinshasa. we are the owners of parliament we have noticed that impedes are not playing by the rules simply because they were not elected by us in the last election they are serving the interests of individuals this is why we are marching to demand the dissolution of this parliament and calling for deep electoral reform. the protesters say the last elections were rigged by an electoral commission that favors former president joseph kabila they demanding electoral reforms before the next election in 3 years time. could be lifted down in the last election about 18 months ago. but he's widely seen to still be the most powerful person in congo. felix's the care he took over he was announced the winner will the leaked documents show he lost to opposition to kerry's power depends on a fragile alliance with kabila and his party. the protests are happening is the alliance is increasingly strained by factions want to control th

to go after jesus to go after mary to go after catholic churches and other churches as well somebody is empowered this happened it does go hand in hand with the idea of deciding the police around this country these things do a lot rick that's clear yes drugs teenagers are one thing and maybe there is some of that that's fair to say but maybe that's a lot more because people you know attacking statues from seattle to new york and all points in between is a lot bigger than a few kids getting drunk and getting liquored up and knocking over a headstone i think you would agree with that what about the fact that the spanish did in fact you say that you don't like the confederates because they fought against our country the spanish when they came to parts of latin america where i hail from and i guess in that sense i'm spanish as well they did some really horrible things i mean they took capitated people killed people raped all the women took people i mean you know you've read the history books what about that yeah i've read history books every body's had a bad past the irish were abused th

roof the church has been at the center of a controversy for connection to the 18th century catholic evangelist who pair o. 'd including the black some black lives maters are some black live matter protesters pardon me who have criticized his methods historically in trying to convert natives but francis meanwhile canonized sarah 5 years ago for more on this we asked john harvey to take a closer look. jesus beheaded the statute in this picture taken by the archdiocese of miami was outside a catholic church in miami when it was vandalized july 15th a statue of the virgin mary was. defaced outside a catholic prep school in brooklyn 5 days earlier both incidents the latest in a series of other attacks on religious statues in churches in the united states on july 15th a vandal or vandals defaced a statue of mary in colorado springs colorado with red paint july 11th and tennessee someone knocked over and beheaded a statue of mary outside a catholic church in chattanooga and also on july 11th police say a man drove his van through the doors of our lady queen of peace church and ocala florid

church in florida setting fire to the churches all together or even a g.'s the sculpture was decapitated but what does the mother of jesus or jesus christ himself have to do with george floyd according to black labs matter activision king statues in stained glass showing jesus and mary as quote white should be taken down and says they are forms of white supremacy others say those behind the b.l.m. movement and anti 1st and from a marxist standpoint which according to history view organized religion as oppression but even before the b.l.m. movement it's long been debated in california that 21 catholic missions that still stand across the state represent a symbol of the spanish colonial ism that forced the conversion of native americans to christianity and now images like this are circulating abundant living faith center in el paso texas was vandalized breaking 27 windows and 6 stores local news reporting by the way church of god in fort worth texas was robbed on the morning of july 11th according to police all the mirrors in the church were destroyed but acc

i think the catholic church in poland tends to be conservative. now ais in the big cities towards declining attendance and towards breaking with the catholic chip -- church on some traditions. but polish culture is intertwined with catholic culture. like a lot of other countries, ireland, italy, with a deep catholic tradition, poland will have tothese issues for itself. outsiders should not tell poles what to do or think about that. poland is going through a process that many european countries have gone through poland is going through it at a much accelerated rate. host: ambassador did not afraid is a senior fellow. he has served as the u.s. ambassador to poland during the george w. bush administration. thank you for being with us. guest: my pleasure. host: on our website at c-span.org, we sat down with john lewis, who passed away friday evening, in 2013. an in-depth conversation available on our website. you can check that out at c-span.org. we are back tomorrow morning. among our guests, taking a look at congress returning for a busy couple of

church in florida setting fire to the churches all together or even a g.'s the sculpture was decapitated but what does the mother of jesus or jesus christ himself have to do with george floyd according to black labs matter activist john king statues in stained glass showing jesus and mary as quote white should be taken down and says they are forms of white supremacy others say those behind the b.l.m. movement and stem from a marxist standpoint which according to history view organized religion as oppression but even before the b.l.m. movement it's long been debated in california that 21 catholic missions that still stand across the state represent a symbol of the. spanish colonial ism forced the conversion of native americans to christianity and now images like this are circulating abundant living faith center in el paso texas was vandalized breaking 27 windows and 6 doors local news reporting viable way church of god in fort worth texas was robbed on the morning of july 11th according to police all the mirrors in the church were destroyed but according to

church in florida setting fire to the churches all together or even a g.'s the sculpture was decapitated but what does the mother of jesus or jesus christ himself have to do with george floyd according to black labs matter activist john king statues in stained glass showing jesus and mary as quote white should be taken down and says they are forms of white supremacy others say those behind the b.l.m. movement and anti 1st and from a marxist standpoint which according to history view organized religion as oppression but even before the b.l.m. movement it's long been debated in california that $21.00 catholic missions that still stand across the state represent a symbol of spanish colonial ism that forced the conversion of native americans to christianity and now images like this are circulating abundant living faith center in el paso texas was vandalized breaking 27 windows and 6 doors local news reporting by the way church of god in fort worth texas was robbed on the morning of july 11th according to police all the mirrors in the church were destroyed but a

to go after jesus to go after mary to go after catholic churches and other churches as well somebody is empowered this happening does go hand in hand with the idea of defunding the police around this country. rick that's clear yes drugs teenagers are one thing and maybe there is some of that that's fair to say but maybe that's a lot more because of people you know attacking statues from seattle to new york and all points in between is a lot bigger than a few kids getting drunk and getting liquored up and knocking over a headstone i think you would agree with that what about the fact that the spanish did in fact you say that you don't like the confederates because they fought against our country the spanish when they came to parts of latin america where i hail from and i guess in that sense i'm spanish as well i think it's a really horrible things i mean they get capitated people killed people raped all the women people i mean you know you've read the history books what about that yeah i've read history books and everybody's had a bad past the irish were abused the arabians were the i

to go after jesus to go after mary to go after catholic churches and other churches as well somebody is empowered this happening does go hand in hand with the idea of defunding the police around this country these things. rick that's clear yes drugs teenagers are one thing and maybe there is some of that that's fair to say but maybe that's a lot more because people you know attacking statues from seattle to new york and all points in between is a lot bigger than a few kids getting drunk and getting liquored up and knocking over a headstone i think you would agree with that what about the fact that the spanish did in fact you say that you don't like the confederates because they fought against our country the spanish when they came to parts of latin america where i hail from and i guess in that sense i'm spanish as well they did some really horrible things i mean they took capitated people killed people raped all the women took people i mean you know you've read the history books what about that yeah i've read history books and everybody's had a bad past the irish were abused the arab

knocked over and beheaded a statue of mary outside a catholic church in chattanooga and also on july 11th police say a man drove his van through the doors of our lady queen of peace church and ocala florida setting the church on fire once inside fortunately there were no injuries and police arrested the attacker who is now facing attempted murder and hate crime charges the rising wave of vandalism targeting churches is certainly discerning for both church officials and police the department of homeland security in miami dade county police investigators are all looking into the incident in miami representative chuck fleishman of tennessee tweeted this about the incident chattanooga writing quote this is a disturbing attack on catholicism and religion sadly it is among a series of attacks on catholic churches that have happened in recent days i hope that the perpetrators will be brought to justice but i also pray that they will find their way to god as well authorities say some of the vandalism appears to be possibly teens doing tagging such as the red spray paint on the mary statue in

to go after jesus to go after mary to go after catholic churches and other churches as well somebody is empowered this happening does go hand in hand with the idea of defunding the police around this country these things. rick that's clear yes drugs teenagers are one thing and maybe there is some of that that's fair to say but maybe that's a lot more because of people you know attacking statues from seattle to new york and all points in between is a lot bigger than a few kids getting drunk and getting liquored up and knocking over a headstone i think you would agree with that what about the fact that the spanish did in fact you say that you don't like the confederates because they fought against our country the spanish when they came to parts of latin america where i hail from and i guess in that sense i'm spanish as well i think it's a really horrible things i mean they do capitated people killed people raped all the women people i mean you know you've read the history books what about that yeah i've read history books and everybody has had a bad past the irish were abused the arabi

the catholic church and its supporters the parliament in the democratic republic of congo is not ready to mint. hundreds marched to the parliament building in the capital kinshasa. we are the owners of parliament we have noticed that impedes are not playing by the rules simply because they were not elected by us in the last election they are serving the interests of individuals this is why we are marching to demand the dissolution of this parliament and calling for deep electoral reform. the protesters say the last elections were rigged by an electoral commission that favors former president j if . they demanding electoral reforms before the next election he 3 years time. could be lifted down in the last election about 18 months ago. but he's widely seen to still be the most powerful person in congo. felix the security took over he was announced the winner although leaked documents show he lost to opposition to kerry's power depends on a fragile alliance with kabila and his party. the protests are happening is the alliance is increasingly strained by factions want to control the electo

will be lost to the catholic church. the true figure of traffic's babies may never be known. to this day hundreds of those children may have no idea they are adopt it. sister hildegarde reportedly later admits he's adoptions became shown role savvis grace's source of income. one of those babies was collene anderson although in her case build a god of a possible interest. my birth mom was 14 and she was right so she was sent to sean ross abbey where she had me. sister hell the car was in charge of all the adoptions. and she sent me to her niece in the states. i didn't realize tell i got older that my adoptive mom was schizo franek and there was a lot of a lot of physical and mental abuse so i ended up in hospital few times for with head injuries. her just pushed me against the wall or i come to school sometimes bleeding. but i survived the hand i wanted to be the opposite of how my optima was i never married never had kids i was always afraid that i would be like her. those kids who escaped adoption faced an equally bleak

the catholic church and its supporters say parliament in the democratic republic of congo is not ready to mount. hundreds marched to the parliament building in the capital kinshasa. we are the owners of parliament we have noticed that m.p.'s are not playing by the rules simply because they were not elected by us in the last election they are serving the interests of individuals this is why we are marching to demand the dissolution of this parliament and calling for deep electoral reform. the protesters say the last elections were rigged by an electoral commission that favors former president joseph kabila they demanding electoral reforms before the next election in 3 years time. could be down in the last election about 18 months ago. but he's widely seen to still be the most powerful person in congo. felix kerry took over he was announced the winner will the leaked documents show he lost what position. kerry's power depends on a fragile alliance with kabila and his party. the protests are happening is the alliance is increasingly strained by factions want to control the electoral commi

the catholic church and its supporters say parliament in the democratic republic of congo is not ready to mint. hundreds marched to the parliament building in the capital kinshasa. we are the owners of parliament we have noticed that m.p.'s are not playing by the rules simply because they were not elected by us in the last election they are serving the interests of individuals this is why we are marching to demand the dissolution of this parliament and calling for deep electoral reform. the protesters say the last elections were rigged by an electoral commission that favors former president joseph kabila demanding electoral reforms before the next election in 3 years time. could be down in the last election about 18 months ago. but he's widely seen to still be the most powerful person in congo. felix his the care he took over he was announced the winner who they leaked documents show he lost what position to kerry's power depends on a fragile alliance with kabila and his party. 3 securities own coalition will really like to have fully independent electoral commission one thing to. reme

yet for a long time the catholic church did have a strong influence in ireland around 80 percent of the irish population is catholic . a series of sex abuse scandals has tarnished the church's reputation but the priests and nuns toby depicts are likeable. in the last 2 decades a couple of few scandals and the catholic church also india and all over the world but became public but including in the irish county where you are from what all this garage looking back to you see your own experience in a different light i do because i was in a boarding school where a good number of the priests ended up in jail and so i think if you're a novelist but if you're anybody but just said novelist and you're looking at think i know when that happened and how it happened but at the time i missed. you know i didn't realize what was going on right in front of me and i think for a novelist it's a tremendously interesting idea that all the time perhaps in all of our lives in our characters lives there's something going on that's maybe obvious except that they don't notice. in a landmark referendum a 2015 a

in the last 2 decades a couple of scandals in the catholic church also in the or in all over the world but became public but including the irish county where you are from what all this garage looking back to you see your own experience in a different light i do because i was in a boarding school where a good number of the priests ended up in jail and so i think if you're a novelist or if you're anybody but just said novelist and you're looking at i think i know where that happened and how it happened but at the time mr. i didn't realize what was going on right in front of me and i think for a novelist it's a tremendously interesting idea that all the time perhaps in all of our lives in our characters lives there's something going on that's maybe obvious except if they don't notice us. in a landmark referendum of 2015 a majority of irish citizens voted in favor of recognizing same sex marriage calling to be openly gay and played an important role in the campaign and is proud of ireland's development. brought up in a kind of dark time. homosexuality had no name in the country which doesn

that poland doesn't want but it also says the convention blames the catholic church and what it calls the polish traditional family values for being responsible for violence against women now if you read the text the catholic church of course is not mentioned at all but religion is but only insofar as to say that religion should not be just the cation for violence against women we have a some reaction from this protest in poland over the weekend as a trans activists who on why she thinks the church really oppose the treaty. i mean the catholic lobby even defines helping someone get an abortion as a form of abuse for example someone who helps another person get birth control which is legal right now is considered to be harassing women and families they even call that sexual abuse but. i know people who've experienced domestic violence even i have in some form but i only realized this recent me because domestic violence isn't always physical sexual so yes i do know victims of abuse not use them but yourself and all that has there been an international reaction from the e.u. maybe it's b

and to the atmosphere in the country for so many centuries by the rigid codes of the catholic church. conservative catholic and nationalistic that what's that was your family background today what you're just the opposite what happened ireland changed everyone in every family slowly changed themselves i mean it wasn't you know if it began perhaps with the women's movement but i mean women who weren't part of the women's movement just slowly in their own houses became more powerful became you know became more powerful or became less interested in being being made feel small and out of that other movements about how to treat children about gay people or people for example who didn't feel racial or religious feeling so the society became slowly sometimes imperceptibly and then quickly. very liberal place to live and in easy place to live. yet for a long time the catholic church did have a strong influence in ireland around 80 percent of the irish population is catholic . a series of sex abuse scandals has tarnished the church's reputation but the priests and nuns toby depicts are likeabl

and to the atmosphere in the country for so many centuries by the rigid codes of the catholic church. conservative catholic nationalistic there what's that was your family background today what you're just the opposite what happened ireland changed everyone in every family slowly change themselves i mean it wasn't you know if it began perhaps with the women's movement but i mean women who weren't part of the women's movement just slowly in their own houses became more powerful became you know became more powerful or became less interested in being being made feel small and out of that group other movements about how to treat children about gay people or people for example who didn't feel great religious feeling so the society became slowly sometimes imperceptibly and then quickly. very liberal place to live and in easy place to live. yet for a long time the catholic church did have a strong influence in ireland around 80 percent of the irish population is catholic . a series of sex abuse scandals has tarnished the church's reputation. but the priests and nuns toby depicts unlikable. i

the catholic church and its supporters parliament in the democratic republic of congo is not ready to mint. hundreds marched to the parliament building in the capital kinshasa . we are the owners of parliament we have noticed that m.p.'s are not playing by the rules simply because they were not elected by us in the last election they are serving the interests of individuals this is why we are marching to demand the dissolution of this parliament and calling for a deep electoral reform. the protesters say the last elections were rigged by an electoral commission that favors former president joseph kabila they demanding electoral reforms before the next election 3 years time. could be lifted down in the last election about 18 months ago. but he's widely seen to still be the most powerful person in congo. felix's the kerry took over he was announced the winner although leaked documents show he lost what position. kerry's power depends on a fragile alliance with kabila and his party. the protests are happening is the alliance is increasingly strained by factions want to control the electo

and to the atmosphere in the country for so many centuries by the rigid codes of the catholic church. conservative catholic nationalistic there what's that was your family background today what you're present is just the opposite what happened ireland changed everyone in every family slowly change themselves i mean it wasn't you know it began perhaps with the women's movement but i mean women who weren't part of the women's movement just slowly in their own houses became more powerful became you know became more powerful or became less interested in being been made feel small and out of that group other movements about how to treat children about gay people or people for example who didn't feel great religious feeling so the society became slowly sometimes imperceptibly and then quickly. very liberal place to live and in easy place to live. yet for a long time the catholic church did have a strong influence in ireland around 80 percent of the irish population is catholic . a series of sex abuse scandals has tarnished the church's reputation but the priests and nuns toby depicts unlika

in the last 2 decades and a couple of a few scandals in the catholic church also india in all over the world but became public but including the irish county where you are from this garage looking back do you see your own experience in a different light i do because i was in a boarding school where a good number of the priests ended up in jail and so i think if you're a novelist but if you're anybody but just send knowledge and you're looking at think i know when that happened and how it happened but at the time i missed it i didn't realize what was going on right in front of me. and i think for a novelist it's a tremendously interesting idea that all the time perhaps in all of our lives in our characters lives there's something going on that's maybe obvious except if they don't notice. in a landmark referendum of 2015 a majority of irish citizens voted in favor of recognizing same sex marriage call into being openly gay and played an important role in the campaign and is proud of ireland's development. you were brought up in a kind of dark time certainly saw homosexuality had no name

ok i mean these demonstrations as we said have been organized by the catholic church why is the church so powerful there. the catholic church has been in congo since the beginning of credit republic of congo from nairobi thank you. staying with the d r c here at least 43 people have been killed in fighting between armed groups in south kivu province at least 40 others have disappeared members of an armed group attacked a village houses were set on fire and other villages as well. syria is holding its 3rd parliamentary elections since the uprising against president bashar assad began years ago the candidates are either in assad's bath party or loyal to his regime so a lot of reports. syrians will elect a new parliament it's the 3rd such vote since the start of the uprising in 2011 the last time large parts of the country were outside government control president bashar al assad's forces have since recaptured nearly 70 percent of territory they lost to the opposition as in previous elections candidates need to be vetted by security and the credibility of the election has been further que

didn't like the experience and of course the catholic church i'm i'm sorry to say has been has become an easier target because of all the scandals surrounding the catholic church so maybe this is the way it's exacerbated in the public eye but it is disturbing that the media by and large turns a blind eye doesn't talk about it because like i said 3000 christian churches schools 700 monuments attacked in europe in one year that is a crisis it's almost like a religion is not cool therefore it's not covered as being such and i think you guys make some great points unfortunately we're out of time my thanks to both of you steve george for being with. thank you on this story protesters in portland have been calling out their city's mayor for months now complaining about how police have been training them here's what's weird the mayor appears to agree with the people who've been protesting him he's now joining them in a march to protest that identified federal troops that are coming into a city correspondent alex has more on the story. approach with a metal tear gas and rubber bullets shot in

to do that he had have permission from the catholic church. so he edited the preface in the conclusion section which seem to say yes, whatever you say in the book, things are inconclusive. you cannot determine if that version is correct. now unfortunately so anybody who is an afterthought with the special commission if he defended copernican him and said absolutely.

the catholic church and its supporters say parliament in the democratic republic of congo is not ready to mint. hundreds marched to the parliament building in the capital kinshasa. we are the owners of parliament we have noticed that m.p.'s are not playing by the rules simply because they were not elected by us in the last election they are serving the interests of individuals this is why we are marching to demand the dissolution of this parliament and calling for deep electoral reform . the protesters say the last elections were rigged by an electoral commission that favors former president joseph kabila in the last election about 18 months ago. but he's widely seen to still be the most powerful person in congo. felix just a kerry took over he was announced the winner with a leaked documents show he lost a war position to see kerry's power depends on a fragile alliance with kabila and his party. the protests are happening is the alliance is increasingly strained by factions want to control the electoral commission notice any i'm not sure i phrase securely zone coalition will really li

didn't like the experience and of course the catholic church i'm i'm sorry to say has been has become an easier target because of all the scandals surrounding the catholic church so maybe this is the way it's exacerbated in the public eye but it is disturbing that the media by and large turns a blind eye doesn't talk about it because like i said 3000 christian churches schools 700 monuments attacked in europe in one year that is a crisis it's almost like a religion is not cool therefore it's not covered as being such and i think you guys make some great points unfortunately we're out of time my thanks to both of you steve george for being with us and sharing your thoughts on the story protesters in portland have been calling out their city's mayor for months now complaining about how police have been treating them here's what's weird the mayor appears to agree with the people who've been protesting him he's now joining them in a march to protest that identified federal troops that are coming into a city or to a correspondent alex the heart of it has more on the story. a protester beat

the catholic church and its supporters say parliament in the democratic republic of congo is not ready to mount. hundreds marched to the parliament building in the capital kinshasa but we are the owners of parliament we have noticed that m.p.'s are not playing by the rules simply because they were not elected by us in the last election they are serving the interests of individuals this is why we are marching to demand the dissolution of this parliament and calling for a deep electoral reform. the protesters say the last elections were rigged by an electoral commission that favors former president joseph kabila they demanding electoral reforms before the next election in 3 years time. could be lifted down in the last election about 18 months ago. but he's widely seen to still be the most powerful person in congo. felix's a kerry took over he was announced the winner with a leaked documents show he lost a war position to power depends on a fragile alliance with kabila and his party. the protests are happening is the alliance is increasingly strained by factions want to control the electo

the catholic church and its supporters say parliament in the democratic republic of congo is not ready to mint. hundreds marched to the parliament building in the capital kinshasa. we are the owners of parliament we have noticed that m.p.'s are not playing by the rules simply because they were not elected by us in the last election they are serving the interests of individuals this is why we are marching to demand the dissolution of this parliament and calling for deep electoral reform . the protesters say the last elections were rigged by an electoral commission that favors former president joseph kabila they demanding electoral reforms before the next election in 3 years time. could be down in the last election about 18 months ago. but he's widely seen to still be the most powerful person in congo. felix's a kerry took over he was announced the winner although leaked documents show he lost a war position to see kerry's power depends on a fragile alliance with kabila and his party. the protests are happening is the alliance is increasingly strained by factions want to control the elec

the catholic church and its supporters say parliament in the democratic republic of congo is not the cheeta meant. hundreds marched to the parliament building in the capital kinshasa. we are the owners of parliament we have noticed that m.p.'s are not playing by the rules simply because they were not elected by us in the last election they are serving the interests of individuals this is why we are marching to demand the dissolution of this parliament and calling for deep electoral reform . the protesters say the last elections were rigged by an electoral commission that favors former president joseph kabila they demanding electoral reforms before the next election in 3 years time. could be listed down in the last election about 18 months ago. but he's widely seen to still be the most powerful person in congo. felix's a kerry took over he was announced the winner who the leaked documents show he lost to opposition to the kerry's power depends on a fragile alliance with kabila and his party. the protests are happening is the alliance is increasingly strained by factions want to contro