is often therefore think of the abuse i suffered as a product of the catholic church. the told me spall. carl how they once the church to be transparent about the past when rana maria vokey became the archbishop of cologne several years ago he was hopeful the cardinal had vowed to address the church's history of sexual abuse is the syndic. but when vokey learned of sexual abuse accusations against a priest close to him he failed to inform rome and to report investigating sexual abuse in his diocese was not published instead a 2nd study was commissioned many german catholics left the church an outrage vokey realized his mistake and expressed remorse. i made mistakes in my handling of the abuse investigation as well as the related crisis management. i am certainly guilty in this respect for this us i am deeply sorry on how light. many german catholics however want to see real accountability and change mariana on to the parish office there in one of colognes poor neighborhoods. she has been fighting the catholic church's patriarchal structure with broad support from her b

is often therefore think of the abuse i suffered as a product of the catholic church. kut-o. lucian me spall. carl hope and once the church to be transparent about the past when rana maria vokey became the archbishop of cologne several years ago he was hopeful the cardinal had vowed to address the church's history of sexual abuse orders the syndic. but when vokey learned of sexual abuse accusations against a priest close to him he failed to inform rome and to report investigating sexual abuse in his diocese was not published instead a 2nd study was commissioned many german catholics left the church in outrage wilkie realized his mistake and expressed remorse. i made mistakes in my handling the abuse investigation as well as the related crisis management. i am certainly guilty in this respect for this i am deeply sorry on how light. many german catholics however want to see real accountability and change mariana is a parish officer in one of colognes poorer neighborhoods. she has been fighting the catholic church is patriarchal structure with broad support from her base. to th

and often therefore think of the abuse i suffered as a product of the catholic church. the told me spall. girl how they once the church to be transparent about the past when rana maria vokey became the archbishop of cologne several years ago he was hopeful the cardinal had vowed to address the church's history of sexual abuse is the syndic. but when vokey learned of sexual abuse accusations against a priest close to him he failed to inform rome and to report investigating sexual abuse in his diocese was not published instead a 2nd study was commissioned many german catholics left the church an outrage vokey realized his mistake and expressed remorse. i made mistakes in my handling the abuse investigation as well as the related crisis management. i am certainly guilty in this respect for this i am deeply sorry on how light. many german catholics however want to see real accountability and change. mariana arent is a parish officer in one of colognes poorer neighborhoods. she has been fighting the catholic church is patriarchal structure with broad support from her base. t

and therefore think of the abuse i suffered as a product of the catholic church. cut told me spall. girl how they once the church to be transparent about the past when rana maria vokey became the archbishop of cologne several years ago he was hopeful the cardinal had vowed to address the church's history of sexual abuse. the syndic. but when vokey learned of sexual abuse accusations against a priest close to him he failed to inform rome and to report investigating sexual abuse in his diocese was not published instead a 2nd study was commissioned many german catholics left the church an outrage wilkie realized his mistake and expressed remorse. i made mistakes in my handling of the abuse investigation as well as the related crisis management secure i am certainly guilty in this respect for this us i am deeply sorry funhouse night. many german catholics however want to see real accountability and change mariana aren't is a parish officer in one of colognes poorer neighborhoods. she has been fighting the catholic church's patriarchal structure with broad support from her base. till the

on the other hand of course the catholic church and the hope pope have still own problems. plague sample the image child abuse the rule of women so there are a lot of challenges of course but i think the saying that he would that not be the question in iraq when he was there that there will be also like hard liners on the catholic side to. yes there's a photo with the grandma or with the ayatollah they don't like this under the fences benedict do you want to fishel council for interreligious dialogue was made to stop division of the culture of the pop one because the hardliners took over and said no no we don't want to have any resemblance that it seems like all religions were equal so you see like this is even in the catholic church like the dialogue is not like that everyone is like excited in the vatican about this pope's and ever i mean i have to say this is quite brave of him to pursue that and it's not just religious this trip it's also political because he want to show and make clear that christian minorities must be secure and this reasons and the fact that they are

church syria acts make up about 10 percent of christians in iraq they include catholics who form the majority and orthodox christians as well another 5 percent are members of the assyrian church believed to be the oldest in iraq. ok let's get going let's bring in our guests in nineveh in iraq is father karama shah mattia a chaldean catholic priest in london we have christopher lamb room correspondent for the tablet he's also the author of the outsider pope francis and his battle to reform the church and in baghdad we have the director of the think tank the house of iraqi expertise foundation gentlemen thank you all for joining us akhmed rushdie in baghdad coming to you 1st why is this trip happening now. well according to the data that have been discovered by the vatican is that it's a story visit the pope want to do a real important message is that humanity. is one humanity can be united rather than to be divided and also to have some sort of mass it to the iraqi politicians to say it's enough you kind of just. a lot of hot high pressure on the people especially the christians who a

church syria acts make up about 10 percent of christians in iraq they include catholics who form the majority and orthodox christians as well another 5 percent are members of the assyrian church believed to be the oldest in iraq. ok let's get going let's bring in our guests in iraq his father. a chaldean catholic priest in london we have christopher lamb room correspondent for the tablet he's also the author of the outsider pope francis and his battle to reform the church and in baghdad we have the director of the think tank the house of iraqi expertise foundation gentlemen thank you all for joining us akhmed rushdie in baghdad coming to you 1st why is this trip happening now well according to the data that have been discovered by the tikkun is that it's a story visit that the pope want to do a real important message is that humanity. is one humanity can be united rather than to be divided and also to have some sort of mass it from the iraqi politicians to say it's enough you kind of just. a high pressure on the people especially the christians who are actually in the eighty's or und

tension sound expectations are running high with pope francis the head of the catholic church visiting iraq the 84 year old pontiff is on a mission to bring peace and reconciliation to the war torn country including to northern iraq where between 20142017 thousands of christians were killed under the rule of the islamic state fanatics these days there are still great concerns about the threat posed by terrorism and by covert 19 and the catholic church itself is in turmoil in many parts of the world not least germany so on to the point we ask pope francis in iraq mission impossible. thanks very much indeed for joining us here on to the point where my guests in the studio are journalist and filmmaker doosan tekapo who says iraq is one of many countries where christians are being persecuted which is why it's so important that pope francis is traveling to the region and also with us is the author and theologian alexander girl after who say the papal visit to iraq in times of corona is far from why it's not a warm welcome suits of baghdad born journalist i mean most of our. who says the pop

tension sound expectations are running high with pope francis the head of the catholic church visiting iraq the 84 year old pontiff is on a mission to bring peace and reconciliation to the war torn country including to northern iraq where between 20142017 thousands of christians were killed under the rule of the islamic state fanatics these days there are still great concerns about the threat posed by terrorism and by covert 19 and the catholic church itself is in turmoil in many parts of the world not least germany so on to the point we ask pope francis in iraq mission impossible. thanks very much indeed for joining us here on to the point where my guests in the studio are journalist and filmmaker doosan tekapo who says iraq is one of many countries where christians are being persecuted which is why it's so important that pope francis is traveling to the region and also with us is the author and theologian alexander girl of who say he's a papal visit to iraq in times of corona is far from white and a warm welcome suits of baghdad born journalist i mean most in our way who say the pope

church syria acts make up about 10 percent of christians in iraq they include catholics who form the majority and orthodox christians as well another 5 percent are members of the assyrian church believed to be the oldest in iraq. ok let's get going let's bring in our guests in iraq his father. a chaldean catholic priest in london we have christopher lamb room correspondent for the tablet he's also the author of the outsider pope francis and his battle to reform the church and in baghdad we have the director of the think tank the house of iraqi expertise foundation gentlemen thank you all for joining us akhmed rushdie in baghdad coming to you 1st why is this trip happening now well according to the data that have been discovered by the vatican is that it's a story visit that the pope wants to do a real important message is that humanity. is one humanity can be united rather than to be divided and also to have some sort of mass it from the iraqi politicians to say it's enough you kind of just. a high pressure on the people especially the christians who are actually in the eighty's or u

tensions and expectations are running high with pope francis the head of the catholic church visiting iraq the 84 year old pontiff is on a mission to bring peace and reconciliation to the war torn country including to northern iraq where between 20142017 thousands of christians were killed under the rule of the islamic state fanatics these days there are still grave concerns about the threat posed by terrorism and by covert 19 and the catholic church itself is in turmoil in many parts of the world not least germany so on to the point we ask pope francis in iraq mission impossible. thanks very much indeed for joining us here on to the point where my guests in the studio are journalist and filmmaker dusun tekapo who says iraq is one of many countries where christians are being persecuted which is why it's so important that pope francis is traveling to the region and also with us is the author and theologian alexander girl are who say a papal visit to iraq in times of corona these far from why he's not a warm welcome suitor baghdad born journalist a member so no way who saved the pope's

tension sound expectations are running high with pope francis the head of the catholic church visiting iraq the 84 year old home to face on a mission to bring peace and reconciliation to the war torn country including to northern iraq where between 20142017 thousands of christians were killed under the rule of the islamic state fanatics these days there are still great concerns about the threat posed by terrorism and by covert 19 of the catholic church itself is in turmoil in many parts of the world not least germany so on to the point we ask pope francis in iraq mission impossible. thanks very much indeed for joining us here on to the point where my guests in the studio journalist and filmmaker. who says iraq is one of many countries where christians are being persecuted which is why it's so important the pope francis is traveling to the region and also with us is the author and theologian alexander girl laughed who say he's a papal visit to iraq in times of corona is far from weiss and a warm welcome suits of baghdad born journalist i mean was it always. series the pope's meeting wit

church to travel to iraq at the start of his 3 day landmark trip to the catholic leaders appealed for common ground among religious groups he was speaking at a meeting between peoples of different faiths in the ancient city of or a significant site for christians muslims and jews earlier he met iraq's top shia muslim cleric in the job the pope's visit is meant to spotlight the heavy toll that years of war repression and instability have taken on the country's not diminished christian communities but some have questioned why he's choosing to make the trip now asshole is covert 19 and security fears make this the riskiest trip yet for any pope iraq is of course overwhelmingly muslim but host several christian communities the number of christians in iraq is estimated to be roughly about 250000 compared to around $1500000.00 before the u.s. led invasion in $2314.00 christian groups are officially recognized in iraq about 80 percent belong to the chaldean catholic church syria x. make up about 10 percent of christians in iraq they include catholics who form the majority and orthodox christ

the catholic church came together. this sunday as a cry for justice basically believe in churches throughout the island all attended the morning mass in full black most of them essentially beating their leaders cause to use this as an opportunity to call form a government for justice to do all exactly who the mastermind was behind that 2019. bombing now here in the 2 r.p.t. of the church you see behind me it's where the largest number of believers were killed in one of those bombings again the church leaders you know called on believe centrally to steer with this campaign that they are fed up of 2 years down the road on to justice is served this said they would remain silent no longer that today was just a 1st step the services went off as usual however the sermons in the pulpits talked about essentially the need for justice the need that this call for justice was a call for all sri lankans to ignore who was behind these dusted the acts that. now after to be we will see. the church is planning this campaign continuing

is often there for think of the abuse i suffered as a product of the catholic church. cut told me spall. carl how they once the church to be transparent about the past when rana maria vokey became the archbishop of cologne several years ago he was hopeful the cardinal had vowed to address the church's history of sexual abuse. the syndic. but when vokey learned of sexual abuse accusations against a priest close to him he failed to inform rome and a report investigating sexual abuse in his diocese was not published instead a 2nd study was commissioned many german catholics left the church an outrage vokey realized his mistake and expressed remorse. i made mistakes in my handling of the abuse investigation as well as the related crisis management. i am certainly guilty in this respect for this i am deeply sorry on how light. many german catholics however want to see real accountability and change mariana aren't is a parish officer in one of colognes poor neighborhoods. she has been fighting the catholic church's patriarchal structure with broad support from her base. to a

tensions and expectations are running high with pope francis the head of the catholic church visiting iraq the 84 year old pontiff is on a mission to bring peace and reconciliation to the war torn country including to northern iraq where between 20142017 thousands of christians were killed under the rule of the islamic state fanatics these days there are still great concerns about the threat posed by terrorism and by covert 19 there and the catholic church itself is in turmoil in many parts of the world not least germany so on to the points we ask pope francis in iraq mission impossible. thanks very much indeed for joining us here on to the point where my guests in the studio are journalist and filmmaker dusun. who says iraq is one of many countries where christians are being persecuted which is why it's so important that pope francis is traveling to the region and also with us is the author and theologian alexander girl laughed who say the papal visit to iraq in times of corona is far from y. and a warm welcome suited baghdad born journalist i mean most are not we who say the pope's

and often therefore think of the abuse i suffered as a product of the catholic church. cut told me spall. carl how they once the church to be transparent about the past when rana maria vokey became the archbishop of cologne several years ago he was hopeful the cardinal had vowed to address the church's history of sexual abuse. the syndic. but when vokey learned of sexual abuse accusations against a priest close to him he failed to inform rome and the report investigating sexual abuse in his diocese was not published instead a 2nd study was commissioned many german catholics left the church an outrage vokey realized his mistake and expressed remorse. i made mistakes in my handling of the abuse investigation as well as the related crisis management. i am certainly guilty in this respect for this us i am deeply sorry on her night. many german catholics however want to see real accountability and change mariana aren't is a parish officer in one of colognes poorer neighborhoods. she has been fighting the catholic church's patriarchal structure with broad support from her bas

think of the abuse i suffered as a product of the catholic church. kut-o. me. carl hope that once the church to be transparent about the past when rana maria vokey became the archbishop of cologne several years ago he was hopeful the cardinal had vowed to address the church's history of sexual abuse. the syndic. but when vokey learned of sexual abuse accusations against a priest close to him he failed to inform rome and a report investigating sexual abuse in his diocese was not published instead a 2nd study was commissioned many german catholics left the church an outrage bogey realized his mistake and expressed remorse. i made mistakes in my handling of the abuse investigation as well as the related crisis management that i am certainly guilty in this respect for this i am deeply sorry on how like. many german catholics however want to see real accountability and change mariana on to the parish office there in one of colognes poor neighborhoods. she has been fighting the catholic church is patriarchal structure with broad support from her base. to the symbol i

interrupting programming because the head of the roman catholic church part francis is addressing the faithful at the church of the immaculate conception in the city of carol costello of the main centers of iraq's christian community that cessna toothy. and. i apologize there we are having some communications difficulty as we do it appear to have gotten that back with translation let's rejoin the pope it's come back but there's music. what's happening. apologies for that we are dealing with some audio issues here as the pope addresses a christian community there in the city of character is the 3rd day of his historic visit to iraq this is obviously a trip that's been decades in the making a dream of very many many pope's and so pope francis has visited bill this morning he has now and carol we do expect that after he addresses this christian community here he will return to erbil where you'll be holding a mass for up to 10000 people in a stadium there it's been a very busy day for him yesterday he met with shiite leader ayatollah ali sistani and today he is now addressing a christian

300 years as catholic churches until the reformation came and changed quite a bit the other 4 months many things in the churches were removed and altered to suit its new role for. one of the most significant changes to these churches after the reformation was the replacement of the windows instead of the original small arched windows large windows were set into the walls so that the congregation could read him books and the doctrine by daylight while the catholic church conducted their services separately from the choir the focus of the lutheran church was on the sermon from the pulpit with a collective communion by the congregation in the middle of the service reason for people to stand in the main space for protestants is the name of the congregation gathers even though the village church of the endorphins pretty empty now because of the pandemic which has changed everything that only very few spaces are now allowed to be built by worshippers belleek. no construction plans of the altar or references to it have survived. when he ever traces of a previous building made of or would ha

300 years as catholic churches view until the reformation came and changed quite a bit the other 4 months many things in the churches were removed and altered to suit its new role for. one of the most significant changes to these churches after the reformation was the replacement of the windows instead of the original small arched windows large windows were set into the walls so that the congregation could read him books and the doctrine by daylight while the catholic church conducted their services separately from the choir the focus of the lutheran church was on the sermon from the pulpit with a collective communion by the congregation in the middle of the service reason for people to stand in the main space for protestants is the name of the congregation gathers even though the village church of the endorphins pretty empty now because of the pandemic which has changed everything only very few spaces are now allowed to be built by worshippers belleek. no construction plans of the altar or references to it have survived. being said when he ordered however traces of a previous building ma

years as catholic churches and leave until the reformation came and changed quite a bit the of the many things in the churches were removed and altered to suit its new role for. one of the most significant changes to these churches after the reformation was the replacement of the windows instead of the original small arched windows large windows were set into the walls so that the congregation could read him books and the doctrine by daylight while the catholic church conducted their services separately from the choir the focus of the lutheran church was on the sermon from the pulpit with a collective communion by the congregation in the middle of the service reason for people to stand in the main space for protestants is the name of the congregation gathers even though the village church of the endorphins pretty empty now because of the pandemic which has changed everything that only very few spaces are now allowed to be built by worshippers belleek. no construction plans of the altar or references to it have survived. being said when he ever traces of a previous building made of or wo

people away from the catholic church? >> i don't worry about it. i am frightened of that possibility. i know there are many gay and lesbian former catholics who have left the church precisely because their love could not be blessed and recognized by the church. i worry about what this means -- the students i teach at fordham, we discussed of in class briefly, and all of my students to a person said they didn't understand what the problem is. many of them have friends that are gay and lesbian. many of them have attended same-sex weddings. there are many catholics who have members of their families involved in same-sex relationships, and they see the positive value that these relationships bring to their loved ones. for the church to blank at least say that these are sinful, while yet at the same time, and the same document, it says they have positive elements that need to be valued and appreciated, that's a pretty confusing message to try to get across to the ordinary person in the pew. how could somebody be positive and v

you worry it could turn people away from the catholic church? >> i don't worry about it. i'm very frightened of that possibility. i know for a fact that there are many gay and lesbian former catholics, who have left the church precisely because their love could not be blessed and recognized by the church. i worry about what this means for the students i teach at fordham. yesterday in class, we discussed this briefly, and all of my students to a person said they just didn't understand what the problem is. many of them know and have friends who are gay and lesbian. some have attended some same-sex weddings. there are many catholics who are members of their families who are involved in same-sex relationships and they see the positive value that these relationships bring to their loved ones' lives. and so for the church to blanketedly say these are sinful, yet in the same document it says they have positive elements that need to be valued and appreciated, that is a pretty confusing message to get across to the ordinary person in the pew. how can som

s senate, catholic church, delivering a blow to some members. i'm jonathan hunt in los a mew. eh? guys knew saidt he will appoint a black woman to the u. s senate if senator dianne feinstein retires before her term ends in three years. newsome made that announcement tonight during an interview on msnbc. he received criticism from black leaders when he appointed alex padilla to replace vice president kamila harris in the senate, leaving the senate without any black female members. the 87 year old feinstein is the oldest senator currently serving but her office says she has no plans to retire early. today. governor newsome blasted the recall effort to unseat him and began a campaign in his defense, supported by the california democratic party and top senate democrats. newsome's team also brought its first aggressive response to the recall effort against him, including a new ad plus emails and text messages. governor says he is not going to take this recall effort lying down john dennis, san francisco's republican party chairman, says a growing number of recall petitions signatures a

the catholic church came together. this sunday as a cry for justice basically believe in churches throughout the island all attended the morning mass in full black most of them essentially feeding their leaders cause to use this as an opportunity to call form a government for justice to do all exactly who the mastermind was behind that 2019 easter sunday bombing now here in ca to apia the church you see behind me it's where the largest number of believers killed in one of those bombings again the church leaders you know called on believers essentially to steer with this campaign that they are fed up of 2 years down the road on to justice is served this said they would remain silent no longer that today was just a 1st step the services went off as usual however the sermons in the pulpits talked about essentially the need for justice the need that this call for justice was a call for all sri lankans to ignore who was behind these dusted the acts that claimed so many lives now after to day we will see according to what th

black sunday the catholic church is criticizing a government report for not revealing the mastermind behind the bombings its members say they'll hold mass protests on the 2nd anniversary next month if a full investigation isn't carried out remember more than 260 people died in these coordinated attacks has no fernandez in colombo's so black sunday as we say not quite reaching the 2 year mark but this report is clearly a big concern for the families. that's right couple of minutes centrally what the catholic church believes and followers had been asking for was that the truth of what exactly went down on easter sunday 2 years ago is real and the presidential commission of inquiry which was the sort of investigation which was supposed to come out and look at all of these issues finally saw its report being handed over to the president of the beginning of february then transmitted to parliament but what the catholic church is taking issue with is they say the true mastermind behind the attack has not been revealed that the investigation does not go far enough sensually today is sort of

believe the roman catholic church has met one of shia islam's most influential figures pope francis with grand ayatollah ali al sistani to the pontiff historic visit to iraq. and vote counting is underway in ivory coast parliamentary elections some small clashes were reported but it was far calmer in the lead up to october's election in which dozens of people were killed. outright or coronavirus instructions due to a surge in cases is causing chaos in parts of latin america and paraguayan the president has asked the anti cabinet to resign following clashes between police and protesters while argentina's government's been condemned by rights groups and the police violence and in brazil tighter restrictions have been imposed on the country's 2 most populous states. the report for. clashes broke out on friday in a border city in northern argentina following the imposition of new coronavirus lockdown restrictions police officers used tear gas and rubber bullets against a crowd injuring dozens for the most is one of argentina sports probably it had already been hit hard by an economic recessi

pat knew the social doctrine of the catholic church very well. that striking body of thought that is really neither liberal nor conservative but is somehow ahead of our conventional political categories that emphasizes the importance of social solidarity but is nervous about concentrations of power, whether those are governmental concentrations of power, big business, big labor, whatever. a tradition of thought that values local communities, families. pat moynihan understood all of that and might have brought it to bear in a singular way in our public life. he could never bring himself to run for president. he was very nervous about the abortion issue, i think in part because he was representing the state of new york in the senate, and the new york times, which never liked pat moynihan from the days he was defending the united states at the u.n. from the day he retired. he did bring himself at the end of his career to vote against so-called partial birth abortion, which he claimed correctly was perilously close to infanticide. i would not say it

church in germany. spoke to pastor . asked him about his personal experiences and what the church in germany must do to overcome racist attitudes something i experienced again and again when i'm out and about in different church communities is that the 1st question is always where do you come from and i always say i'm from noise in germany and then there is silence. trigamy t. line a town is a catholic pastor in the archdiocese of cologne apparently many people in germany still find it a little strange when they encounter a minister who is not white to land a town is repeatedly asked about his origins or is and salted with racist slurs as well from ca to little turk and leipsic. it was at the catholic convention and leipsic i was representing the archdiocese and i can still remember standing at the booth when 2 women approached the booth i went towards them in a friendly manner and put them wellcome on them and then one woman said which do gooder let you into the country without any emotion whatsoever r

to learn a town is mostly concerned by 2 things and the catholic church in germany it's too white and too euro centric essential number of. them in the direction to be it starts with the fact that many teachers of german theology don't even take into account all the other theological points of view in the world it's only fashionable or to be taken seriously from a scientific angle when it comes from the german speaking world and that's where the difficulties begin when you think you're the only one who is capable of interpret ing the world if one were. to. the 38 year old is responsible for new trainees in his diocese he advisors and supervisors theology students or those looking to serve in the church for whom he provides rooms in his apartment. to learn at time even spoke to pope francis about his vision of a more cosmopolitan church that allows more space for global perspectives and less racism. which it would just. get done he encouraged me to consolidate and develop this idea further to bring more scope into my teaching and not be bound by the small european world order precision

pat knew the social doctrine of the catholic church very well. that striking body of thought that is really neither liberal nor conservative but is somehow ahead of our conventional political categories that emphasizes the importance of social solidarity but is nervous about concentrations of power, whether those are governmental concentrations of power, big business, big labor, whatever. a tradition of thought that values local communities, families. pat moynihan understood all of that and might have brought it to bear in a singular way in our public life. he could never bring himself to run for president. he was very nervous about the abortion issue, i think in part because he was representing the state of new york in the senate, and the new york times, which never liked pat would add from the days he was defending the united states at the u.n. from the day he retired. he didn't bring himself at the end of his career to vote against so-called partial birth abortion, which he claimed correctly was perilously close to infanticide. i would not say

speaking of people who could use a background check: the catholic church. as an institution, the church has been involved in many shady things over the past 2000 years: you know, the crusades, waterboarding babies, that priest who keeps walking into a bar-- that guy has a drinking problem! but now a major catholic order is trying to make good on one mistake from its history. >> as calls for reparations continue to grow across the u.s., catholic priests have vowed to raise $100 million to benefit descendants of enslaved people. leaders in the catholic church acknowledged that the institution was built on the backs of slaves, and they say this is a move towards racial healing. >> it's a way of our asking for forgiveness and making reparations. >> trevor: $100 million! that is huge. do you realize how many pieces of art from the vatican they'll have to sell to raise that much money? like... one. still, this is great news, the catholic church not just recognizing that owning slaves was wrong, but making reparations to the descendants for exploiting their ancest

tension sound expectations are running high with pope francis the head of the catholic church visiting iraq the 84 year old pontiff is on a mission to bring peace and reconciliation to the war torn country including to northern iraq where between 20142017 thousands of christians were killed under the rule of the islamic state fanatics these days there are still great concerns about the threat posed by terrorism and by covert 19 that of the catholic church itself is in turmoil in many parts of the world not least germany so on to the points we ask pope francis in iraq mission impossible. thanks very much indeed for joining us here on to the point where my guests in the studio are journalist and filmmaker. who says iraq is one of many countries where christians are being persecuted which is why it's so important that pope francis is traveling to the region and also with us is the author and theologian alexander girl after who say the papal visit to iraq in times of corona is far from why not a warm welcome to to baghdad born journalist i mean most of all where who saves the pope's meetin

early the head of the roman catholic church delivered a message of peace to a nation has been wracked by war and religious divisions prime minister most stuff for me was declared march 6th as a ranks of tolerance and coexistence pope francis was also not just where is osama bin jawad reports he met iraq's top share cleric. under strict security pope francis enters not just one of the holiest cities for shia muslims another historic 1st for the leader of the catholic church as he met iraq's grand ayatollah ali al sistani is a reclusive leader who is rarely seen in public he's iraq's most revered cleric and his proclamations have influenced many since the 2003 u.s. invasion the plight of those being persecuted in the region including palestinians and syrians discussed. short the point of equal rights for christians in iraq and peaceful coexistence the meeting between the pope and grand ayatollah ali al sistani is symbolic and significant although the majority of the religious authority says it plays no role in politics audiences tiny has played a pivotal part in iraq recently whether it

not many people openly criticize the electoral process in the republic of congo the catholic church is one of the few institutions that. father felicity and move only has been arrested twice because of his activism he was meant to be part of a team observing sunday's presidential election but he told us all church observers have been blocked from monitoring the polls about peace and democracy on paper it is a democracy since 1901 but in reality with such behaviors we need to question ourselves if we really are in a democracy and that's without the. president then he saw syrian queso has ruled for most of the last 40 years and he's campaigned to stay on there are many campaign posters the south through and western brazzaville the big one over there another one here another one there are far fewer the opposition candidate like this one and when we try and interview people on camera out on the streets. the thought is specially if it's anything to do with politics or the election. across the congo river from brazzaville is kinshasa the capital of the neighboring democratic republic of cong

tension sound expectations are running high with pope francis the head of the catholic church visiting iraq the 84 year old home to face on a mission to bring peace and reconciliation to the war torn country including to northern iraq where between 20142070 thousands of christians were killed under the rule of the islamic state fanatics these days there are still great concerns about the threat posed by terrorism and by covert 19 then the catholic church itself is in turmoil in many parts of the world.

well this was history in the making the 1st time the leader of the roman catholic church has met the highest religious authority. in iraq this is a meeting which was anticipated for decades and now finally it is up and the pope made the defining. trip to words his house on 4 of those leaders in prayer how could they. be shy and give the message that they will do all that they can for the for their followers and try and promote the message of peace and harmony and this is something that we heard from the joint statement as well that visit him b.c. harmony the rights of people to live in dignity and freedom is what was emphasized in that meeting old sites that said that there is no political agenda to this meeting and the pope was trying to look for support from society for the christians in iraq who have been bringing in their numbers in the last decade or so and that is something that we heard from the from the joint statement that was released by the office of. the it's funny that the christians of iraq i need to move as it pulls off well as all iraqi citizens they need to be they n

there's been an explosion outside a catholic church in the indonesian city of makassar, on the island of sulawesi. a police spokesman said some people had been killed and injured. reports suggest the explosion happened while people were inside, attending a palm sunday service. you can see there the police cordon they've put around the area. there are no details on who was behind the attack. there's been an explosion outside a catholic church in the indonesian city of makassar, on the island of sulawesi. a police spokesman said some people had been killed and injured. we will be keeping across developments for you there. thousands of women have protested in istanbul against the turkish government's decision to leave a pan—european treaty meant to protect women from domestic violence. the bbc�*s azadeh moshiri reports. clenched fists and chanting in unison. these women are making sure turkey's president erdogan takes note. following his decree to pull out of an international treaty on domestic abuse, thousands of istanbul's women have taken to the street this weekend, demanding he r

where the catholic church also played a role in campaigning for elections to be held 3 years ago many of the protest with violently put down. reverend. was involved in that campaign he met in training church leaders on elections in brazzaville before they were banned from observing. if you might be with is there are ignored. the choice of today's voice everything on the president's side of the river is much more tightly controlled soldiers already voted ahead of sunday's election activists say their polls were not transparent the president of the electoral commission who's also the chief justice insisted the republic of congo is a democracy. absolutely if not you would not be here interviewing president of the electoral commission if not there would be verbal criticisms made against the president of the electoral commission. says he's monitored elections for more than 10 years before being blocked. and the churches were some of the only election observers here that anyone thought might be critical of irregularities in sunday's polls malcolm webb al-jazeera brazzaville republic of cong

pat knew the social doctrine of the catholic church very well. that striking body of thought that is really neither liberal nor conservative but is somehow i head of our conventional political categories -- i had -- ahead of our conventional political categories that emphasizes the importance of social solidarity but is nervous about concentrations of power, whether those are governmental concentrations of power, big business, big labor, whatever. a tradition of thought that values local communities, families. pat moynihan understood all of that and might have brought it to bear in a singular way in our public life. he could never bring himself to run for president. he was very nervous about the abortion issue, i think in part because he was representing the state of new york in the senate, and the new york times, which never liked pat would add from the days he was defending the united states at the u.n. from the day he retired. he didn't bring himself at the end of his career to vote against so-called partial birth abortion, which he claimed co

the head of the roman catholic church is calling on iraq's muslim and christian religious leaders to put aside their differences and work together for peace and unity pope francis is on the 1st ever papal visit to iraq he held mass in the capital baghdad but he spent the day crisscrossing the country he visited the ancient city of or which is the birthplace of abraham a prophet common to muslims christians and jews. earlier pope francis was in najaf where he met iraq's most senior shia cleric some of the debate was there. under strict security pope francis' enters not just one of the holiest cities for shia muslims another historic 1st for the leader of the catholic church as he met iraq's grand ayatollah ali al sistani is a reclusive leader who is rarely seen in public he's iraq's most revered cleric and his proclamations have influenced many since the 2003 u.s. invasion the plight of those being persecuted in the region including palestinians and syrians that discussed. short the point of equal rights for christians in iraq and peaceful coexistence the meeting between the pope and

now the head of the catholic church has called the tolerance and unity during his trip to iraq pope francis is the 1st pontiff to visit the country which is one nor has one of the world's oldest christian communities but in recent years hundreds of thousands of fled because of persecution on saturday hilmi grand ayatollah ali al sistani the highest religious authority for iraq's shia muslims medical team has more from the capital baghdad. a historic trip to a historic land pope francis' long held wish to set foot in the homeland of this ancient christian community became reality his visit aims to boost morale among iraq's christian minority which has dwindled in recent years as a result of war and persecution and he wants to encourage religious coexistence between muslims christians and other religious minorities. and the politicians need to promote the spirit of fraternal solidarity there is corruption abuse of power that's not the way at the same time you need to think of justice transparency to strengthen certain values that's how credibility can grow so everyone especially the young peo

to figure of the injustices committed against them the leader of the roman catholic church was met by large crowds in mosul in the town of qana cos located in the dwindling christian communities historic heartland it was nearly a raised during arsenal's reign you know everything on t.v. is to me it's a matter of conversion of the hearts reconciliation and putting aside our differences we must all work together for the future opportunity love which recognizes a common humanity and together build a dialogue and forgive. pope francis those who celebrated mass at a stadium in erbil the capital of iraq's northern kurdish region the 1st ever papal visit to iraq will wrap up on monday summer faultiness a newbie of and explained why the city is able to host such a large event. reason why this venue may have been chosen for such a large gathering is perhaps 1st of all because bill is home to quite a large community of displaced christians who fled eisel back in 2014 and who still live here because they don't either feel safe to go back to their villages or because those areas are still destroy

where the catholic church also played a role in campaigning for elections to be held 3 years ago many of the protests with violently put down. reverend. was involved in that campaign we met in training church leaders on elections in brazzaville before they were banned from observing to those voices if you might be with is there are ignored. the choice of today's voice everything on the president's side of the river is much more tightly controlled soldiers already voted ahead of sunday's election activists say their polls were not transparent the president of the electoral commission who's also the chief justice insisted the republic of congo is a democracy. absolutely if not you would not be here interviewing president of the electoral commission if not there would be verbal criticisms made against the president of the. commission. police in says he's monitored elections for more than 10 years before being blocked. and the churches were some of the only election observers here that anyone thought might be critical of irregularities in sunday's polls malcolm webb al-jazeera brazzaville

where the catholic church also played a role in campaigning for elections to be held 3 years ago many of the protests with violently put down. reverend he was involved in that campaign he met in training church leaders on elections in brazzaville before they were banned from observing. if you might be with is the out ignored. the choice of today's voice everything on the browser will side of the river is much more tightly controlled soldiers already voted ahead of sunday's election activists say their polls were not transparent the president of the electoral commission who's also the chief justice insisted the republic of congo is a democracy. absolutely if not you would not be here interviewing president of the electoral commission if not there would be verbal criticisms made against the president of the electoral commission. says he's monitored elections for more than 10 years before being blocked. and the churches were some of the only election observers here that anyone thought might be critical of irregularities in sunday's polls malcolm webb al-jazeera brazzaville republic of co

church called for common ground and the unity after meeting with christian and muslim leaders. security forces have used tear gas and violence to break up another day of anti coup protests across meanwhile over 50 people have been killed in demonstrations since the military seized power last month. oh as the pandemic drains more money from government budgets worldwide britain is among countries planning to scale back its aid commitments an investigation by the non-governmental organization open democracy reveals the severity of the proposed cuts aid to nigeria south sudan somalia and the democratic republic of congo could be reduced by around 60 percent compared to prepare demick levels aid to yemen is expected to be hard just as it's pushed ever closer to famine and elsewhere in the region the british government is said to be planning to cut assistance to syria by 2 thirds and they haven't made lose nearly 90 percent of danny's risk um that our journey is oxfam chief executive for great britain he says the budget cuts if they happen will lead to loss of life. look there's no d

not many people openly criticize the electoral process in the republic of congo the catholic church is one of the few institutions that have father felicity him of only been arrested twice because of his activism he was meant to be part of a team observing sunday's presidential election but he told us all church observers have been blocked from monitoring the polls as well about peace and democracy. on paper it is a democracy since 1901 but in reality with such behaviors we need to question ourselves if we really are in a democracy when i say. president queso has ruled for most of the last 40 years and he's campaigned to stay on there are many campaign posters. another one here another one. the opposition candidate like this one when we try and interview people on camera out on the street. specially if it's anything to do with politics. across the congo river from brazzaville is kinshasa the capital of the neighboring democratic republic of congo. where the catholic church also played a role in campaigning for elections to be held 3 years ago many of the protest with violently put down

tina kraus has the details. >> reporter: the vatican has announced that catholic church cannot give its blessing the same-sex unions. writing, god does not and cannot bless sit. he blesses sinful men so you may recognize he is part of his plan of love and allow himself to be changed by him. >> none of us like the terms sin, but that is a business of the church. >> reporter: cbs news consultant says the vatican decree is a strong affirmation of church doctrine. putting themn a with d, where marriage. that, for the church, is outside what god intended in creation. >> reporter: pope francis is gone further than any other pontiff in welcoming and accepting people with homosexual inclinations. but when priests came to the vatican to clarify if blessing same-sex unions is allowed, the answer was no. >> everyone is welcome, but when it goes against god's laws , then, it becomes sinful. >> reporter: pope francis added, this is not unjust discrimination, but rather a clarification of the liturgical right of marriage. in some countries, like the u.s. and germany, parish priests had already begun

as catholic churches until the reformation came and changed quite a bit the other 4 months many things in the churches were removed and altered to suit its new role for. one of the most significant changes to these churches after the reformation was the replacement of the windows instead of the original small arched windows large windows were set into the walls so that the congregation could read him books in the doctrine by daylight while the catholic church conducted their services separately from the choir the focus of the lutheran church was on the sermon from the pulpit with a collective communion by the congregation in the middle of a service reason to hear all. the main space for protestants is the name of the congregation gathers even though the village church of the endorphins pretty empty now because of the pandemic which has changed everything only very few spaces are now allowed to be built by worshippers belief in no construction plans of the altar or references to it have survived. being said when he ever traces of a previous building made of or would have been found unde