called message francis and. said that it's the full message of. christianity. is it evidence how the church will live or die protection of the institution. people think about still celebrate what he talked about the to get rid of. rick listen. the concentration of power in the church months small elites many people who are decisive there are many people in the church you think that the abuse problem is about homosexuals gay priests but if you read the church of gay priests the way. you know there's no evidence to suggest. actions inside. the michael waltz how will the pope be able to guide how will the pope be able to guide the church in the face of these damaging cases and damaging allegations well i've heard puzzled by this campus is the talk of separation of church and state i mean there is separation of church and state and i look at the as a united kingdom and france italy all the catholic countries as far as i'm aware now have a clear cut distinction between the church and state because the fact is that the bishops are still free to express their opinions

this is al jazeera and these are the headlines spoke francis's in northern iraq for the 3rd day of his historic visit he set to speak shortly in the tired old car a car show a major center for christians in iraq but francis has used his trip to appeal for tolerance and unity among religious groups. police are using tear gas seem to trying to spare a sense you can protest this in myanmar it turns out in their thousands despite the escalating crackdown follows a night of raids for security forces stormed houses and rounded people up including politicians and journalists tony chang has more from bangkok in neighboring thailand. clearly they have a target list of people there are many people who know that they're on those target list of gone into hiding but the other role that these night raids seeks to achieve this is just intimidate people when they're in their homes under curfew in residential areas and they know that there are gangs of security forces as roaming the neighborhoods faria with weapons and seizing anyone that gets in their path. well those are the headlines keep it here on

castro al-jazeera washington now pope francis is due to arrive in ireland shortly for a two day visit the month the first time the head of the violent catholic church has visited the country and maybe four decades will be live pictures from dublin and to national airport where the point will soon land ireland has of course changed dramatically in that time divorce contraception gay marriage and abortion and. reports now from dublin. the vatican flag flies over the irish capital it's thirty nine years since the last papal visit congregation numbers are falling but more than seventy percent of people identify here as catholic. one john paul the second came in one nine hundred seventy nine three quarters of ireland came out to welcome him since then there's been a massive social revolution divorce contraception gay marriage abortion all predicted by the church and now legal and the church now faces perhaps its biggest challenge in budden times its legacy of child sex abuse survivors want pope francis to take robust action according to church papers thirteen hundred priests have been accu

but francis meets eight abuse victims during his trip to ireland and expresses pain and shame for the church's failure to deal with crimes by the clergy. i'm. live from london coming up no passport no entry through brings in new rules to stem the flow of venezuelan migrants escaping economic misery in their country. refugees demands justice one year after the start of the myanmar army crackdown which drove them from their homes. and why residents are warned not to let their guard down with more heavy rain forecast from tropical storm lane. and francis has admitted to feeling shame about the churches fated to prevent what he calls repugnant sexual abuse by priests he's on a two day trip to ireland a preferred papal visit there in search nine years at the moment he's attending this festival of families at croke park in dublin where he's addressing the masses who have gathered there and he met to i ate are survivors of clerical religious and institutional abuse is a scandal that's rocked the catholic church and is dominating his visit to iran and what's going on now. for certain that the

institutions in the country pope francis a survived in chile for his first stop on a visit to south america crowds greeted the pontiff as he drove through the streets of the capital santiago but there were ten scenes ahead of his visit with five churches vandalized in recent days security for the papal visit was ramped up as a result a latin america editor listen human has been following the visit from santiago. pope francis is finally here in chile and he's making his way right now to some travels main far affair with these people are waiting to see him pass in the popemobile but the reception is not exactly what the catholic church here would have hoped for there are people here of course as you can see but not nearly as many as one would have expected and certainly a lot less than in the other latin american countries that pope francis has visited this is likely to be the most challenging in latin america his home region because of widespread disillusionment with the church and its origin tiny leader this used to be one of the most painful countries in the world now less than fifty perce

iraqi christians await the arrival of pope francis as he visits the church of the immaculate conception in the city of car of course. hello there i'm having my here dean and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. a tractor and continue with more reports of life fire on crowds in myanmar. millions of americans look forward to financial relief after years president joe biden's $1.00 trillion dollar pandemic package is approved by the senate's. and i'm sadam hosts its 1st big music concert since the pandemic began. pope francis is in northern iraq for the 3rd day of his historic visit he's set to speak in a short while in the town of course that's a major center for christians in iraq earlier the pontiff held a prayer service in mosul for victims of war you know celebrates mass later in erbil the for thousands of people pope francis has used the trip so far to. for tolerance and unity among religious groups let's cross live now to some wonderful teen she joins us from erbil and has been following the pope's visit so far as one of the waiting for pope francis she to speak in a ca

this is al jazeera and these are the headlines pope francis is in northern iraq for the 3rd day of his historic visit here dressed people in the town of car of course a major center for christians in iraq earlier he held a prayer service in mosul for fixin's of war pope francis has used the trip to appeal for tolerance and unity among religious groups you know. it's a matter of conversion of the hearts reconciliation and putting aside our differences we must all work together for the future for turn all of which recognizes a common humanity and together build a dialogue and forgive. a prominent muslim politician has reportedly died in myanmar after being arrested overnight by security forces his cause of death is unknown police have used tear gas and live fire to disperse anti could protesters in several cities see it turned out despite the escalation in violence to only chain has more from bangkok in their brain thailand clearly they have a target list of people there are many people who know they're on those target lists that have gone into hiding but the other role that these night

calling for an end to violence in iraq pope francis seeks to galvanize one of the world's oldest and most persecuted christian communities during a historic visit. hello again i'm just on the attack of this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up tightening its grip on hong kong china is to expand its veto power in deciding who can run for election. security forces in myanmar are accused of issuing death threats to protesters on talk the video sharing app says it's removing content that incites violence. c 6 street battles and set a goal protesters are demanding the release of an opposition leader they say is falsely accused of rape. pope francis is calling for an end to violence and intolerance in his opening address in iraq as he starts a historic visit to a nation scarred by war and now the coronavirus he landed just a short while ago in baghdad and was welcomed by barham salih at the presidential palace the head of the roman catholic church is hoping his 3 day visit will boost the morale of the country's dwindling christian population he's also looking to strengthen interfait

welcome to the program pope francis says he feels shame over the catholic church's failure to prevent sexual abuse by members of the. during a visit to ireland he referred to abuses as repugnant he also met with survivors of clerical abuse francis is trying to reinvigorate catholicism in a country rocked by decades of scandals and valving the church needs barker has more from dublin. the pope's visit to ireland at this moment of crisis in the catholic church was always going to set the global agenda on how the vatican tackles its legacy of child sex abuse and pope francis didn't waste any time. i cannot fail to acknowledge the great scandal caused in ireland by the abuse of young people by members of the church charge of the responsibility for that metatron education the failure of ecclesiastical authorities to adequately address these repugnant crimes has rightly given rise to outrage i myself share the sentiments. of prime minister has been at the helm of social reforms in the country including the recent popular vote to legalize abortion long prohibited by the catholic church he sa

carefully chosen words pope francis avoids mentioning the race hinge of crisis or claims of ethnic cleansing during a key address in me and moderates. and bali's airport shuts down for a second day running as my md i'm gonna keep song rumbling. very warm welcome to the program the u.n. security council is holding a briefing on the libyan slavery crisis evidence has a march the hundreds of people have been all questioned in modern day slave markets in libya for as little as four hundred dollars libya is the main transit hub for refugees and migrants attempting to reach southern europe by sea well cross live to the u.n. in just a moment but first this report from bernard smith. this is not where these migrants want to be heading back to the african continent thanks to a from the italian government to reinforce libya's coast guard it's helped cut the number of migrants arriving in italy two hundred twenty two thousand in the last three months it's the lowest total for four years but people trafficking networks in libya continue to flourish because of government chaos as rival groups battle for

pope francis the 1st latin american pope is said to have an instinctive understanding of the region's challenges. it is pope francis who will make any final decision for the surprise intervention from pope benedict under schools fundamental divisions of the 1300000000 member church many catholics who ever deny francis and benedict have different views on married priests what benedict beliefs about priestly celibacy is exactly the same as what pope francis believes they centered on the amazon asked him look at there are communities who don't get a priest even once a year could we consider ordaining some deacons. you are married with families and this is something the pope is considering and as an exception and i'm sure that if he says yes benedict will be happy with it and if he says no the same some anglican priests who converted to catholicism are allowed to carry on in their ministries but some traditionalists within the roman catholic church fear that pope francis is leading them in a direction they don't want to follow. because his becoming pope francis has emerged as a reformer t

pope francis universally respected as a true reformer reinvigorate face and what the catholic church stands for. thousands of the faithful croke park stadium to hear pope francis speak his visit is a moment of joy for many believe is an island a country where more than seventy percent of the population identify as catholic but as the country embraces secular values irish society regardless of faith wants to hold the church to account the past longs. so let's go live now to knead barker he's in need is it fair to say that the visit has essentially been overshadowed by maybe scandal. but it has been entirely overshadowed but it has been very central to the pope's visit particularly his first day anything of song and celebration here quote parkas over the joy of this event contrasts sharply with what we saw earlier on in the day where pope francis arrived here knowing full well that he will be under pressure to address head on the historical. claims of clerical abuse against thousands of priests in this country and he did as i mentioned in my report there go much further than his predec

comments come a time when pope francis is considering easing a ban on married men serving as priests south american bishops have called for a change to help end a shortage of priests particularly in indigenous communities in the amazon. pope francis the 1st latin american pope is said to have an instinctive understanding of the region's challenges. it is pope francis who will make any final decision but the surprise intervention from pope benedict underscores fundamental divisions of the 1300000000 member church many catholics who ever deny francis and benedict have different views on married priests what benny think believes about priestly celibacy is exactly the same as what pope francis believes centered on the amazon asked him look at their communities who don't get a priest even once a year could we consider ordaining some deacons who are there who are married with families and this is something the pope is considering and as an exception and i'm sure that if he says yes. benedict will be happy with that he says no the same some married anglican priests who converted to catholic

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

pope francis has issued a decree making it compulsory to report cases or cover ups of sex abuse priests and nuns will be required to speak up to their superiors but not to civilian authorities. reports. as head of the catholic church pope francis is a guide for one point two billion people in an institution that governs among many things morality but how to lead in an age where the moral compass of the church appears to have been broken by the torrent of sex abuse scandals perpetrated by clerics in positions of power it has caused devastating shadow over the papacy and with the church in deep crisis the latest lord to create by francis shined more light on how clerics should deal with cases of sexual abuse but the vatican's top sexual crimes investigator gave little indication on the penalties that could be faced universe. of conscious. you know give to strict because otherwise it will be. something. flexible enough to work there are one million priests and nuns in the roman catholic church all of the must now report any cases of sexual abuse to church to paris and any cover ups even in

pope francis is visiting an irish and will celebrate mass in dublin a day after calling the sex abuse of children by members of the catholic church repugnant he met eight abuse survivors from ninety minutes on the first day of his trip the catholic church in ireland has been tainted by multiple scandals and quoting sex abuse by priests and abuse of children born to single mothers in care homes well the pope is due to address around half a million people later on sunday but that number is far fewer than the crowd was great and has spread assessor thirty nine years ago thousands including abuse victims plan to hold a protest at the same time we both have reports from. the pope's visit to ireland at this moment of crisis in the catholic church was always going to set the global agenda on how the vatican tackles its legacy of child sex abuse the pope francis didn't waste any time. i cannot fail to acknowledge the great scandal caused in ireland by the abuse of young people by members of the church charge of the responsibility for that protection and education the failure of a crazy ass to

pope francis universally respected as a true reformer reinvigorate face and what the catholic church stands for. thousands of the faithful croke park stadium to hear pope francis speak his visit is a moment of joy for many believe is an island a country where more than seventy percent of the population identify as catholic but as the country embraces secular values irish society regardless of faith wants to hold the church to account the past longs. one of the dublin. and has been described as ground zero of the church is a global sex abuse crisis father james but sky is a professor of theology at marquette university in the us he says institutions like the catholic church take a long time to change he doesn't have a magic wand that somehow he could wave and then everything would be ok again and people would be happy the way he's going to have to do it is to make this person rather than a souther person bishop to take this lying in his rhetoric rather than this other line and if you look at some of the reactions of bishops in the united states there are some that still say the real p

after meeting shia islam's most influential ayatollah pope francis heads to iraq's kurdish region to hold prayers for victims of war. and with code inspections on the rise chile and brazil are returning to unpopular strict lock downs. me and ma security forces of storm the homes of protesters over night firing shots as they were rounded up after this. raids have taken place in several main cities part of a strict crackdown by the military human rights groups say it's a tactic designed to terrify people into submission but protesters are remaining defiant and continue to gather daily to call for an end to the military coup despite facing tear gas stun grenades and live rounds what tony chang joins us live now from bangkok in neighboring thailand tony so this isn't the 1st time the gent have used nighttime raids since the coup tell us what's been happening. absolutely not and this is something that's been going on for some time but it's certainly been stepped up in the intensity in the last couple of days we heard a lot of reports in yangon a mandalay that this was happening last night

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

so we've just been listening there to francis. dressing and ensor religiously to the ancient city of new or a few things came out of that of course the pope has of course continued to create he says for peace and unity in the middle east and especially in syria the poor poll saw. really underlining the need for people in the region to come together he wants to underline this. the struggles that people collectively face and saying the only way to work through them is to work together to stick closely together using our shared values he said there will be no peace without a peaceful coexistence and he also had harsh words for the the struggles that people in the region face the persecution and violence and said that terrorism exploits religion it's up to all of us to come up with the solutions to this problem there are correspondents of some adventure of aids has also been listen. and see that speech he joins us now from the city of najaf some of those just tell us what you think the highlights were all of the pope's speech a give u

well it's indeed a historical visit to the pope francis to iraq. all the iraqi people have welcomed this visit to. astonishing. we did not expect that kind of form will come of all in archy's of different faiths to bob francis and spite of whatever happened in iraq and of course the message of the pope to iraqis to the war through this visit to faith should not be used as a weapon against others faith should be used as a way to spread love to straight peace to spread coexistence among people living in neighborhoods so it's historical visit ali this is also a real opportunity for iraq as a country to try to demonstrate its relative stability as i recall when he landed on friday in one of his very fast public speeches he also spoke about corruption and the need for justice and government is today part of that push for accountability as the country tries to rebuild. well it's a controversial. point of view with respect to the way iraq is going now with respect to the ongoing corruption which has led to minimum services. provided to the iraqi people yo

there's a lot more of the top story in pope francis has vowed to end the sexual abuse of children by the catholic church on the first day of his visit to ireland the pope held a private meeting with eight irish victims who suffered abuse by members of the clergy some of them were forced into adoption as children after being born to single mothers they said the pope apologized on behalf of the church. the thing that really shocked us all was when he was talking to survivors of. corruption in the south he literally referred to these people as. his translator again was kind of shocked. to clarify literally that somehow just as. they are filled to the top. by pope francis as there's a tile and is the first by a pontiff to the catholic country in almost four decades he's trying to reinvigorate the religion in a nation that's been hit by decades of scandals involving the church we've parker reports from the capital dublin. the pope's visit to ireland at this moment of crisis in the catholic church was always going to set the global agenda on how the vatican tackles its legacy of child sex

repugnant and a source of shame for the catholic community the words of pope francis on his first visit to ireland a country that's faced its share of abuse by priests. to meet some of the victims later in the day the irish prime minister told the pope that action must follow words on tackling a. range of refugees living in bangladesh are protesting to mark a year since a military crackdown fulsom to flee their homes. there are now more than seven hundred thousand ranger who's saying it's near the border. the us is than two hundred million dollars in aid from its program and the occupied west bank relations between the us and palestinian leadership of deteriorated since president recognized jerusalem as israel's capital in the american embassy. half of gaza's population are under the age of seventeen and some of them have already lived through three walls andrew simmons has been to visit a young girl who still lives with the true. others have their head injury she sustained in the twenty fourteen war. look into her eyes and you would never guess what this child has been through. namable

pope francis meet survivors of abuse and offers an apology from the catholic church . i'm about as in this is all to see a live from doha also coming up former u.s. presidential candidate john mccain as docked we'll look at his life and his legacy . the restrictions in peru could keep thousands of fanous whalen's from fleeing the crisis in their country and. i'm sure thomas involved a lot carola that this month's devastating floods i'll be looking at whether the states all important tourism industry can bounce back. pope francis has called sexual abuse of children by members of the catholic church repugnant on the first day of his visit and the pope's held a private meeting with eight irish survivors of clerical abuse some of them have been forced into adoption as children after being born to single mothers they say the pope has apologized on behalf of the church. the take that really shocked us all was when he was talking to survivors of. corruption in the south he literally referred to these people as kaka his translator again was kind of shocked and asked the pope t

pope francis celebrated mass in baghdad's chaldean cathedral the latest stop on his visit to iraq. 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

repugnant and a source of shame for the catholic community those were the words of pope francis on his first visit to ireland a country that is faced its share of abuse by priests the pontiff is expected to meet some of the victims later today the irish prime minister told the pope that action this followed words on tackling abuse multiple instances a sexual assault on children by the clergy and the subsequent cover ups has turned some people away from the catholic church the fundamental. the failure of a clichy s to call authorities bishops religious superiors priests and others adequately to address these repellent crimes has rightly given rise to outrage and remains a source of pain and shame for the catholic community i myself share those sentiments magilla laundries mother and baby homes industrial schools legal adoptions and clerical child abuse are stains on our state's our society and also the church. people kept in dark corners behind closed doors cries for help that went on heard. and these wounds are still open and there is much to be done to bring about justice and truth an

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

pope francis' warns against the wind of wars as he calls for a two state solution in the israel palestine conflict. we look at how a new age of automation and robotics will impact on the world's poorest what could . we begin in vietnam where authorities are evacuating a million people from low lying areas along the southern coast of tropical storm ten mins arrival vietnam's disaster prevention committee says that seventy four thousand people have already been moved to safety from vulnerable areas while authorities in fifteen provinces and cities are also making preparations to evacuate more than sixty thousand fishing boats have also been told not to venture to see tembin is moving southward and will pass the province of some hour on tuesday before entering the gulf of thailand well the storm has already claimed two hundred thirty lives in the philippines where it caused devastating landslides and flash floods thousands of people are being forced to spend christmas in emergency shelters after their homes were destroyed while mcbride has this update from the worst hit island of mindanao. h

pope francis has held mass in iraq's capital baghdad on the 2nd day of the 1st ever papal visit to the nation the leader of the roman catholic church called for common ground and unity after meeting with christian and muslim the deuce earlier on saturday he was in the city of najaf where he met iraq's top shia cleric. the u.s. senate has just passed president joe biden's 7 a $1.00 trillion dollar coronavirus a bill the bill now goes back to the house of representatives before it go to biden's desk to be signed off democrats and republicans are basically divided over the bill. yemen's army says its forces have killed another 23 who the fight is on saturday in monrovia where it says it killed almost 100 rebels on friday the army however hasn't reported casualties among its own side's military aircraft from the south it is coalition have been targeting who he finds is the rebels began a defensive last month to seize the city and nearby oil rich areas. security forces have used tear gas and violence to break up another day of anti coup protests across meanwhile more than 50 people have bee

a historic trip pope francis heads to iraq to support one of the world's oldest and most persecuted christian community its. security forces in myanmar are accused of issuing death threats to protest as one tick tock the video sharing app says it's removing content that incites violence. 'd 6 street battles and senegal protesters are demanding the release of an opposition leader they say is accused of rape. and the school itself america's football thought is look to solve the continent's woke up call find the european clubs unlikely to release a jew to corner virus concerns and quarantine mr actions. now and china has unveiled plans to the whole hong kong electoral system allowing beijing veto power over just who can run for the legislative council how about announcement was made during the national people's congress. the country's biggest annual political gathering the proposed changes would mean a pro china election committee decides which candidates can run for legislative council seats that group will effectively stamp out any opposition and hong kong's parliament in his opening speech pr

francis privately you know him. but the vatican spokesman told al-jazeera the pope is not here to mediate the pope called for my pushes to be recognized as equals but he made no mention of the key issue of land rights instead he warned against confrontation and violence. violence begets violence destruction increases fragmentation and separation violence can turn even the most just cause into a law i. hope francis is repeated he for unity is what many wanted to hear but it's unclear whether it will contribute to easing the centuries old dispute in chile's poorest region you see in human i'll just see that. the european union is planning to impose sanctions on seven senior venezuelan officials next week diplomats say they will vote in favor of travel bans and asset freezes on thursday the e.u. wants to put pressure on president nicolas maduro his government which is accused of cracking down on the opposition and ruining the economy the crisis has led to an influx of people crossing into neighboring countries. he has

joe biden visited the vatican and pro polk francis. it's believed the laden's discussed the climate crisis and ways to end the corona virus pandemic. that talks com, my head of the start of the g. 20 summit in rom, after the today gathering at bottom will head to glasgow for the cop 26 un climate summit. our white house correspondent, kimberly hallett is live for us in rome. kimberly, i want to get to the meeting between at president joe biden and manuel mc chrome. but 1st, let's talk about what's happened today in that very busy agenda. yeah, a lot took place. not only was that the meeting with the french president that we'll talk about in a moment. there were also meetings with the italian president and prime minister, respectively and as well all eyes early in the day on the meeting between the u. s . president and pope francis at the vatican. now the u. s. president has since talked about that meeting since he left it saying that it went very wonderfully. he said there was laughter and it was very clear to the media watching that i

but 1st pope francis is in northern iraq for the 3rd day of his historic visit in the past hour of the points of felt a prayer service in mosul for victims of war you later celebrate mass in erbil before thousands of people he's used the trip to appeal for tolerance and unity among religious groups well let's cross live now to some on 14 she joins us live from erbil and some one of the poor has already addressed people this morning what is they've been saying to the crowd so far. well the seeing pope francis in the old city of mosul there giving a prayer service in front of these churches that have been desecrated and partly destroyed during the war of i saw was indeed quite a striking image so that one of that. the catholic church hopes will attract attention to really encourage people encourage christians to come back and that's exactly one thing that he wanted to achieve he commemorated the victims of i so he encouraged people to emphasize the commonalities to really overcome their differences that of the christian community which was vibrant in mosul before the arrival of iceland s

also to come here on the news hour including too little too late pope francis plans to combat sexual abuse by catholic priests. and a stark warning from the u.n. to plan an animal and plant species a drop in our food supply and as for the former world number one target for his first top title of the. state to have a meeting at the vatican looking at sexual abuse by priests we'll see more testimonies from victims some of them have already dismissed an action plan presented by pope francis on thursday as not going far enough well the head of the roman catholic church has been hosting a four day summit to address the scandal really challenge joins us live now from vatican city roy says day two of the summit being led by the pope remind us of what he wants to get from it. well what he wants is to impress on the kludgy that have gathered here the severity of the crisis that the catholic church faces of the moments the suffering of so many thousands of victims of sexual abuse across the country well going back decades and that it is the responsibility to do something about it and as you ju

this is al jazeera and these are the headlines pope francis is in northern iraq for the 3rd day of his historic visit the pontiff is holding a prayer service in warsaw for victims of war smaller 14 has more on the significance of the pope's appearance in mosul his presence in the old city is also in a way a message of support for not just north of the bridge but also in the way and in the arab way of highlighting the lack of reconstruction and rehabilitation that has the place of the city despite the war with eyesore having been over for more than 3 years there are still a lot of buildings that are destroyed not infrastructure for people to return to this is one reason why very few in parts of the few dozen members of mortals christian community have returned to. police are using tear gas to disperse sensical protesters in myanmar who turns out in their families in this despite the escalation crackdown that follows a night of raids for security forces stormed houses rounded up people including politicians and journalists 20 chang has more from bangkok in neighboring thailand in one of

pope francis' offer support to the iraqi people in an iraqi time where christians were forced to flee for myself i serious. hello there i am however hidden and this is al jazeera my from doha also coming up . protests continue in myanmar after a night of raids that saw politicians and journalists rounded up by security forces . millions of americans look forward to financial relief after u.s. president joe biden's $1.00 trillion dollars pandemic package is approved by the senate. and later with fewer people going game hunting in zimbabwe we'll see how that's impacting those who make a living from it. though it was a scene that was hard to imagine just 4 years ago the heads of the roman catholic church in iraq e city scarred by isis violence and bloodshed pope francis on the 3rd day of his trip has been sending a message of hope healing and unity to the victims of war and the last hour of the pontiff address the christian community in the town of course which was overrun by i saw him 2014 there he visited iraq's largest church which was partly destroyed by eisel fighters earlier in mos

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 grand ayatollah ali sistani is symbolic and significant although the majority of the religious authority says it plays no role in politics has played a pivotal part in iraq recently whether it was urging people to take part in politics in elections whether it was to tell them to pick up arms against isis and more recently in the favor of the protestors clerics in najaf say the pope's visit has highlighted iraq's central place for all religions and is a brave gesture from for france's in the face of security challenges and th

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pope francis begins his visit to chile find out about the controversy overshadowing his tour. in greece thousands of people protest against new austerity measures. turkey syria and russia have criticized the u.s. plan to form a thirty thousand strong border security force in northern syria turkey's president accused washington of trying to create a terror army and pledged to quote drown it before it comes into being and the syrian government has vowed to drive the u.s. presence from its territory the u.s. says the force will secure areas along syria's border to the north with turkey and to the east with iraq it will be mostly made up of fighters from the syrian democratic forces a large part of that group is made up of kurdish fighters who turkey considers terrorists the s.d.f. is a u.s. backed alliance of kurdish an arab fighters controls almost twenty five percent of syrian territory in the north and the east where chalons reports. but russia's foreign minister had a stark rebuke for the u.s. on monday speaking as a media conference in moscow a lover of said the creation of

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pope francis meets iraq's top shia muslim cleric on the 2nd day of his historic visit. hello there i am home or he and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. was. the u.n. is urged to act swiftly against myanmar as military crackdown in a protest or is aren't backing down. the u.s. accuses china of an attack ultimate chrissie or her beijing's plans to overhaul hong kong's electoral system. and communities in rural south africa's say they're being left behind and it's with 19 vaccination trying. pope francis is expected in the ancient iraqi city of well he'll address an interfaith meeting in the last hour he met with iraq's top shia muslim cleric on the 2nd day of his historic visit to the country the meeting with grand ayatollah sistani was held in the city of najaf the heads of the roman catholic church as the 1st pope to travel to iraq wife now to a summer binge of 80 joins us from. a summer just talk us through the significance of this me. well this was history in the making the 1st time the leader of the roman catholic church has met the highest religious

visiting the middle east pope francis urges religious leaders to stand together against the region's wars. plus the warning that one third of glasses in the himalayas a doom's to melt even if carbon emissions addressed a clique of us. venezuela's president nicolas maduro is becoming increasingly isolated nineteen e.u. countries have recognized opposition leader one guy do as interim president joining much of last america the united states and canada a defiant the doura has written a letter the pope francis requesting a dialogue to help resolve the crisis alas in america as a loose in human reports now from caracas. self-proclaimed interim president chose the day that commemorates former president although chavez has nine hundred ninety two thrilled coup attempt to send an impassioned message to venezuela's armed forces. ask them to allow international humanitarian aid into the country. the moment is now patriotic soldier captain colonel navy officer general the moment is now if you have any doubts ask your families what is the right thing to do we have given you assurances of amnesty

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

thank you very much for joining as pope francis is calling for an end to violence and intolerance in iraq as he begins a historic visit to a country scarred by war and on a virus the head of the roman catholic church was welcomed by. the. presidential palace in baghdad the pope is hoping the 3 day visit will boost the morale of iraq's dwindling christian population the number of christians in iraq has job significantly in recent years partly due to them being persecuted by al qaeda and i saw they hope their struggle to survive will get a boost from the pope's visit or speak to some one of 14 in baghdad very shortly but 1st here's her report. 10 years ago louise flynn says a claim is survived one of the deadliest terror attacks on iraq's christian community it cost him his left ear drum $4.00 to $6.00 other christians their lives . the. i thought it was the last seconds in this life very difficult moments you take you should towards the room where we were in one hand grenade exploded that's when i was injured some of the projectiles a stone my head in my chest. lewis and his son the w

a historic trip francis arrives in iraq to support one of the world's oldest and most persecuted christian community. i know that i missed this is al jazeera live from doha also coming out tightening its grip on hong kong china is to expand its veto power in deciding just who can run for elections. security forces in myanmar are accused of issuing death threats to protesters on tick tock the video sharing app says it's removing content that incites violence. 'd in street battles and senegal protesters are demanding the release of an opposition leader they say is falsely accused of rape. now pope francis has arrived in iraq fulfilling a decades long promised by the vatican and becoming the 1st pontiff to visit the country the 3 day visit is his 1st trip outside since the coronavirus pandemic began he was welcomed by the prime minister in baghdad and is currently on his way to meet the president at the presidential palace now the head of the roman catholic church says he's going as a pilgrim of peace we can speak to our correspondents money is on the ground there outside the presidential pal

and can pope francis secure the future of ireland's catholic church as it reels from the sex abuse scandal. hello there we've got another weather system that's galloping its way across north america you can see it on the satellite picture is this spiraling mass to gradually edging its way eastwards and pulling plenty of cloud to the south of it as well so they have through the next couple of days that is going to be across this lawn where we've got the showers and it's going to remain more or less unsettled and where it is over the next few days so toronto chicago down all the way to arizona that's where we're expecting the heavy thunder showers to the northwest of that should be fine and dry san francisco about eighteen degrees for the southeast it's also largely dry here just a couple of showers if you're unlucky for the central americas though plenty more showers here in fact look at what happens to cuba on the satellite picture there practically the entire island is covered by that huge cloud almost all of us or shower then plenty more showers as we head through the next few days not o