Time is running out for the pope to pacify the faithful’s anger

The waves of scandal over clerical sexual abuse, and the Vatican’s weak response, are pushing lay Catholics to breaking point Harriet Sherwood @harrietsherwood Sun 26 Aug 2018 07.00 BST Last modified on Sun 26 Aug 2018 08.32 BST Shares 641 The pope being greeted at Dublin airport on Saturday The pope being greeted at Dublin airport on Saturday Photograph: Paul Faith/AFP/Getty Images When Pope Francis ascends the steps of his plane at Dublin airport on Sunday evening at the end of his 36-hour trip to Ireland, even he – the people’s pontiff, the champion of the poor – might feel a sense of relief on entering the cocoon of Aer Lingus’s business class.

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