The waves of scandal over clerical sexual abuse, and the Vatican’s weak response, are pushing lay Catholics to breaking point
Harriet Sherwood
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Sun 26 Aug 2018 07.00 BST
Last modified on Sun 26 Aug 2018 08.32 BST
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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.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/26/pope-time-running-out-pacify-faithful-anger-clerical-sexual-abuse
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/26/pope-time-running-out-pacify-faithful-anger-clerical-sexual-abuse