Francis Visits Ireland
Pope Francis arrived in Dublin on Saturday for the republic of Ireland’s first papal visit in almost 40 years.
Pope Francis
The pope is expected to meet victims of clerical sex abuse.
In a letter to the world's one point two billion Roman Catholics, the pope condemned the "atrocities" of child abuse and clerical cover-ups.
The visit coincides with the world meeting of families - a global catholic gathering held every three years which
Will end with a mass for 500,000 people at Phoenix Park on Sunday.
The Ireland that he is visiting is a different country from that which greeted Pope John Paul ii in 1979 as there have been huge changes in public attitudes to social issues including abortion, contraception, divorce and same-sex marriage.
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