IRELAND
CBS News
August 23, 2018
Pope Francis will arrive in Ireland this weekend for an international Catholic gathering amid intensifying scrutiny over the church’s handling of sexual abuse by priests. The scandal forced two U.S. cardinals to cancel their trips. The pope asked for prayers as he prepares for the first papal visit to Ireland in nearly 40 years and is expected to meet privately with sex abuse survivors.
CBS News’ Jonathan Vigliotti spoke with Cardinal Blase Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago, and Sister Liz Murphy, a leading Irish missionary, who hope Pope Francis can chart a way forward following last week’s Pennsylvania grand jury report, which Cupich called a “catalog of horrors.”
“There is a dysfunction in the family, and we have to address it,” Cupich said.
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