Wider world awaits Pope's message to Ireland

The Pope will address Ireland tomorrow in an unprecedented letter apologising for chronic Catholic child abuse.

Wider world awaits Pope's message to Ireland

The Pope will address Ireland tomorrow in an unprecedented letter apologising for chronic Catholic child abuse.

His message will be watched closely by angry Catholics from Boston to Berlin to see if he acknowledges only the abuse itself – or the decades of Vatican-approved cover-ups too.

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