Pope apologizes for ‘crimes’ against Irish women, babies

DUBLIN (AP) — Pope Francis issued a sweeping apology Sunday for the “crimes” of the Catholic Church in Ireland, saying church officials didn’t respond with compassion, truth or justice to the many children and women who were abused over generations.

Francis was interrupted by applause from the crowd of 300,000 as he read the apology out loud at the start of Mass in Dublin’s Phoenix Park, the largest gathering of his two-day trip. It was a response to the tens of thousands of Irish children sexually and physically abused at Catholic Churches, schools and workhouses, and the women who were forced to live and work in laundries and give up their children if they got pregnant out of wedlock.

“We ask forgiveness for those members of the hierarchy who didn’t take responsibility for this painful situation, and who kept silence,” Francis said. “May the Lord keep this state of shame and compunction and give us strength so this never happens again, and that there is justice.”

Hundreds of kilometers (miles) away, a few hundred somber protesters marched through the Irish town of Tuam and recited the names of a 796 babies and young children who died at a Catholic-run orphanage there, most during the 1950s. The children were buried in a mass grave in a septic area of the grounds.

https://apnews.com/36b31ae6dfc3439ea2a45f07769136cb/Pope-apologizes-for-'crimes'-against-Irish-women,-babies

France lowers its growth forecast for 2019 to 1.7 percent

PARIS (AP) — The French government has lowered its economic growth forecast for next year to 1.7 percent and unveiled plans to cut public spending in an effort to stay in line with European Union budget commitments.

In an interview Sunday with Le Journal du Dimanche, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said the government will base its 2019 budget on that reduced estimated growth, down from the previous estimate of 1.9 percent. He said France is still committed to be in line with European Union rules regarding public deficits.

https://apnews.com/9b288cfc27614844b861b14f60270eb8/France-lowers-its-growth-forecast-for-2019-to-1.7-percent

>>2749837

good eye anon

Jacksonville Landing, where a shooter opened fire, is a gun-free zone

https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/26/mall-jacksonville-shooting-gun-free-zone/

Crowds for Phoenix Park Mass fall well below expected level of 500,000

The number of people who turned out for the Papal Mass in Dublin’s Phoenix Park on Sunday appeared to be well short of the expected 500,000.

An estimated half a million pilgrims were expected to gather to hear Pope Francis say Mass on the second day of his historic visit to Ireland.

The tickets had been distributed in July for the landmark religious event but the number of people who attended is likely closer to less than half of that.

The Phoenix Park event took place after Francis visited the Knock holy shrine in Co Mayo in which 45,000 people were expected to turn out.

The crowds were vastly different from those witnessed when Pope John Paul II made his trip to Ireland in 1979.

Among the well-wishers lining Dublin’s streets there were also protesters, who vented their anger as he drove by.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/pope-francis-in-ireland/crowds-for-phoenix-park-mass-fall-well-below-expected-level-of-500000-37254339.html

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>>2750054

Kek!

Sweden's far-right poised for record election gains

Barring a major upset, Sweden's far-right is on course for a record result in September 9 legislative elections, capitalising on the mood of voters who feel they are being left behind in favour of hundreds of thousands of newly-arrived asylum seekers.

With two weeks to go to the election, opinion polls suggest the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats (SD) could sweep around 20 percent of votes, making them the second- or third-biggest party.

The far-right first entered parliament in 2010, garnering 5.7 percent of votes cast. Four years later, they more than doubled their score, taking 12.9 percent of votes and 42 of the 349 seats in the 2014 election.

SD also holds one of three deputy speaker positions in parliament, a post occupied by Bjorn Söder, a hardliner who in June said the country's Jews were "not Swedes".

Founded in 1988 and headed since 2005 by Jimmie Akesson, SD appeals to young voters and those disillusioned by social democracy, as well as those in declining rural areas where industries, schools and maternity wards are shutting down.

https://www.thelocal.se/20180826/swedens-far-right-poised-for-record-election-gains

>>2750199

Those eyes look sad and hopeless.

>>2750263

One step at a time, and it's a step in the right direction.

Remember, the Great Awakening will be world wide.

Even mild mannered Swedes will be fucking pissed when they find out how much they've been shat upon.

>>2750296

Is that his real twatter?

If so VERY interdasting.

>>2750369

sadly agree

>>2750383

repost next bread