“It can be very difficult for parents to provide for the material needs of their children" and there are children who live and sleep in very inadequate situations.

Irish Church needs a church leadership which empowers the laity – the “sleeping giant”.

“We are all children of a male and a female and this must have relevance to our understanding of the way children should be nurtured and educated."

We will not take one step backwards in dealing with this problem Pope assures.