Papal visit: Is Ireland losing faith?

When Pope Francis visits Ireland this weekend, he will encounter a very different country from his predecessor Pope John Paul, who visited in 1979. Attitudes to the Church have changed in Ireland, its once-powerful influence damaged by clerical abuse scandals - and some victims of abuse are calling for the Pontiff to apologise to them directly. Sky’s Senior Ireland Correspondent David Blevins reports.

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