Catholic Church is at a tipping point, says former Irish president.

Mary McAleese, former president of the Irish Republic, speaks at the lauch of a report set to challenge the Catholic Church's teaching on the LGBT community. (Credit: Claire Giangravè.)

Just a few days before Pope Francis’s visit to the World Meeting of Families in Dublin, a former Irish president promised to challenge the Catholic Church’s “skewed ideology” on human sexuality and same-sex couples.

“The Church must accept and exercise responsibility for the damage it causes to our young LGBTI people and to our children, our vulnerable children,”…