This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Nick Miles,

are at 13 hours GMT on the 4th of October.

These are our main stories.

Women, homosexuality and climate change,

Pope Francis looks to the future of the Catholic Church,

but how divided are his followers?

Britain's governing party tries to transform its electoral prospects

as it lags in the polls,

and Colombia's apologies to the feminists

of those murdered in death targets.

Also in this podcast,

we are spreading the news.

Frank Sinatra is back on stage.

We begin in Vatican City in Rome.

Where Pope Francis has opened a major meeting

of the Roman Catholic Church,

rarely in recent times has a Vatican gathering generated

as much hope and fear as this one.

On the agenda is climate change,

but they will also be considering many aspects of the Church and its future,

including the role of women and the question of its attitude towards homosexuality.

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