Taoiseach says he will raise clerical abuse with Pope if he gets opportunity
Pope Francis is travelling to Ireland later this month for two days to take part in the World Meetings of Families.
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Pope Francis is travelling to Ireland later this month for two days to take part in the World Meetings of Families.
Bocelli previously performed for Pope Francis in Philadelphia during the last World Meeting of Families in 2015.
A demonstration of solidarity with those who have been abused is being organised to coincide with the Pope’s visit.
500,000 tickets were made available for the Phoenix Park mass.
Councillors voted down a motion to fly the papal flag over county hall during the Pope’s visit in August.
Pope Francis is set to celebrate Mass at the Phoenix Park next month.
The gardaí say there is a major oversubscription of those who are expecting to drive to and from the mass in the Phoenix Park.
The Global Network of Rainbow Catholics says it feels “completely ignored” by the World Meeting of Families.
We Are Church Ireland wanted to have a stand in the RDS for next month’s pastoral congress.
It will require imagination and critical engagement from other agents in the Church if the change he envisages is to happen, writes Gerry O’Hanlon SJ.
Pope Francis arrives in Ireland on 25 August.
Richard Duffy said that if the Phoenix Park event sells out he will contact the organisers to nullify his bookings.
Several senior members of Chile’s Catholic Church are accused by victims of ignoring and covering up child abuse by paedophile priest Fernando Karadima.
The Say Nope To The Pope campaign has encouraged people to order the free tickets as a form of “peaceful protest”.
Varadkar added the move was “not legitimate protest”.
Francis will visit Ireland for two days in August.
500,000 tickets have been issued for the Phoenix Park Mass while there will be a capacity of 45,000 people at Knock.
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The Pope is due to visit Ireland in August, just months after Ireland voted in favour of liberalising its abortion laws.
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Full details of the Pope’s participation in the World Meeting of the Families were confirmed today.
Details of the August visit have been confirmed this morning.
Just a small gathering, so.
The Pope is to celebrate Mass at Dublin’s Phoenix Park on 26 August.
Eamon Martin, the leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland, has thanked “courageous” pro-life campaigners.
The thirty-four bishops tendered their resignations today.
The Pope will visit the centre on the day he arrives – the afternoon of Saturday 25 August.
Cardinal George Pell has denied the historic allegations.
He had been breathing independently for over four days.
Pope Francis will be the chief celebrant at a mass on 26 August.
The government will tell the Vatican that families ‘of all shapes and forms’ should be celebrated during Pope’s Irish visit
The former Bishop of Raphoe, Philip Boyce, has been named as McAreavey’s replacement.
Pope Francis will be in Ireland in August.
Monsignor Dario Vigano was accused of manipulating a private letter written by Benedict XVI about Pope Francis.
The former president has called on Pope Francis to address gender inequality in the Catholic Church.
The former president said women aren’t ‘mysteries’ or ‘strawberries on the cake’, despite what popes have called them.
Pope Paul VI will also be sainted.
Pope Francis came under criticism in Chile for defending Bishop Juan Barros.
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He said that until he sees proof of the sex abuse scandals in Chile, the accusations are “all calumny”.