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Gardaí expect 100,000 people to come out to see the Pope in the city centre.
The event gets under way in earnest at the RDS today, ahead of the Pope’s visit on Saturday.
Fears had been expressed in recent days that the traffic restrictions set to be in place in Dublin would negatively impact homeless services in the city.
Bus Éireann says it is making 800 trips to and from the capital on Sunday
Councillor Gary Gannon called passes issued to health workers at St James’s Hospital during the papal visit “entirely inappropriate”.
Concerns have been raised in recent weeks over the provision of accommodation for homeless people during the papal visit.
Details of the meeting will not be announced until after it is over.
Bishop Alan McGuckian says the Pope should be judged on his actions.
Yesterday the Pope wrote a letter to all Catholics insisting that “no effort must be spared” to prevent instances of clerical abuse from happening.
The former President expressed her concerns at ‘fake hetero homophobes’ within the Church.
The Pope arrives in Ireland on Saturday.
The Archbishop of Dublin was speaking with less than a week to go until Pope Francis visits Ireland.
One family was allowed to skip the queue in the Phoenix Park because their car was full of Pope-related items.
It’s the first time a Pontiff will visit Ireland in over four decades, and thousands are needed to keep the show running.
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Donald Wuerl was due to speak on Wednesday.
Erin Darcy says the names of the children should be listed at the grave site.
The DUP leader says she ‘regretfully’ can’t attend the event.
The comments from the Church come ahead of Pope Francis’ visit to Ireland next week.
Bishop Brendan Leahy made his comments ahead of the Pope’s visit to Ireland later this month.
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We Are Church Ireland says most of its members are indifferent to the visit.
The state broadcaster has unveiled how it’ll mark Pope Francis’ visit to Ireland.
Rory Cowan says people who disagree with the Roman Catholic Church’s teachings on gay people should refuse to engage with the institution.
“Those decisions will be made depending on resources available to them.”
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”.