Pope Francis will visit Dublin’s Capuchin Day Centre in August
The Pope will visit the centre on the day he arrives – the afternoon of Saturday 25 August.
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The Pope will visit the centre on the day he arrives – the afternoon of Saturday 25 August.
The World Meeting of Families is coming to Dublin in August.
The government will tell the Vatican that families ‘of all shapes and forms’ should be celebrated during Pope’s Irish visit
The welcome was was removed from a video supporting the World Meeting of Families.
Father Tim Bartlett said that there’s still a “tremendous Christian spirit” at this time of year, and that it wasn’t important if people didn’t match the Catholic definition of what an ‘ideal family unit’ should be.
Next year’s Pope Francis visit to Ireland will cost around €20 million.
It is likely a visit to a prison will be part of Pope Francis’ itinerary when he comes to Ireland in August.
An official invitation was extended to the Pope this morning by the Taoiseach.
A rumoured visit in 2018 won’t be Jorge Bergoglio’s first visit to these shores.
Dublin is to host the World Meeting of Families.