Irish church not ready for Pope visit, says Martin

IRELAND
Irish Independent

By Luke Byrne and Michael Brennan

Monday February 06 2012

A LEADING church figure has indicated that a papal visit to Ireland is now unlikely this year.

Pope Benedict XVI would visit Ireland “soon rather than later” and was “actively considering” an invitation from the Catholic Church in Ireland, the Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin said yesterday.

But Dr Martin added that the Irish church is not ready for a papal visit.

It had initially been hoped that Pope Benedict would attend the Eucharistic Congress taking place in Dublin this June.

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