IRELAND
Cormac MacConnell
At the time of writing on a bright spring morning, the word on the wires is that the Pope is considering coming to Ireland later this year for an upcoming Eucharistic Congress. He has been invited by the Irish hierarchy.
He is a very wise old man, and I’m sure that at the end of the day he will decide not to come. The time is not opportune at all.
How times change! The huge and emotive Eucharistic Congress of the last century was one of the most iconic events in the entire history of the new Irish nation.
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