DUBLIN (IRELAND)
The Associated Press
August 27, 2018
The Latest on Pope Francis’ trip to Ireland (all times local):
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Pope Francis is facing a lukewarm reception and scattered protests on his trip to Ireland.
Even his vow to rid the church of the “scourge” has been dismissed as a disappointment by some of Ireland’s wounded victims.
But others who met with him in private say they’re heartened that he would respond to their plight, including two of the thousands of children who were forcibly put up for adoption for the shame of having been born to unwed mothers.
Survivors of one of Ireland’s wretched mother and baby homes plan to hold a demonstration Sunday at Tuam, site of a mass grave of hundreds of babies who died at a church-run home.
Francis isn’t scheduled to visit, but he says the description of the site “still echo in my ears.”
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