Papal Visit to Ireland

T Fearon · September 28, 2015, 06:06:43 PM

Looks very likely! Will undoubtedly spark off a much needed spiritual revival.

red hander · September 28, 2015, 06:19:35 PM

Why?

The Iceman · September 28, 2015, 06:28:48 PM

Pope Francis has announced the the world meeting of families which he attended in Philadelphia will be hosted in Dublin in 2018.

BennyCake · September 28, 2015, 06:53:42 PM

Will the Pope get to Armagh this time though?

T Fearon · September 28, 2015, 06:55:56 PM

Definitely.

stew · September 28, 2015, 07:02:53 PM

Quote from: T Fearon on September 28, 2015, 06:55:56 PM
Definitely.

I fear he will never live that long, the paedophiles in the church will kill him before he makes it to Ireland, the paedophiles within the Church I mean. Best Pontiff ever by the way.

From the Bunker · September 28, 2015, 07:19:09 PM

Pope Francis will be nearly 82 if he comes! The decline of the Catholic Church is so rapid at the moment it is hard to see what sort of a reception he'll get even in a short period of 3 years from now. No doubt there will be a lot of people that will turn out out of curiosity, but for many it will be a non event.

Shamrock Shore · September 28, 2015, 07:37:46 PM

Tony

I cannot see how a vist by this Pope, the next Pope or any other Pope will matter.

Sure - a few may go to a big open air mass in a field or two but it won't be a repeat of 1979.

The past is a different country

BennyCake · September 28, 2015, 07:46:58 PM

Considering Ireland is looked upon as a catholic country, why has it taken so long for a Papal visit? I'm sure other countries has had a lot more. Not that I care either way. I'm just saying...

charlieTully · September 28, 2015, 07:55:19 PM

who else is on the bill, brian d'arcy doing the support slot? hopefully security not to tight and we can smuggle a few cans in.

armaghniac · September 28, 2015, 08:04:11 PM

Quote from: BennyCake on September 28, 2015, 07:46:58 PM
Considering Ireland is looked upon as a catholic country, why has it taken so long for a Papal visit? I'm sure other countries has had a lot more. Not that I care either way. I'm just saying...

One quarter of one per cent of the world's Catholics live in Ireland, we are not that important!

T Fearon · September 28, 2015, 08:08:50 PM

Nostalgic for those of us who were there in 1979,and I've seen Popes in Rome on several occasions,being a frequent visitor,but strangely I haven't seen Francis yet.

No doubt a Papal visit would bring the crowds out though perhaps not on the same scale as 1979.

Farrandeelin · September 28, 2015, 08:09:41 PM

Quote from: Shamrock Shore on September 28, 2015, 07:37:46 PM
Tony

I cannot see how a vist by this Pope, the next Pope or any other Pope will matter.

Sure - a few may go to a big open air mass in a field or two but it won't be a repeat of 1979.

The past is a different country

Well said SS. Time and tide waits for no man, the tide has ebbed significantly since 1979 for the Catholic church.

foxcommander · September 28, 2015, 08:12:11 PM

Quote from: Shamrock Shore on September 28, 2015, 07:37:46 PM
The past is a different country

Sadly - the place is a cesspit these days.

T Fearon · September 28, 2015, 08:16:29 PM

I was struck by the general comments on the UTV Facebook page,by non Catholics.Aside from the lunatic evangelical fringe the vast majority would welcome a Papal Visit to the North.Now that is a different country from 1979