Tag Archives: Pope’s Visit

Um.

Traffic restrictions to accommodate the Pope’s arrival in Dublin On Saturday,  August 25 and the Papal Mass the following day.

Feet, don’t fail me now.

FIGHT!

Papa Visit – Temporary Road Closures (Dublin City Council)

Yesterday.

Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1

The Veritas religious shop pushing Vatican ‘merch’, including €18.95 Pope Francis cardboard chairs, for the forthcoming Papal visit.

Veritas

Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews

Cardinal Sean Patrick O’Malley, of Boston, and Pope Francis in 2015

Quite the day, in fairness.

Cardinal O’Malley cancels Ireland trip to focus on St. John’s Seminary investigation (Boston Globe)

Earlier:”We Will Not Stand By”

Rosita Sweetman: Please Stay At Home

Over 1,000 Children Targeted By Predator Priests

Pic: AP

This morning.

Maynooth, County Kildare

Skoda Ireland has announced it will be the official “car partner” to the World Meeting of Families 2018 and the Papal visit.

When Pope Francis arrives in Dublin he will be transported in a Skoda Rapid (above).

Three identical Rapids have been reserved for the event; each one customised to individual requirements.

Leon writes;

Modified glass has been installed for improved visibility, each vehicle has been provided in a custom navy-blue colour by request and chrome flag poles have also been installed to  to the passenger-side fenders, which will display the Vatican flag…

FIGHT!

Earlier: Over 1,000 Children Targeted By ‘Predator Priests’

Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland

UPDATE:

 

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This morning/afternoon.

Phoenix Park, Dublin

Master of Ceremonies Father Damien Mc Neice (above) on the site where Pope Francis is to give the closing Mass on Sunday August 26. The Media were briefed on the arrangements for the World Meeting of Families 2018. (WMOF2018) this morning.

Sam Boal/RollingNews

‘sup?

This afternoon.

Ballyragget, County Kilkenny.

Eamonn Farrell writes:

The Durrow Scarecrow Festival [Durrow, County Laois] is over and the straw replica of Pope Francis and his mobile have been banished to the side of the road outside nearby Ballyragget, much to the surprise and delight of passing motorists…

Eamonn Farrell/Rollingnews

Meanwhile…

Gulp.

This morning’s Irish Daily Mail

Good times.

Photo of homeless mother and six children sleeping in Dublin garda station prompts national condemnation of housing crisis (The Independent.co.uk)

Yesterday: ‘I’m Assuming They’re One Of The Families That Didn’t Seek Further Assistance From Us’

Openly gay priest Fr James Martin

A petition to withdraw an invitation to pro-LGBT priest James Martin from the World Meeting of Families event has gained nearly 10,000 signatures.

The petition summary states that Fr James Martin should not be invited to the event as he “supports transgenderism for children,” and “favours homosexuals kissing during the mass.”

Petition to stop Fr James Martin from attending Dublin papal event gains nearly 10,000 signatures (Irish Independent)

Ronan Emmet writes:

These are most likely some of the same people that have criticised those people who have signed up for tickets with the intention of dumping them as a form of protest against the Pope’s visit…

Previously: ‘One Protester Claimed To Have Booked 1,312 Tickets’

James Martin?