Pope Francis may visit Ireland in 2018

Pope Francis may visit Ireland in 2018 after announcing the world’s largest gathering of Catholic families is to be held in Dublin.

Pope Francis may visit Ireland in 2018

He made the announcement at the concluding mass of the World Meeting of Families which ended in Philadelphia on Sunday. It was the final stage of Pope Francis’ historic trip to the US.

Before the mass which was attended by one million people, the Pope greeted Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin and Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia.

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