In Pictures: Thousands brave rain to see Pope visit Knock Shrine

Francis flew to the west of Ireland to visit the holy shrine of Knock.

Thousands of pilgrims have braved the rain to see the Pope at Knock Shrine.

The engagement in Co Mayo came ahead of a huge outdoor mass in Dublin’s Phoenix Park, for which half a million people have tickets.

The papal delegation arrived in Knock at around 9.30am on an Aer Lingus flight(Yui Mok/PA)