STORM TRACKER: Follow 'Storm Amy' as it bears down on Ireland amid brutal forecast
Search
06 Sept 2025
Search
06 Sept 2025
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
Bishop of Limerick, Dr Brendan Leahy, pictured with Pope Francis, who he expects to visit Ireland this summer
BISHOP of Limerick Brendan Leahy says there is a “very strong likelihood” of Pope Francis will be coming to Ireland this summer.
Speaking at this morning’s Christmas Day Mass at St Joseph’s Church in O’Connell Avenue, the Bishop raised the possibility of Pope Francis coming to these shores for the World Meeting of Families in August.
He encouraged families to sign up for the event by going to www.worldmeeting2018.ie.
While he could not say for definite that the Pope would attend he said there was a “strong likelihood” that he would attend the festival families event on Saturday afternoon or the concluding Mass on Sunday morning, which will probably held in the Phoenix Park on Sunday August 26.
Bishop Donal Murray led the 10am Mass accompanied by Fr Paul Finnerty, home from Christmas from Rome where he is currently stationed. They were joined by local parish administrator Fr Oliver Plunkett.
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.
