Ireland marks Pope John Paul II's '79 visit
(Sept.08,2009): : Ireland is remembering the 30th anniversary of the visit of late Pope John Paul II to the country in 1979. The addresses and homilies that the Pontiff gave during his 1979 pilgrimage to Ireland are available on the Irish bishops' Web site. The discourses can be read or listened to at www.catholicbishops.ie. There is a video introduction from Bishop Michael Smith of Meath, who was part of the original organizing committee for Pope John Paul’ II’s pilgrimage to Ireland. The site also has photographs recording the highlights of the three-day pilgrimage in Ireland from Sept. 29 through Oct. 1. Some 2.5 million people attended the seven public venues of his pastoral visit.
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