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Kildare couple say attending Pope Francis wake ‘significant’ having first met at papal event

Kildare couple say attending Pope Francis wake ‘significant’ having first met at papal event

Thu, 24 Apr, 2025

Patrick and Alice Gavigan, from Leixlip, Co Kildare, are on holiday in Rome and said the experience felt surreal.
Irish mother and daughter describe ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ moment seeing Pope’s remains

Irish mother and daughter describe ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ moment seeing Pope’s remains

Wed, 23 Apr, 2025

Marguerite O’Leary and her teenage daughter Ellen stood for more than five hours on Wednesday to be among the first members of the public to see the late pontiff’s remains inside St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican.
Irish-born cardinal entrusted as ‘camerlengo’ running Holy See between popes

Irish-born cardinal entrusted as ‘camerlengo’ running Holy See between popes

Tue, 22 Apr, 2025

Cardinal Kevin Farrell was asked in 2019 by Pope Francis to take on the role managing the Vatican during the ‘interregnum’ between papacies.
Priest recalls watching Pope write apology to abuse victims in Ireland

Priest recalls watching Pope write apology to abuse victims in Ireland

Mon, 21 Apr, 2025

Father Tim Bartlett helped organise Francis’s visit to the island in 2018
Irish-born cardinal announces Pope Francis’ death

Irish-born cardinal announces Pope Francis’ death

Mon, 21 Apr, 2025

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, 77, who lived in Drimnagh, Dublin, made the announcement on Easter Monday.
Issues around moving Pro-Cathedral from north to south of Liffey continued to be worked on

Issues around moving Pro-Cathedral from north to south of Liffey continued to be worked on

Sun, 10 Dec, 2023

Issues around moving the Pro-Cathedral from north to south of the River Liffey continued to be worked upon following an announcement six months ago that Archbishop Dermot Farrell proposed a change despite opposition to the move

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