John Paul II came to an already changing but still deeply Catholic Ireland. Pope Francis, however, will visit a country where a battered Church is under pressure from within and without
Former President of Ireland Mary McAleese, with her husband Martin (second left) and her son Justin (second right) and his husband Fionan (right) during the Pride Parade in Dublin.
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Eoin O'Hara
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13/01/2014. The mass for Solidarity with the people of France attended by the President Mr. Michael D Higgins and the French Ambassador to Ireland Mr Jean-Pierre Thebault. Pictured are people attending the mass in the St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral, the Cathedral Church of the Archdiocese of Dublin. Photography: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland
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