Pope Francis
was greeted by rapturous crowds as he toured the streets of Dublin
yesterday at the start of his historic visit to Ireland – only the
second ever to the country by a Pontiff.
It
was a warmth that will no doubt have come as some relief, given the
cold shadow of abuse now covering the Catholic Church. That shadow will
be all-too apparent once again today when Francis travels to Knock and
its famous shrine to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
For
Knock in the west of Ireland is just a short distance from another,
darker landmark – a mass grave containing the remains of up to 800
babies and children at a former home for unmarried mothers in Tuam, Co
Galway.
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