DUBLIN, Ireland, SEPT. 7, 2009 (Zenit.org).- The addresses and homilies that Pope John Paul II gave during his 1979 pilgrimage to Ireland are available on the Irish bishops’ Web site, to mark the 30th anniversary of the trip.
The discourses can be read or listened to at www.catholicbishops.ie.</p>
There is a video introduction from Bishop Michael Smith of Meath, who was part of the original organizing committee for the Pope’s pilgrimage to Ireland.
The site also has photographs recording the highlights of the three-day pilgrimage in Ireland, Sept. 29 through Oct. 1.
Some 2.5 million people attended the seven public venues of his pastoral visit.
