BY Ian Dunn | May 23 | 
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Irish Church downplays reports of 2018 Papal visit
The Irish Church has downplayed reports Pope Francis may soon visit the Emerald Isle.
Reports before the weekend suggested that Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin (above left) had confirmed that Pope Francis would visit Ireland for the World Meeting of Families in Dublin in 2018.
A spokesman for the Archbishop of Dublin later said that ‘speculation in The Irish Catholic newspaper concerning locations etc, quoting unnamed Vatican official are completely without foundation.’
“If a Papal visit were to happen to coincide with the World Meeting of Families in Dublin in 2018, confirmation of such a visit would not happen until 2017, at the earliest,” the spokesman added.
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