Pope Francis’s decision to declare 2025 a ‘Jubilee Year of Hope’ entirely prescient, says Limerick Bishop
A group of Irish pilgrims, led by Bishop of Limerick Brendan Leahy, were among crowds at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Sunday whenHe said it was a “special moment” for the diocesan pilgrimage that travelled to the hospital on Sunday morning. The “entire pilgrimage group of 60 people were there and truly blessed by the moment”, he said.
“The timing for us on our pilgrimage but, moreover, for the faithful across the world, is remarkable. It lifts us all, encourages us all,” Bishop Leahy said. There is a need for such signs of hope in the world today, including for Irish people, he said. This was a reference to recent comments by Conor McGregor in Washington.
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