The summer months bring an increased flow of pilgrims to the Eucharistic and Marian Shine at Knock in Co. Mayo, one of the encouraging signs of Irish people’s enduring faith. Devotion to Our Lady in particular has always been a feature of Irish piety and a day in Knock is a means of revitalising that…
Honour due to St Joseph of Knock
Pope Francis praying at the Chapel of the Apparitions at Ireland’s Knock Shrine. Photo: CNS /Paul Haring

