Young Irish pilgrims in Assisi after walking for three days through Umbria for the Pardon of Assisi. Photo: courtesy of Franciscan Abbey, Galway. A group of young Irish Catholics became the first fully English-speaking group to take part in the Franciscan pilgrimage to the Pardon of Assisi in its 44-year history. Around 20 pilgrims, accompanied by Bro. Ronan Sharpley OFM and another Franciscan friar, walked for three days towards Assisi, covering up to 30km a day in temperatures…
