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IRELAND 🇮🇪 On the last Sunday of July each year, thousands of Catholics walk 2,500 feet up Croagh Patrick. Many do it BAREFOOT. You can see the church at the top where pilgrims attend Mass. Saint Patrick fasted at the summit for 40 days and nights.

Cardinal Burke kneeling for a blessing from a newly ordained priest.






The map showing all of the monasteries dissolved in England and Wales by Henry VIII Hundreds were also dissolved in Ireland



On my way to Riyadh. I’ve been reading Saudi Arabia: A Modern History by David Commins—a fascinating account of the Kingdom’s evolution & its drive toward a more diversified, knowledge-driven economy. Looking forward to learning from our partners & Saudi Arabia’s experience.

Great to host a group of young people from Cork, Republic of Ireland, today taking them on a tour of some of East Belfast’s finest bonfires. Sharing the history, heritage and cultural significance behind loyalist bonfires and facilitating conversations with local young people. The Loyalist story is one to be told!








