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RTÉ captured this lovely moment between a Garda and the public at the Pope’s visit in Knock

Published 10:31 26 Aug 2018 BST

Updated 15:15 26 Aug 2018 BST

Alan Loughnane
RTÉ captured this lovely moment between a Garda and the public at the Pope’s visit in Knock

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Fair play to him...

There's a joyous atmosphere down in Knock today as thousands of people have shown up to see Pope Francis address the crowd. It's only a flying visit as he pops down before going back to Dublin on Sunday afternoon to say mass in the Phoenix Park in what is expected to be in front of a crowd of over half a million people. While waiting for Pope Francis to arrive at the shrine from Ireland West Airport, the RTÉ cameras panned around the crowd and came across a nice moment between a member of An Garda Síochana and some of the assembled crowd. His name is Garda John Coen and he was being kind to a wonderful little boy called Joseph. This is lovely... https://twitter.com/AlanLoughnane1/status/1033645471443628032 Sunday, 26 August
  • Pope Francis will travel to the Knock Shrine for 9.45am.
  • He will then travel back to Dublin for his Phoenix Park mass at 2.30pm.
  • Finally, the pontiff will depart Ireland at 6.30pm with a farewell ceremony in Dublin Airport.
For those of you who can't make it to the public events, the whole weekend will be broadcast live across a number of Irish TV stations. Full details here.

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RTÉ captured this lovely moment between a Garda and the public at the Pope's visit in Knock