Leaders of the Free Presbyterian Church in Ireland have vowed to launch protests if the Pope visits Northern Ireland in 2018.
Following reports that during a private meeting yesterday Pope Francis told the taoiseach, Enda Kennedy, that he would visit Dublin, in the Republic of Ireland, for the World Meeting of Families, a Free Presbyterian minister has said he would protest if the Pope crossed the border into Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland’s deputy first minister, Martin McGuinness, said he believed the Pope would visit Northern Ireland during his trip. “I think there is no prospect whatsoever of him coming to Ireland and him not coming to the north,” McGuinness said.
