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NO POPE HERE?
T h a t the elevation o f T o m a s O Fiaich to the rank o f Cardinal within the Catholic C h u r c h was one o f the great m o m e n t s in the recent history o f Irish C h r i s t i a n i t y c a n b e t a k e n as r e a d . H i s t y p i c a l l y h u m a n e b e h a v i o u r , his s e n s i t i v e gestures o f g o o d will to all Irish people a n d his w a r m w e l c o m e o n his return to this country were a source o f joy and consolation w h i c h will long remain in the memories of those w h o witnessed them. B u t it w o u l d b e w r o n g t o s u g g e s t t h a t t h e r e w a s n o t s o m e I r i s h d i s a p p o i n t m e n t w i t h R o m e a n d w i t h the g r o w i n g likelihood with each passing d a y that the high h o p e s o f a P a p a l v i s i t t o K n o c k i n A u g u s t is b e i n g r u l e d o u t . C a r d i n a l O F i a i c h , w h o u s e d to feel confident that H i s Holiness w o u l d c o m e for this 100th anniversary o f our national M a r i a n shrine, indicated before he w e n t to R o m e that w e w o u l d h a v e definite w o r d w i t h i n the w e e k . T h a t w e e k has passed a n d w h i l e the C a r d i n a l A r c h b i s h o p o f A r m a g h says he does not rule o u t a P a p a l visit to Ireland within the next year or t w o he seems to b e hinting in the nicest possible w a y that as f a r a s t h e K n o c k c e n t e n a r y is c o n c e r n e d , it is g o i n g t o b e a c a s e o f n o P o p e h e r e in M a y o in A u g u s t . T h e H o l y F a t h e r has p u b l i c l y stated he wishes to visit Ireland. H e has p u b l i c l y a c k n o w l e d g e d the d e b t o f gratitude w h i c h the C a t h o l i c C h u r c h t h r o u g h o u t the w o r l d o w e s t h e I r i s h a n d h a s i n d i c a t e d t h a t t h i s r e a l i t y is f u l l y a p p r e c i a t e d i n t h e Vatican. W h y then the hesitance about K n o c k ? W e d o not accept the suggestion t h a t R o m e is n o l o n g e r i n t e r e s t e d i n M a r i a n s h r i n e s o r i n t h e p r o m o t i o n o f d e v o t i o n to the m o t h e r o f G o d . P a p a l e m p h a s i s d u r i n g his recent trip b a c k h o m e t o P o l a n d belies s u c h s u g g e s t i o n s . T h e I r i s h trip, it is s u g g e s t e d b y m a n y o t h e r informed sources, will ultimately be decided b y the Vatican Secretariat o f State, a n d at this s t a g e o f t h e g a m e t h e y are u r g i n g c a u t i o n . I n b l u n t t e r m s , w e are dealing w i t h d i p l o m a t i c nicieties as w e l l as religious considerations. T h e P o p e cannot c o m e to Ireland w i t h o u t going to A r m a g h -- c a p i t a l o f the 32-county Irish ecclesiastical S e e -- b u t in terms o f V a t i c a n d i p l o m a c y , this w o u l d not be advised without the consent a n d active co-operation o f the British authorities in the North. S u c h thinking ignores the fact that A r m a g h was the capital o f the Irish C h u r c h for s e v e r a l c e n t u r i e s , e v e r b e f o r e p a r t i t i o n c o m p l i c a t e d m a t t e r s a m e r e 60 y e a r s ago. It also s e e m s t o s u g g e s t that w h i l e the V a t i c a n c a n negotiate w i t h the C o m m u n i s t r e g i m e in P o l a n d o n all the c o m p l i c a t e d and delicate matters connected with the recent trip back h o m e b y His Holiness, Her Majesty's G o v e r n m e n t in L o n d o n c a n , indirectly at least, e x e r c i s e a v e t o o n a trip b y t h e P o p e to Ireland w h i c h the people here w a n t and w h i c h the H o l y Father himself has indicated he wants to make. T h i s has n o t h i n g to d o w i t h religion, w i t h official C h u r c h attitudes to K n o c k , or the theological reservations o f D r . Paisley and other Northern Irishmen to Papal v i s i t s . I t is a s i m p l e m a t t e r o f d i p l o m a c y , l i k e t h e a r r a n g e m e n t f o r t h e P o l i s h t r i p was, a n d in w h i c h the D u b l i n G o v e r n m e n t m a y have s o m e part to play. F o r h o w can V a t i c a n d i p l o m a t s insist o n their h e a d o f state's right to visit w h a t e v e r parts o f I r e l a n d h e w i s h e s , if this is n o t o p e n l y s u p p o r t e d b y the international v o i c e s o f o n e o f t h e m o s t l o y a l C a t h o l i c c o m m u n i t i e s i n t h e w o r l d ? N o r is it e x c l u s i v e l y a m a t t e r for t h e D u b l i n G o v e r n m e n t . I r i s h C a t h o l i c v o i c e s a t h o m e a n d a b r o a d a n d a l l r e a s o n a b l e I r i s h v o i c e s o f w h a t e v e r p e r s u a s i o n s h o u l d l e t it b e k n o w n c l e a r l y a n d l o u d l y n o t o n l y t h a t H i s H o l i n e s s is w e l c o m e i n t h i s c o u n t r y b u t t h a t t h e y e x p e c t h i m to take u p the invitation to be present w h e n the nation celebrates the 100th anniversary o f K n o c k .

TOURS. 12 JULY 10.55 The Twelfth 4.00 South Riding 5.00 Stingray 5.30 Dusty's Trail 6.00 The Angelus 6.01 Cartoon Time 6.15 News 6.25 Private Lives 7.00 Rockford Files 8.00 My Son, My Son 9.00 News 9.25 Thursday Play Date 10.20 Nuacht 10.30 Pioneers of Modern Painting 11.10 Late News

Summer Holiday News The Angelus The World of Disney 6.55 Folio 7.00 Nuacht 7.25 Gather Your Dreams 8.00 The Sunday Game 9.00 News 9.15 The Yellow Rolls Royce 11.45 Late News

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TOURS. 13 JULY 6.50 Switch On 7.00 Cartoon Time 7.25 Top of the Pops 8.05 Whicker*s World 9.00 Tales of the Unexpected 9.30 In Loving Memory 10.00 Pot Black 10.30 Musical Hour 11.00 Newsnight FRI. 13 JULY 6.40 Switch On 6.55 A Place in Europe 7.25 A Handful of Songs 8.00 Who Plays the Ferryman? 9.00 World Sportsman 9.25 Sea Tales 9.55 Festival 10.45 Newsnight SAT. 14 JULY 6.50 Cartoon Time 7.15 Dowson & Friends 8.10 Colditz 9.00 Old Grey Whistle Test 9.40 Americans 10.30 Raffles 11.20 Killer's Kiss SUN. 15 JULY 6.25 The Virginian 7.40 Salvage I 8.30 Sikes 9.00 Kilverts Diary 9.15 Russell Hardy 10.05 Prisoner' MON. 16 JULY 6.45 Switch On 7.00 Genuine Article 7.25 Coronation Street 8.00 Call My Bluff 8.30 Nature of Things 9.00 "Isadora" ' 11.00 Newsnight TUES. 17 JULY 6.55 Switch On 7.15 Celebrity Squares 7.25 The Search for the Persian Royal Road 8.25 And Mother Makes 3 9.00 Streets of San Francisco 9.50 A Sense of Place 10.20 Eustace & Hilda 11.40 Newsnight WED. 18 JULY 6.50 Switch On 7.00Huntingtower 7.30 Coronation Street 8.00 KAZ 8.30 Garda Patrol 9.00 Second Ohanel Second Chance 9.30 Summer House 10.20 Love for Lydia 11.10 Newsnight

FRI, 13 JULY 5.00 Space: 1999 6.00 The Angelus 6.01 Cartoon Tim* 6.15 News 6.25 Bailey's Bird 6.50 Chips 7.50 Nuacht 8.00 The Good Old Days 8.40 Frontline 9.00 News 9.20 Frontline 9.50 Late Night Cinema: "A Man Called Gannon" 10.30 Late Night Cinema "The Man Upstairs" 11.35 Late News

MON. 16 JULY 4.00 Sesame Street 5.00 The Life and Times of Grizzly Adamson 6.00 The Angelus 6.15 News 6.25 Cartoons 6.30 Mork & Mindy 7.00 6 Million Dollar Man 7.55 Poldark 9.00 News 9.20 The Italian Way 9.55 Barney Miller 10.00 Nuacht 10.35 Executive Suite 11.35 Late News

SAT. 14 JULY 11.30 Sesame Street 12.50 Here Comes Mumfie 1-00 Man from Atlantis 1.40 Sports Stadium 5.05 Germie & Barba Pappa 5.20 Dominie 5.45 News 6.00 The Angelus 6.01 Cartoon Time 6.15 Return of the

TUES. 17 JULY 5.00 The Electric Co. 5.30 Jana of the Jungle 6.00 The Angelus 6.15 News 6.25 Cartoons 6.30 The Little House On The Prairie 7.30 Persuasion 8.30 For Your Pleasure 9.00 News 9.20 Duchess of Duke Street 10.25 Nuacht 10.25 Radharc 11.05 M.A.S.H. 11.30 Late News 11.35 Mart & Market WED. 18 JULY 5.00 Incih High Private Eye 5.30 Vision On 6.00 Angelus 6.01 Garda Patrol 6.15 News 6.25 The Ghost of Motley Hall 6.55 The Garden 7.25 Sale of the Century 7.55 The Duke 9.00 Ceremonial Opening of European Parliament 9.15 The Duke P.II 9.30 Mrs. Columbo 10.30 State of Mind 11.00 British Open Golf 11.35 Late News

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SUN. 15 JULY 1100 Mass 1.30 The Garden 2.00 To the Water and Wild 2.30 "Lassie"

THE NEW SOCIAL SERVICES CENTRE
S o m e t i m e s t h e t a l k i n g h a s t o s t o p a n d a c t i o n b e g i n s -- a n d t h e r e is n o b e t t e r s y m b o l to the C i t y ' s determination to g e t right d o w n to those areas o f c o m m u n i t y n e g l e c t t h a n t h e o p e n i n g last S a t u r d a y o f t h e n e w S o c i a l S e r v i c e s C e n t r e . N o t e v e r y o n e in the C i t y c a n o r does s p e n d their time h e l p i n g others. T o d o so, o f c o u r s e , w o u l d b e the C h r i s t i a n ideal. B u t the facts o f o u r b u s y a n d c o m p l e x w o r l d are that m o r e a n d m o r e o f o u r energies are b e i n g e x h a u s t e d not in the p u r s u i t o f riches b u t m e r e l y in the n o r m a l goals o f life, w o r k a n d s u r v i v a l . A n d h o p e f u l l y as w e r u s h b y w e m a y g i v e a l i t t l e h e l p h e r e a n d t h e r e . I n e v i t a b l y p e o p l e g e t l e f t o u t . A s t h e C i t y e x p a n d s a n d life b e c o m e s m o r e intricate t h e n u m b e r s t h a t suffer invariably increases. N o - o n e w a n t s to believe that there are o l d , n e g l e c t e d a n d lonely p e o p l e living in this t o w n -- b u t there are. Before the e s t a b l i s h m e n t o f the Samaritans in G a l w a y m a n y people b e l i e v e d there was n o n e e d for t h e m . Y e t e v e r y w e e k t h e y receive h u n d r e d s o f calls. T h e f a c t s s p e a k f o r t h e m s e l v e s . A t p r e s e n t t h e r e a r e a b o u t 2,000 v o l u n t e e r s w o r k i n g in the large n u m b e r o f ' H e l p ' associations here. T h e n e w C e n t r e at St. F r a n c i s Street will also act as a necessary c o - o r d i n a t i n g office w h i c h will n o t o n l y e n s u r e the most efficient action b u t in most cases will b e m e r e l y p o i n t i n g out people's entitlements and not handing out charity. Aside from the friendly but energetic prodding from B i s h o p E a m o n Casey, and the hard w o r k o f m a n a g e m e n t committee, the traditional "faceless b u r e a u c r a t s " o f s u c h b o d i e s as t h e W e s t e r n H e a l t h B o a r d a n d t h e l o c a l a u t h o r i t i e s e m e r g e w i t h v e r y h u m a n e faces indeed. I n fact o n e o f the few benefits o f a c h a n g i n g society appears to be that g o v e r n m e n t , religion and authority are c o m i n g d o w n to the p e o p l e . P e r h a p s G a l w a y is j u s t l u c k y i n i t s e x c e l l e n t o f f i c i a l s . T h e s p i r i t o f w o r k i n g together for a c o m m o n a i m n o t only forges a m o r e h e a l t h y a n d p r o g r e s s i v e c o m munity b u t creates real p r i d e in w o r k well d o n e . F e w better e x a m p l e s o f this co-operation exist than this attractive n e w C e n t r e w h i c h not only represents a major d e v e l o p m e n t in social services but s h o w s what can be d o n e b y across the board co-operation.

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