Requiem Mass for Pope Francis

By Dan Walsh

Celebrated Requiem Mass in memory of Pope Francis takes place in St. Aidan’s Cathedral, Enniscorthy at 7pm on Friday, April 25^th. The chief celebrant will be Most Rev. Ger Nash, DD, Bishop of Ferns. All are welcome to attend.

Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on December 17^th, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Pope Francis was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2013 until his death on April 21^st, 2025.

In June 2021 Bishop Nash was appointed by Pope Francis to be Bishop of Ferns and was ordained as the 81st Bishop of the diocese in St Aidan’s Cathedral on September 5^th, 2021.

Pope Francis’s funeral will begin at 10am local time (4am ET) on Saturday, April 26^th, and will be televised worldwide.