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Can the new Pope recreate the magic of John Paul II?

It has been almost 30 years since vast crowds gathered in Dublin, Drogheda, Galway, Limerick and Knock to see Pope John Paul II but now Ireland is set to welcome his successor for the first official papal visit since 1979.

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