.POTUS has a chance encounter in Mayo with the priest who performed the last rites on his son Beau and views a plaque in his honour
President Biden, along with his son Hunter and sister Valerie, viewed a plaque in honour of his late son, Beau
"It just so happened, that we have working at the shrine here the chaplain who gave the last rites, the last anointing, to his son in the United States," he said."He got the shock of his life, to come over, so that was a wonderful spontaneous thing that happened. He is due to speak at a homecoming celebration outside St Muredach's Cathedral in Ballina on Friday night, with a crowd of up to 20,000 people expected to line the streets.President Biden and Father Gibbons touch the original gable wall of the church at Knock Shrine
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