Senior Vatican figure Cardinal Wilfred Napier will conduct a public mass at St Mary of the Isle in Douglas next Wednesday.
Also the Archbishop of Durban, he arrives in the Island on Monday for a four day visit.
He'll meet with key Island figures. and is keen to speak to post office staff who process all of his European charity mail, but says he’s interested to see how the Catholic church is run here.
The Cardinal told us what issues he’ll be covering during his mass:
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