Many of our readers from the USA and beyond will no doubt owe their Catholic faith in some part to an element of the Irish diaspora.
Whether that is through a church, a priest or family.
It was not always easy for people to keep their faith however.
A video from the 1960s shows an Irish priest in England discussing the challenges of keeping the faith in a largely ‘pagan’ society.
1969
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'The pressures of a pagan society'
An Irish priest at the time reflects on how Irish immigrants tried to keep their faith in England. pic.twitter.com/cghI3GzzAE
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