Pope's adviser to visit Derry to give talk on environment

One of Pope Francis’s most trusted advisers will be in Derry next month to give an address on the environment.

Fr Sean McDonagh, internationally renowned authority on the challenges facing the global environment, will be speaking in the City Hotel on Tuesday, 3 May, at 8.00pm.

As one of the Pope Francis’s chosen advisers he helped in the drafting of the Pontiff’s latest encyclical Laudato Si' about the environment.

The title of his talk will be:”Laudato Si': A Prophetic Challenge for the 21st Century.”

The talk will be followed by discussion of how this challenge will affect all of us in decades to come.

Admission is free, however donation to defray costs will be welcome on the evening with any surplus going to Trocaire.