Donegal couple celebrate wedding in St Peter’s Basilica

A Donegal couple were married under the soaring dome of St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican at the weekend.

Nicola Logue from Cranford and Dessie McLaughlin from Downings tied the knot in one of the most sacred and iconic settings. 

The couple were wed in the Cappella del Coro, the Chapel of the Choir, in the Basilica. 

The chief celebrant was the groom’s brother, the Rome-based cleric Monsignor Eamonn McLaughlin,

Monsignor McLaughlin is a Canon of the Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, where the late Pope Francis was laid to rest last year.

In 2024, Monsignor McLaughlin was appointed as the Undersecretary for the Dicastery for Clergy, Seminary Section, meaning he became one of the senior officials in the congregation of clergy around the world. He is also the Vatican official responsible for seminaries and the formation of priests.

The bridal party included Shane, Dinny, Odhran, Ben, Emma, Chrissy, Caoimhe and Rachel.

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Fr Paddy Dunne, the parish priest in Carrigart, concelebrated at the wedding along with Fr Kevin Driver and Monsignor Shane Kirby, an American priest who works as the Substitute Promoter of Justice of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura in Rome having previously served on the Dicastery for Clergy.