MARY MCALEESE’S MODERN FAMILY, RTÉ ONE, WEDNESDAY 9.35PM

The last time a pope visited Ireland, there was no contraception and no divorce in a society harshly intolerant of any deviation from the heterosexual marital norm. Pope Francis will arrive into a very different country from the one experienced by John Paul II. In this documentary, former President Mary McAleese) travels Ireland meeting family units who exemplify how fundamentally things have changed.