The Queen has a private audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican in 2014

By Bob Huggins

A former church leader who oversaw the decommissioning of paramilitaries here says a joint visit to Northern Ireland by the Pope and the Queen will be of global significance.

The Reverend Harold Good was speaking after Q Radio exclusively revealed this morning that plans for such a visit are being worked on.

Religious leaders have welcomed the news.

Pope Francis will be attending the 2018 World Meeting of Families in the Republic next summer before travelling North of the Border.

Banbridge parish priest, Canon Liam Stevenson, thinks it's a point of healing for a previously divided society...