Brendan O’Regan
Pope Leo XIV waves as he arrives for an interfaith meeting at the Robert Schuman convention centre in Metz, France, on September 28, 2026, as part of his four-day apostolic journey to France. Photo: OSV News / Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media. It was a week with so many emotional and intellectual highs and lows. Among the highs was Pope Leo’s visit to France, which garnered quite a bit of attention, especially on Friday of last week, when the visit began. RTÉ gave it prominence, fair enough, but they chose to tack on, from the start, a…
