Pope Francis greets Irish President Michael Higgins during a private audience at the Vatican Sept. 17, 2021. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) As most voters will know, the President of Ireland is a role that is supposedly above politics – whatever that phrase actually means. As has been noted, the practice of the president refraining from political commentary was more of a convention than a constitutional obligation, but in many ways it made sense. The president, the…
