It was hardly a great advertisement for Ireland when Pope Leo, as Bishop Robert Prevost, reported that when visiting this country he had been physically attacked in the street. This had occurred probably in 2007 (he came to Ireland twice, once in 2005 and then again two years later). “Never in my life have I…
Pope Leo’s Irish trauma shouldn’t inhibit the wearing of the collar
Cardinal Robert Prevost before his May 8, 2025, election as Pope Leo XIV. Photo: Crux /
Order of St Augustine.

Mary Kenny