RTE News Headlines<p>[12:06] Pope Francis's Irish visit and its theme of forgiveness</p><p> As Pope Francis's plane, Shepherd One, with an Irish tricolour and the flag of the Holy See flying from the cockpit windows, touched down at Dublin Airport on the morning of Saturday 25 August 2018, it marked the first visit by a reigning pontiff to Ireland in almost 40 years.</p><p> <a href="https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0421/1508689-pope-francis-irish-visit-and-its-theme-of-forgiveness/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rte.ie/news/2025/0421/1508689-</span><span class="invisible">pope-francis-irish-visit-and-its-theme-of-forgiveness/</span></a><br> <br> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/Francis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Francis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/ShepherdOne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShepherdOne</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/Irish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Irish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/DublinAirport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DublinAirport</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/themorningofSaturday25August2018" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>themorningofSaturday25August2018</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/first" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>first</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/almost40years" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>almost40years</span></a></p>