While there was a lot of controversy over the Pope’s visit to Ireland – there were some positive moments too.
A video has gone viral of a young girl getting a selfie with Pope Francis, at the Festival of Families where he was giving an address.
The entire event was broadcast on RTE, and they captured the moment a young girl got a selfie with his Holiness.
Pope Francis poses for a selfie during the Festival of the Families #popeinireland pic.twitter.com/HoT1wODmbS
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) August 25, 2018
Viewers at home were quick to take to Twitter to commend the Pope for allowing the selfie, and congratulating the girl for trying to get one in the first place:
When you get a selfie with the actual Pope…Brilliant! #popeinireland #meetingoffamilies pic.twitter.com/pKUh5h0oUl
— Maureen Catterson (@MoCatterson) August 25, 2018
girl getting a “selfie” with the pope in croke park just now! brilliant! ???????? pic.twitter.com/EQ9JnBzlTl
— tomdonovan (@tomdonovan15) August 25, 2018
Go on the young girl getting the selfie with the Pope ???????????? Sign of the times now and he obliged to be fair #PopeInIreland pic.twitter.com/l2TWOK6Nr4
— Denise Flynn (@RealDeniseFlynn) August 25, 2018