President Michael D. Higgins meeting with Cardinal Jaime Ortega during his offi cial visit to Cuba last week. President Higgins told The Irish Catholic he was “delighted” to meet with the cardinal and they had “an hour long discussion on current events, local, regional and global”. Cardinal Ortega was Archbishop of Havana for 35 years and played a behind- the-scenes role as an emissary for Pope Francis during secret talks between the United States and Cuba that led to a reestablishment of relations. Photo: Maxwells
The President and the Cardinal
