A Galway priest presented Pope Francis with a crucifix made from
Connemara marble when he met the Pontiff in the Azerbaijan capital Baku.
Fr Raymond Flaherty of Headford parish
was on pilgrimage with 11 others from the Archdiocese of Tuam to the
reputed site of the martyrdom of St Bartholomew when he concelebrated
Mass with the Pontiff.