‘I told him those women were in hiding, carrying a secret’: Clodagh Malone on meeting Pope Francis

Clodagh Malone, a survivor of St Patrick's mother and baby home, meeting Pope Francis during his visit to Ireland in 2018.

A survivor of a mother and baby home has revealed how Pope Francis answered her personal plea to publicly tell mothers searching for their adopted children that they were not committing a mortal sin.

Clodagh Malone was one of eight people who had a private 90-minute meeting with the Pope when he visited Ireland in August 2018.