Dee ihe ndị ọzọ dị na paragraf a - Gillespie mesịrị laghachi Rom ịga gụọ akwụkwọ maka doctorate ya. Ka ọ nọ n'ebe ahụ, o duziri ìgwè ndị kadinal na - ahọpụta ndị ga - abụ ndị isi n'otu ọgbakọ nke họpụtara ndị ga - abụ ndị isi.
Jorge Mario Bergoglio iji nọchie Pope Benedict XVI (na onye Gillespie na-arụkọ ọrụ nke ọma). Gillespie bụzi onyeisi ememme ndị a na-eme n'oge ememme ndị a na-eme n'oge ahụ. O nyeere Francis aka n'oge Mass mbụ ya na Sọnde Ista na St. Peter's Basilica na 31 Machị 2013. Foto ndị e tinyere n'akwụkwọ akụkọ mba na mba ụwa gosiri Gillespie ka o guzo n'aka nri Pope Francis. Gillespie ebuola ụzọ duzie Mass nke Holy Thursday na Pontifical Irish College dị na Rome. Gillespie so na ndị nnọchi anya ndị Pope na-eso Pope Francis n'oge nleta ya na Philippines na Jenụwarị 2015 ma nọrọkwa mgbe Pope Francis kwupụtara Nne Teresa dị ka onye nsọ na Square St. Peter na Septemba 2016. O sonyeere ndị otu nke Colloquium nke Anglican na Roman Catholic Canon Lawyers na nnọkọ May 2017 ha na Rome, na-esote nguzobe ha site na Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas ("Angelicum"), Center for Law and Religion na Mahadum Cardiff na Duquesne University School of Law. O sonyekwara na Nzukọ Ezinaụlọ nke ụwa nke afọ 2018, nke dabara na ọbịbịa Pope Francis na Ireland. N'oge ọrịa COVID-19, Gillespie kwetara ime emume ụtụtụ ụbọchị ụka maka mba na RTÉ Television.