Ku dhammee weedha soo socota: Gillespie wuxuu ugu danbeyn ku laabtay Rome si uu u helo shahaadada doctorate-ka. Intii uu halkaas joogay wuxuu hogaamiyay howl-galkii kaadhadhka doorashada ee
Shirkii lagu doortay Jorge Mario Bergoglio si uu ugu guulaysto Pope Benedict XVI (iyo kii Gillespie sidoo kale si dhow ula shaqeeyay). Gillespie wuxuu markaas u adeegay sida Papal Master of Ceremonies ee baadariga cusub. Wuxuu ka caawiyay Francis intii lagu jiray Masaajidka Easter Sunday ee ugu horreeyay ee St. Peter's Basilica bishii Maarso 31, 2013. Sawirro lagu soo daray warbaahinta qaranka iyo kuwa caalamiga ah ayaa muujinaya Gillespie oo taagan midigta Pope Francis. Gillespie wuxuu horey u qabtay Khamiista Quduuska ah ee Mass ee Kulliyadda Pontifical Irish ee Rome. Gillespie wuxuu ka mid ahaa wafdigii Papa ee la socday Pope Francis intii uu booqashada ku joogay Filibiin bishii Janaayo 2015 wuxuuna sidoo kale goob joog ka ahaa markii Pope Francis uu ku dhawaaqay Hooyo Teresa inay tahay quduus fagaaraha St. Peter bishii Sebtember 2016. Wuxuu ku biiray Xubnaha Colloquium ee Anglican iyo Roman Catholic Canon Lawyers kulankoodii May 2017 ee Rome, ka dib markii ay aasaaseen Jaamacadda Pontifical ee Saint Thomas Aquinas ("Angelicum"), Xarunta Sharciga iyo Diinta ee Jaamacadda Cardiff iyo Dugsiga Sharciga ee Jaamacadda Duquesne. Wuxuu sidoo kale ku lug lahaa kulanka Caalamiga ah ee Qoysaska 2018, kaas oo ku soo beegmay booqashada Pope Francis ee Ireland. Intii lagu guda jiray cudurka faafa ee COVID-19, Gillespie wuxuu ogolaaday inuu u dabaaldego Mass-ka subaxnimada maalmaha shaqada ee qaranka ee Telefishanka RTÉ.