Pope to meet Prince Charles and Camilla as part of
Italian tour
(Vatican Radio) British heir to the throne, Prince Charles
and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, meet with Pope Francis on Tuesday
afternoon as part of their five day visit to Italy.
The Prince will also hold talks with Cardinal Pietro
Parolin, the Holy See Secretary of State, and the Vatican 'foreign minister'
Archbishop Paul Gallagher, as well as with other Vatican officials at the
Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. Before the papal audience, the
royal couple will be shown some of the rare documents contained in the Vatican
library and secret archive..
The British heir to the throne began his Italian tour in the
northern city of Vicenza, where he visited a Commonwealth cemetery, laying a
wreath in memory of soldiers of different nationalities who died during the
deployment of British forces to the Austrian front of the First World War one
hundred years ago.
His wife, Camilla, meanwhile, spent the day in Naples,
meeting with trafficked women and youngsters with learning difficulties at a
former Mafia villa which was confiscated by the State. She also visited the
ancient Roman town of Herculaneum which was destroyed by the eruption of nearby
Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.
On Sunday Prince Charles toured the earthquake hit town of
Amatrice in central Italy, walking amid the rubble and talking to some of the
survivors of the quake that killed nearly 300 people and left thousands of
others homeless.
The Duchess of Cornwall spent Sunday in Florence, visiting
the Uffizi Gallery but also St Mark’s Anglican church in the city centre and
revealing that her great-grandmother had lived in the city during the last
years of her life.
The royal couple stayed in Florence on Monday, visiting the
Caritas-run Casa San Paolino which cares for around 80 people, including single
mothers with children, homeless immigrants and the elderly. They also toured an
internationally renowned art restoration workshop and visited an organic food
market with the founder of Italy’s Slow Food movement Carlo Petrini.
Later Prince Charles was presented with a Renaissance Man of
the Year award, recognizing his achievements in the fields of philanthropy and
the arts. In his acceptance speech, he highlighted the vital contribution
of the UK and Italy to global peacekeeping, but also focused on the
interdependence of human beings with the natural world.
The royal couple’s last engagements in Italy include a
meeting with President Sergio Mattarella and an encounter at the Rome-based
Food and Agriculture Organisation. They fly on to Austria on Wednesday
afternoon for the final leg of their nine-day European tour.
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