Pope Leo XIV meets
with President Javier Milei of Argentina (@VATICAN MEDIA)
Pope Leo XIV meets with Argentine President Milei
Pope Leo XIV and President Javier Milei of Argentina meet in
the Vatican and highlight the importance of urgent efforts in support of peace.
By Deborah Castellano Lubov
Pope Leo XIV received the President of Argentina, Mr. Javier
Gerardo Milei, in the Vatican on Saturday morning.
According to a statement released by the Holy See Press
Office, President Milei met afterwards with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal
Pietro Parolin, accompanied by the Vatican's Under-Secretary for Relations with
States and International Organizations, Msgr. Mirosław Stanisław Wachowski.
According to the statement, the discussions at the
Secretariat of State were "cordial," and "mutual appreciation
was reiterated for the sound bilateral relations" between the Holy See and
the Argentine Republic, along with "the will to strengthen them
further."
"Attention then turned," the statement continued,
"to matters of common interest, such as socio-economic progress, the fight
against poverty and the commitment to social cohesion."
"Finally," it concluded, "some topics of a
regional and international socio-political nature were discussed, with special
attention given to ongoing conflicts," noting that they highlighted
"the importance of urgent efforts in support of peace."
On 10 December 2023, the 54-year-old native of Buenos
Aires was sworn in as president.
The late Pope Francis had met the President on different
occasions, including for an official audience the day after the Argentine Pope
had canonized St. María Antonia de San José de Paz y Figueroa, known
around the world as “Mama Antula,” making her the first Argentine saint.
President Milei attended the funeral of Pope Francis and the
inauguration Mass of Pope Leo XIV.
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