Pope to receive EU Heads of State and Government at
Vatican
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis is set to receive 27 European
Union heads of State and Government at a private audience in the Vatican’s Sala
Regia on Friday evening.
Britain’s Theresa May will not be amongst them as she
prepares to trigger Brexit in just four days times.
The encounter takes place on the eve of the 60th anniversary
of the signing of the Treaties of Rome. The Treaties are considered to be the
foundation acts of the European Community.
Leaders will be joined at the audience by representatives of
EU institutions. These include Donald Tusk, President of the European Council,
Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission and Antonio Tajani,
President of the European Parliament.
Tajani spoke with Vatican Radio about the significance of
the EU leaders’ meeting with Pope Francis: “The meeting with the Pope is very
important for everybody. The Pope is a very important man, not only for the
Christian people, but also for everybody.”
He said the Pope’s speech at the European parliament “was a
very clear, very important message: We need to change Europe, but at the same
time we need to strengthen Europe.” That is a message, he said, that is shared
by the members of the European Union, and by the various European institutions.
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