By Deborah Castellano Lubov
Pope Leo XIV received the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Ms Nataša Pirc Musar, in the Vatican on Monday morning.
The President subsequently met with the Vatican’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations, at the Secretariat of State.
According to a statement released by the Holy See Press Office, the cordial discussions at the Secretariat of State included an expression of appreciation for the good bilateral relations between Slovenia and the Holy See.
Attention, it added, was also given to issues of mutual interest concerning relations between the Church and the State.
Finally, the statement noted that the discussions turned to various international matters, with particular attention to the Western Balkans and the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. – Vatican News
