2024-02-13 12:00:38
The president’s visit Javier Miley to the Vatican was crowned today with a meeting of more than an hour with the Pope Franciscoin a meeting that had a private talk and the traditional presentation of gifts.
The President spent 70 minutes alone with the Pontiff and later the general secretary and sister of the president joined, Karina Mileiwhile everything concluded with the entry of the rest of the delegation, which was made up of Diana Mondino (External relationships), Sandra Pettovello (Human Capital) and Guillermo Francos (Interior).
The Argentine delegation arrived at the Holy See at 8:58 (4:58 in Argentina) and was received at the Apostolic Palace. It lasted about three hours, during which Javier Milei was able to talk with Jorge Bergoglio, after the harsh words he had towards the Pontiff during the electoral campaign, where he even called him “the representative of evil on earth.” ”.
The Argentine president and Pope Francis had their first contacts yesterday, during the canonization ceremony of Mama Antula, in St. Peter’s Basilica. Official photos were released from today’s meeting in which you can see the two of them in a good mood.
As is now a tradition, there was also an exchange of gifts. Milei gave the pope a folder with a copy of the handwritten letter from Chancellor José María Gutiérrez to Juan Bautista Alberdi, accrediting him as representative in Europe (May 1854), a painting with the commemorative postcard of Mama Antula, as well as alfajores of sweet milk and lemon cookies, Infobae published. Meanwhile, the Pope presented the president with a bronze medallion inspired by St. Peter’s Baldachin.
After the greeting and the photo, minutes after 6 the Argentine delegation began a second meeting inside the Vatican, this time with Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See. Later came a guided tour of the Palace, which ended about 20 minutes before Roman noon.
