The French president and his wife Brigitte met with Pope Francis against the background of the war in Ukraine and the euthanasia debate taking place in France.
French President Emmanuel Macron was today admitted to Vatican from the pope Francis for the third time since he was elected president, against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine and the euthanasia debate taking place in France.
The French head of state, who was accompanied by his wife Brigitte Macron, arrived at the apostolic palace next to Rome’s St Peter’s Basilica for a private audience.
After the tete-a-tete with the pontiff, the French president is set to hold talks with the Holy See’s second-in-command, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, as well as the pope’s “minister” of foreign affairs, the cordial Paul Gallagher.
This is Macron’s third audience with the pope: the first was in June 2018, while the second was less than a year ago, in November 2021.
President Macron is since yesterday, Sunday, in Romewhere he delivered a speech at the opening of an interfaith peace summit organized by the Italian Catholic organization of Saint Aegidius.
He praised the peace in Ukraine, stressing, however, that peace can only exist when the Ukrainians “decide” and according to the “terms” of Kiev.
According to the French presidential palace of the Elysées, during the conversation between President Macron and the pope there will also be a reference to social issues in France, such as the reception of refugees and perhaps euthanasia.
The pope came out against euthanasia in a speech to French lawmakers on Friday as Paris prepares to launch a public debate on the sensitive issue that could lead to a change in legislation.
The French president met the new Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni yesterday evening, Sunday, becoming the first foreign leader to speak directly with the head of the post-fascist Brotherhood of Italy party, which won the country’s September elections. .
Today he is going to meet the Italian president Sergio Mattarella with whom he will have lunch.
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