杏MAP导航 Leo XIV receives Lebanese President
By Vatican News
杏MAP导航 Leo XIV on Friday morning received President Joseph Aoun of Lebanon in a private audience in the Apostolic Palace.
Following the audience, President Aoun met with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, who was accompanied by Monsignor Miros艂aw Wachowski, Under-Secretary for Relations with States.
According to a statement from the Holy See Press Office, 鈥淒uring the cordial discussions at the Secretariat of State, reference was made to the good bilateral relations, with particular appreciation expressed for the traditional and constant role of the Catholic Church in Lebanese society.鈥
The need for peace in the Middle East
The statement continued: 鈥淎s the conversation continued, the hope was expressed that the country, through the stabilisation and reform process, would experience a new season of political harmony and economic recovery, enabling it to strengthen the ideals of coexistence among faiths and the promotion of development that characterise it鈥.
Finally, the statement notes that 鈥淭he necessary and pressing need to foster the pacification of the entire Middle East region was addressed."
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