Pope Leo XIV receives the President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Mr Umaro Sissoco Embaló, in the Vatican on Monday, and during their discussions, the contribution of the Catholic Church to the country’s common good was noted.
By Deborah Castellano Lubov
Pope Leo XIV on Monday met with the President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, in the Vatican.
According to a statement released by the Holy See Press Office following the meeting with the Pope, the African nation’s President met with the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, who was accompanied by the Vatican’s Under-Secretary for Relations with States, Monsignor Mirosław Stanisław Wachowski.
“During the cordial discussions which took place in the Secretariat of State,” the statement read, “the good bilateral relation”s between the Holy See and the Republic of Guinea-Baissau were underlined, along with the contribution of the Catholic Church “to the common good” in the West African country, especially in the fields of education and healthcare.
The statement concluded by noting that “attention was given to certain aspects of the country’s political, social, and economic situation,” and that “there was an exchange of views on current international affairs.”
