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Pope Leo meets with President of Lithuania

Pope Leo holds a private audience with the President of Lithuania, Gitanas NausÄ—da, at the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace.

By Vatican News

Pope Leo XIV met on Monday with the President of the Republic of Lithuania, Gitanas NausÄ—da, who met afterwards with Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin and Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations.

During the meeting in the Secretariat of State, both parties expressed satisfaction with the “good and fruitful relations between the Holy See and Lithuania,” according to the Holy See Press Office.

They spoke about several international issues, including the war in Ukraine, “highlighting the need to intensify the search for diplomatic solutions and to avert the risk of an escalation of the conflict that could have unpredictable and dire consequences.”

Pope Leo shakes hands with President Gitanas NausÄ—da

Pope Leo shakes hands with President Gitanas NausÄ—da   (@Vatican Media)

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