The “frozen visit”as defined by the Holy Seeit was to greet the diplomat in the closing of his management and it took place this Saturday morning within the framework of the papal audiences in the Library of the Apostolic Palace.
As it turned out, the meeting lasted for about 50 minutesa long duration for those types of protocol farewells.
Silvawho took over as head of the Argentine embassy to the Vatican in April 2020 and it was the first woman taking over that position, he plans to return to Buenos Aires The next Tuesday.
In her place will remain, momentarily, the charge d’affaires Sofia Sanchez Acostauntil the president Javier Milei and the chancellor, Diana Mondinofinish defining who will be designated to carry out the link with the Supreme Pontiff.
The outgoing diplomat, daughter of an Argentine father and a Cape Verdean motherwas the first Afro-descendant incorporated into National Foreign Service (ISEN).
Francisco said he was “ready” to begin dialogue with Milei and that his visit to Argentina is “a hypothesis”
He Pope Francisco It showed itself “ready to start a dialogue” with the president Javier Mileiwhom you will find this month in the Vaticanand said that its possible trip to Argentina is “a hypothesis” since the organization “has not started yet”.
“No. Words in the electoral campaign come and go”The pontiff said in an interview published this Monday by the newspaper La Stampa when asked if he felt offended by Milei’s statements during the 2023 electoral process.
In the interview, the The Pope also confirmed the meeting he will have with the president on the occasion of Milei’s trip to the Vatican. to participate in the canonization of what will be the first Argentine saint.
“On February 11 there will be the canonization of ‘Mamá Antula’, founder of the House of Spiritual Exercises of Buenos Aires. Before canonizations it is customary to greet the authorities in the sacristy,” the pontiff said about the protocol greeting to the delegations participating in the ceremony scheduled for 9:30 a.m. in Rome in St. Peter’s Basilica (5:30 a.m. in Argentina).
“And I also know that he asked for an appointment for a conversation with me: I accepted, and that’s why we will see each other. And I am ready to start a dialogue, talk and listen with him. As with everyone”he later emphasized Jorge bergoglio.
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On the other hand, and during the dialogue with the Italian newspaper, Francisco, 87, also maintained that his eventual trip to Argentina, which would be the first since his enthronement in 2013, It’s still a “hypothesis.”
“There is the Argentine hypothesis, which I have in parentheses. The organization of the visit has not yet begun,” He specified when talking about his 2024 trips, among which he confirmed a trip to Belgium and a tour of Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea for August.
Source: Ambito
