Pope

Francis

will receive in audience on October 24 the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, at the Vatican, in the

first visit of the current Chief Executive to the Holy See

.

As confirmed by the Secretary of State for Communication, "the pontiff and President Sánchez

will review the international situation and the problems caused by the Covid-19 pandemic

, which require coordinated action and multilateral responses. They will also address bilateral issues of mutual interest." .

Next Tuesday, October 20, the

XVII edition of the Italy-Spain Dialogue Forum will

be held in Rome, the

closing of which will be attended by the President of the Government of Spain and the President of the Italian Council of Ministers, Giuseppe Conte.

Likewise, the fourth vice president and minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Teresa Ribera, and the minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Arancha González Laya, will participate in the Forum.

The

Prime Minister will travel to the Italian capital on Tuesday

after presiding over the Council of Ministers in La Moncloa.

At noon, Conte and Sánchez will hold a bilateral meeting at Palazzo Chigi, seat of the Italian government's presidency, and after a press conference they will attend the closing of the Italy-Spain Forum.

The most recent meeting of a President of the Government of Spain with the pontiff took place on

March 24, 2017

, when Mariano Rajoy participated in an audience that Francis granted to European leaders.

Previously, Rajoy also had a meeting with the Pope on April 15, 2013.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

Know more

  • Pedro Sanchez

  • Pope Francis I

EnvironmentDoñana grows, but its surveillance staff drops from 80 to 60 in a decade

Politics The Government accuses the president of the CGPJ of opposing Pedro Sánchez

Politics Indignation in sectors of the Government against the attacks of Podemos: "If they want to green the King, let them do it as deputies"

See links of interest

  • News

  • Translator

  • Programming

  • Films

  • Topics

  • Everton - Liverpool

  • Napoli - Atalanta

  • 1. FSV Mainz 05 - Bayer 04 Leverkusen

  • Real Madrid - Cádiz

  • Getafe - Barcelona