Cardinal of Iran arrives at the Vatican and meets with Pope Leo XIV after the bombing of the country and days without news of him

Mar 12, 2026 20:14

Pope Leo XIV received in a private audience Cardinal Dominique Mathieu, the Belgian-born archbishop of Tehran-Isfahan Photo: Vatican Media

Cardinal of Iran arrives at the Vatican and meets with Pope Leo XIV after the bombing of the country and days without news of him

The Vatican has also recalled the Holy See’s diplomatic representative in Iran, the Indian priest Sebastian Febin, who had been serving as chargé d’affaires of the Apostolic Nunciature in the absence of a nuncio

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