Pope Francis met with President of Lithuania, Dalia Grybauskaitė, this morning.
According to a statement released by the Holy See Press Office today noting their discussions were cordial, it stressed that the parties evoked the good constructive relations between the Holy See and the Baltic country, which the Pope visited in September 2018, on the centenary of the nation’s independence, during his visit there and to Latvia and Estonia.
ZENIT’s Deborah Castellano Lubov was on the papal flight to the Baltic Countries.
The social and political situtation in Lithuania was discussed by the Pope and the president, the statement noted, adding that various themes of an international nature were considered, «such as peace and security and the need for greater solidarity to face the various challenges in Europe and in the region.»
After meeting with the Pope, the president met with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Secretary for Relations with States, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher.
