Vatican, Pope Leo XIV welcomes Meloni: ‘Very pleased’

Vatican City (Vatican), July 2 (LaPresse) – "Nice to meet you." This is how Pope Leo XIV welcomed the Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, at their meeting this morning in the Vatican. Upon parting, Meloni wished the Pope a "good day" and extended her wishes for "good work." The Prime Minister gifted the Pope an image of the Angelicum from the 1600s, where the Pontiff studied. Prevost presented the Prime Minister with a book on Saint Augustine. Among the topics mentioned, as shown in a video released by the Vatican, was the upcoming summit on food security to be held at the end of July in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.