Vatican City, 17 September 2015 (VIS) –
This morning in the Vatican Apostolic Palace the Holy Father Francis
received in audience the Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel, who subsequently met with Cardinal
Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, accompanied by Archbishop Paul
Richard Gallagher, secretary for Relations with States.
The cordial discussions offered the
opportunity to reaffirm the wish to consolidate the existing good
relations between the Holy See and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and
to consider issues of common interest, with special attention to the
relationship between Church and State, underlining the relevance of
religious freedom and spiritual values for social cohesion.
Within the context of Luxembourg’s
term of presidency of the European Union, attention then turned to
various matters of a European and international nature, with
particular reference to current conflicts, the issue of migration and
the need to provide assistance to refugees and displaced persons, as
well as the situation of persecuted religious minorities.
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