2024-02-13 17:57:02
The pontiff entered the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Basilica in a wheelchair and the trans-Andean president had to bow to greet him.
The canonization mass of the first Argentine saint, María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa, better known in that country as Mama Antula, was the setting in which the Long-awaited meeting and hug between Pope Francis and the Argentine president, Javier Milei.
The ceremony took place at the St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican and was attended by hundreds of Argentines.
It was the first time that Pope Francis and the trans-Andean president met, after Javier Milei described the pontiff as an “imbecile” and “representative of the evil one”.
However, even before the appointment the trans-Andean head of state had tried to calm things down.
Thus, on the eve of the meeting, Javier Milei said that Pope Francis is “the most important Argentine in history“.
The president also stated that He hoped to maintain “a very fruitful dialogue” with the Pope.
The hug of the Pope and Javier Milei
The meeting between Pope Francis and Argentine President Javier Milei took place when The pontiff entered the venue in a wheelchair.
The head of state approached him and, after bending down to speak to him more closely, He asked: “Can I hug him?“.
“you cost your hair“, the Pope told Milei, to which he responded: “I emprolijé“.
“Pray for me, I do it for you“, the Pontiff told the trans-Andean president.