Leo XIV received this morning in the Apostolic Palace various personalities. Among them, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, emeritus archbishop of Lima; the president of Lithuania, Gitanas Nausėda, accompanied by his wife and his entourage; the secretary general of the Organization of American States, Albert Ramdin; and the executive director of UNICEF, Catherine Russell.
They were also received, the general abbot of the Cistercian Order, Father Mauro-Giuseppe Lepori, representatives of the Knights of Columbus, and members of the Extraordinary Synod of the Patriarchal Church of Cilicia of the Armenians.
The meetings took place within the framework of the ordinary agenda of the Holy See, in the context of the Jubilee of Hope, which continues to attract pilgrims and delegations from all over the world to Rome.