A smiling Pope Francis welcomed John Kerry, President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s special presidential envoy for climate, in a private audience at the Vatican this morning, May 15. It was the second time they spoke together at length; they last met in 2016, when Mr. Kerry was U.S. Secretary of State.
Vatican Media photos revealed a relaxed and friendly atmosphere for the face-to-face private conversation (with the assistance of a Vatican interpreter) in the private library of the Apostolic Palace. The two also exchanged gifts. Mr. Kerry gave Pope Francis a copy of his autobiography, Every Day Is Extra, and the Pulitzer-winning environmental novel The Overstory by Richard Powers. Pope Francis gave Mr. Kerry a signed copy of his message for World Peace Day, a collection of his encyclicals and a sculpture of a grapevine.
No comments:
Post a Comment