Pope Francis Prays for Italy as Giorgia Meloni Becomes First Female Prime Minister

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The Holy Father offered a prayer for Italy on Sunday as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni became the country’s first female leader.


Pope Francis offered a prayer for Italy on Sunday as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni became the country’s first female leader.

“And today, at the start of a new government, let us pray for unity and peace in Italy,” the Pope said at the end of his Angelus address on Oct. 23.

Hours after the handover ceremony between Meloni and her predecessor, Mario Draghi, in Rome’s Chigi Palace, the new prime minister thanked Pope Francis for his comments.

Meloni wrote on social media: “I thank His Holiness #PopeFrancis for his thoughts on Italy on this very important day for the government I have the honor to preside over.”

Ringrazio Sua Santità #PapaFrancesco per il pensiero che ha voluto rivolgere all'Italia in questa giornata così importante per il Governo che ho l'onore di presiedere. @Pontifex_it

— Giorgia Meloni (@GiorgiaMeloni) October 23, 2022

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, the archbishop of Bologna and president of the Italian bishops’ conference, sent his “sincerest congratulations” to Meloni after the new government’s swearing-in ceremony at the Quirinal Palace.

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Pope Francis Prays for Italy as Giorgia Meloni Becomes First Female Prime Minister