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PM Modi To Meet Pope Francis In Italy During G-20 Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Pope Francis during his G-2ꩲ0 summit in Europe, the Catholic Bishopﷺ’s body has confirmed.

PM Modi To Meet Pope Fr♒ancis In Italy During G-20 Summit
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Pope Fran✱cis on October 30 during his G-20 summit in Italy.

The Catholic Bishops' body, Kerala Catholic Bishops Council (KCBC) President Cardinal George Alenc🍸herry in a statement said that they have come to know from official sources that the "meeting between His Holiness Pope Francis and Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will take place on Saturday, October 30".

Describing it as a "historic meeting, the Cardinal said it will "add mor⛄e energy and warmth to the relations between our country and the Vatican and the Catholic Church".

He also wis🍸hed "all success" to the Prime Minister for all his events in Rome and Italy.

Mꦅodi will be travelling to Rome and Glasgow from October 29 to November 2 to attend the 16th G-20 Summit and the World Leaders' Summit of COP-26 respectively, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has said. (With PTI inputs)