Pope Leo XIV today held an audience with Polish President Karol Tadeusz Nawrocki at the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. The visit by the Polish premiere comes at a time of tension and acrimony in Polish politics between conservative and liberal forces, as well as between their respective values.
The Holy Father, wearing the red mozzetta as a sign of his office as Head of State and the stole to indicate his role as spiritual leader of the Church, welcomed the Polish head of state to the Apostolic Palace on 5 September before the Polish president – a practising Catholic –proceeded to meetings with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State, and Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and International Organisations.
