Pope Leo XIV received President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe in a private audience at the Apostolic Palace, discussing among other things the important role the Catholic Church has played in the country, especially as it has struggled in recent decades.
The president met the Pope on Saturday, 30 August, and later held talks with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary ofState, who was accompanied by Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and International Organisations, according to a communiqué released by the Vatican Press Office.
