The Deputy Premier and Interior Minister of Italy, Matteo Salvini has said he would like to meet Pope Francis.
Salvini is one of Italy’s most conservative Catholics in political office. The secular press rails against him as a “nationalist” because he puts the common good of Italy over the European Union. But Salvini says that he follows the Church’s teaching that welcoming migrants is “a duty within the limits of the possible.” Though he echoes the words of Cardinal Sarah on immigration, the secular press paints him as someone who should never even be allowed to meet with the Holy Father with whom he enjoys Holy Communion.
