Overview
- Edi Rama met Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican before holding follow-up talks with Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher at the Secretariat of State.
- The Holy See’s readout said the conversations highlighted strong relations between the Holy See and Albania and addressed matters involving ecclesial and civil communities.
- The parties discussed principal regional questions, including the situation in the countries of the Western Balkans.
- Albania’s progress toward full integration into the European Union was part of the agenda, according to the Vatican statement.
- No agreements were announced, and the Pope also received Andrea Riccardi, Fr. Federico Lombardi, Archbishop Aldo Cavalli, Eastern Orthodox clergy, and the Steering Committee of ‘From Crisis to Care.’