Report: Pope invites China’s president to Vatican
September 18, 2014
Pope Francis has invited President Xi Jinping of China to the Vatican to discuss world peace, according to an America magazine report.
According to the report, Ricardo Romano, the leader of an Argentine political party, told an Argentine news site that Pope Francis gave him the invitation during a September 3 meeting and that he in turn gave the letter to a Chinese diplomat.
In the letter, the Pope also reportedly repeated his willingness to visit Beijing.
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