Pope Leo XIV welcomed the highest-ranked Catholic authority in Iran, Archbishop of Tehran-Isfahan Cardinal Dominique Mathieu, for an in-person meeting at the Vatican on Thursday.
Cardinal Mathieu was forced to evacuate Tehran and arrived in Italy on March 8 after the Italian government shut its embassy in the country. While Vatican City is a sovereign state, given its size, it relies on allies such as Italy in some cases for diplomatic support and protection. In Tehran, the cardinal’s residence was located on Italian embassy grounds. The cardinal is a native of Belgium and had served as the Archbishop of Tehran-Isfahan since 2021.
According to…
Read the full article at BREITBART.COM
