President of Argentina Javier Milei will meet with Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican in June before traveling to Israel, Argentine outlets reported on Friday.
Milei originally intended to travel to Rome this weekend to participate in the Inauguration Mass of Pope Leo XIV’s Petrine Ministry on Sunday, May 18, at Saint Peter’s Square. The Argentine president cancelled his trip on Thursday, citing scheduling conflicts. Argentina will instead be represented by Foreign Minister Gerardo Werthein and Human Capital Minister Sandra Petovello.
The Argentine outlet Infobae reported that the trip would have complicated Milei’s timely return to Argentina on Sunday ahead of that day’s Buenos Aires local legislative elections, preventing him from voting and accompanying his friend and presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni, who is
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