President Marie Louise Coleiro Preca shall be calling on Pope Francis later this year.

Speaking on RTK Radio this afternoon, the President said she will be at the Vatican on September 29.

In April, President Coleiro Preca did not attend the canonisation of two Popes but the President's office had said it was preparing for an official call which the President will make on Pope Francis at the Vatican.

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