President Marie Louise Coleiro Preca met Pope Francis this morning and invited him to visit the island.

The President thanked the Pope for his appeal to governments to show clemency with prisoners, an appeal taken up by the Maltese government. Prisoners in Malta who had spoken to her personally during a visit to the facility last week, she told the Pope, were grateful.

The President and the Pope also discussed Malta’s forthcoming presidency of the European Union Council with the President explaining the preparatory work being done by Malta. She highlighted the Maltese government’s priorities for the Presidency.

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