PANAJI
While conveying his enthusiasm about the meeting between PM Narendra Modi and Pope Francis during the G7 Summit in Italy, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant expressed a specific hope that if the Pope accepts Modi’s invitation to visit India, it would also include Goa.
PM Modi met the Pope on the sidelines of the G-7 conference held in Italy on June 14, during which Modi invited the Pope to visit India.
In a social media post, Sawant stated, “PM Modi met Pope Francis on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Italy. The PM admired his commitment to serve the people and extended an invitation to the Pope to visit Bharat, and we hope the visit also includes Goa.”
In March 2024, CM Sawant announced that the government would request the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to invite Pope Francis to visit Goa for the decennial exposition of the sacred relics of St Francis Xavier scheduled for November.
“We will be writing to the PMO, who in turn will extend an invitation to the Pope to visit Goa for the exposition,” CM had said after a high-powered committee meeting to oversee preparations for the 45-day event from November 21, 2024, to January 5, 2025.
