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Weekly Report - 22 June 2023 (WR-23-25)
BRAZIL: Lula seeks blessing from the Vatican
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva arrived in Rome on 20 June and met Italian government officials the following day. But a major highlight of the Brazilian president’s latest trip was an audience with Pope Francis, who is not only aligned with some of Lula’s key foreign policy objectives but whose blessing would also contribute to shoring up domestic support from Brazil’s large Catholic population.
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