site.btaForeign Minister Stoev Confers with Cardinal Semeraro of the Vatican

June 29 (BTA) - Foreign Minister Svetlan Stoev received
Tuesday Cardinal Marcello Semeraro of the Vatican to discuss
with him bilateral relations and their activation in recent
years, the Foreign Ministry said.

Stoev welcomed the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of
 Saints to Bulgaria, underscoring the shared values based on
faith, humanism, justice and mercy. He expressed satisfaction
with the level of dialogue between the Vatican and Bulgaria,
recalling the visit of President Rumen Radev on the occasion of
May 24 this year.   

Gratitude to the Vatican was also conveyed for the support to
the Catholic community in Bulgaria over the years, as well as
for the opportunity to celebrate a Bulgarian service at the
Church of San Paolo alla Regola in Rome.   

Cardinal Semeraro expressed gratitude for the hospitality,
underscoring that it had also been appreciated highly by Pope
Francis during his visit to Bulgaria in 2019. "The Bulgarian
land is a crossroads of cultures and people, and Europe was born
 of the meeting between peoples," the cardinal said. RY/BR

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