His
Holiness Serbian Patriarch Irinej received His Eminence Pietro Cardinal
Parolin, State Secretary of the Holy See, in the Serbian Patriarchate
in Belgrade, on June 30, 2018.
His Eminence thanked
His Holiness for the cordial reception, during which a discussion was
held on numerous topics concerning the life of the two Churches.
Patriarch Irinej expressed his gratitude to Cardinal Parolin for the
visit and a message of Pope Francis of Rome as well as for the official
position of the Vatican which prefers dialogue between Belgrade and
Pristina to an unilateral recognition of an independence of the southern
Serbian province of Kosovo and Metohija.
The reception was
attended by His Excellency Luciano Suriani, Apostolic Nuncio in
Belgrade; His Eminence Porphirije, Metropolitan of Zagreb-Ljubljana; His
Grace Bishop Irinej of Bachka; mons. Giovanni Gaspari, official of the
State Secretariat of the Vatican; mons. Filipo Kolnago, First Secretary
of the Nunciature; Revd. Aleksandar Ninkovic, associate of the
Nunciature, and deacon Dr. Aleksandar Prascevic, head of the Serbian
Patriarch's Office.
