This morning, 6 October 2025, His Holiness Pope Leo XIV received in Audience, in the Vatican Apostolic Palace, the President of the Republic of Lithuania, His Excellency Gitanas Nausėda, who subsequently met with His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State, accompanied by Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations.

During the cordial talks at the Secretariat of State, satisfaction was expressed for the good and fruitful relations between the Holy See and the Republic of Lithuania.

Discussions turned to a number of international issues, with particular reference to the war in Ukraine, highlighting the need to intensify the search for diplomatic solutions and to avert the risk of an escalation of the conflict that could have unpredictable and dire consequences.

From the Vatican, 6 October 2025