Pope Francis and Argentine President Javier Milei embraced in St. Peter's Basilica during a Mass to canonize Argentina's first female saint. The meeting marked a reconciliation between the two, as Milei had previously criticized the pontiff. Milei visited the Vatican, bearing pastries and gifts, seeking to mend fences with Pope Francis. The Vatican described their hour-long conversation as cordial, indicating a positive turn in their relationship. Despite past tensions, the meeting appeared encouraging, hinting at a potential visit by Pope Francis to Argentina.
Argentinian President Javier Milei will attend CPAC "This fiery Argentinian president Javier Milei is coming, who famously wielded a chainsaw and talked about how he was going to slash the bureaucracy," @mschlapp said. Read more ⬇️ https://t.co/2WTb2Ozsdt
Argentine President Javier Milei deserves measured praise for his reform efforts. But his other troubling tendencies can’t be ignored. https://t.co/5p4Acpt60k
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How Javier Milei is trying to curb Argentina’s 250% inflation https://t.co/0c5yxlXogG
🧵1/4 Argentine President Javier Milei preferred to avoid press interviews during his visit to Israel. Instead, he took to social media, where he posted a fragment of the Torah in Hebrew https://t.co/G5LCQkgIMm
Javier Milei greets Argentinians on the commercial flight that he’s on. He doesn’t fly on private jets. https://t.co/l8Zg1X5uok
🇦🇷 MILEI’S FLYING COMMERCIAL AGAIN FROM ROME TO ARGENTINA https://t.co/62wrAIxXGW
Javier Milei flies commercial, unlike the previous Socialist leaders of Argentina who flew private planes everywhere. And he goes down the aisle greeting every single passenger. Man of the people. https://t.co/clzRecd7xm
NEW: Argentina President Javier Milei greets passengers one by one on a commercial flight. A leader truly for the people. Politicians like this are rare these days. Milei is setting an example by flying commercial to save taxpayer money & to reduce carbon emissions, something… https://t.co/uwdj753xLY
The President of Argentina does not fly private— the leader is not removed from his people. He flies commercial, with the citizens he represents. And they LOVE him for it. Javier Milei is the embodiment of true populism. https://t.co/P1bON0SfKH
Javier Milei taking pictures with the Argentinian people on a commercial flight. https://t.co/a6Na5XBzQm
WATCH: President of Argentina Javier Milei stops to take pictures with and greet supporters on a commercial flight. We need more world leaders like this. https://t.co/P1bON0SfKH
🚨 President of Argentina Javier Milei swarmed by supporters on a commercial plane. Man of the people https://t.co/r5gdq7SDeW
This is how Milei travelled back to Argentina 🇦🇷, breaking protocols and without a private plane, greeting all passengers one by one. Most politicians before him have to travel as incognito as possible to avoid the wrath of the people when they travel. https://t.co/OmFpQ3Cqc9
Despite their rocky start, Argentina's President Javier Milei and Pope Francis appeared to have hit it off as they held their first meeting Monday amid speculation that the Argentine pontiff might finally go home for a visit later this year. https://t.co/fsrd8gYyDJ
President Milei took a peace offering of chocolate biscuits to his first meeting with his fellow Argentinian Pope Francis on Monday after calling the pontiff an “imbecile” last year during his election campaign ⬇️ https://t.co/dWBCnAgwEb
After embrace, pope and Argentina's Milei meet amid speculation Francis might finally go home https://t.co/XTuUH1xNs3
Argentina president-elect Javier Milei meets the man he once called a "filthy leftist:" Pope Francis. https://t.co/3QNWhaYAbw
Pope Francis Meets Argentine President Javier Milei in Vatican https://t.co/g7v72KkBLE
Javier Milei, the recently elected president of Argentina, had a warm reception from the Pope, despite having made unfavourable comments about the pontiff during his election campaign. Read more: https://t.co/bRQvbx3hKf https://t.co/aM4gdemMbr
President Javier Milei of Argentina, who before taking office ridiculed Pope Francis, met with the pontiff on Monday for an hourlong conversation that the Vatican described as “cordial.” https://t.co/YWgNDZ95UE
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For Javier Milei, Pope Francis used to be “the devil’s man on Earth.” But now the president praises the pontiff as “the most important” Argentine https://t.co/hkh9YmOfdx
PASTRIES AND BISCUITS AS ARGENTINA'S MILEI MAKES UP WITH POPE FRANCIS (Reuters) Argentina's President Javier Milei visited his compatriot Pope Francis in the Vatican on Monday, bearing pastries and gifts as he seeks to make up with the pontiff he had long dismissed and derided. https://t.co/6D2o0PRwYW
Pope Francis and Argentine President Milei hold encouraging meeting https://t.co/dfD2ZtCs51 https://t.co/3KPsbPtFcy
Pastries and biscuits as Argentina's Milei makes up with Pope Francis https://t.co/WPlQCgGPSL https://t.co/OXNksGEFeO
⚠️ PASTRIES AND BISCUITS AS ARGENTINA'S MILEI MAKES UP WITH POPE FRANCIS (Reuters) Argentina's President Javier Milei visited his compatriot Pope Francis in the Vatican on Monday, bearing pastries and gifts as he seeks to make up with the pontiff he had long dismissed and… https://t.co/SNSOmGwCSx
#WATCH 🔴 Argentina's President Javier #Milei met with Pope Francis, whom he had earlier labeled an 'imbecile' ego 'promoting communism', according to the BBC. https://t.co/D2SfuiHxeE
#WATCH 🔴 Argentina's President Javier #Milei met with Pope Francis, whom he had earlier labeled an 'imbecile' promoting communism, according to the BBC. https://t.co/y9WZg0hisR
Pope and Argentine President Milei embrace after pontiff canonizes Argentina’s first female saint https://t.co/x0isz0J798 https://t.co/g9cDS6oeqs
#PopeFrancis elevates to sainthood the first female saint from his native #Argentina, an event that brought to the Vatican his former vocal critic, Argentine President #JavierMilei. https://t.co/IhSTT9s004
Pope Francis and Argentine President Javier Milei embraced Sunday in St. Peter's Basilica, as Argentine faith and politics came together during a Mass to canonize the country's first female saint. https://t.co/WkcmwSixWI
Argentina’s president-elect Javier Milei meets Pope Francis for the first time at the Vatican as the two compatriots mend fences https://t.co/A8qiwrm1Gd
Pope and Argentine President Milei embrace after pontiff canonizes Argentina's first female saint (from @AP) @nwinfield https://t.co/CvSo0xdfJo