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Si tratta del primo incontro fra i due dopo l'elezione di Milei alla Casa Rosada. Il presidente argentino è a San Pietro per guidare la delegazione ufficiale del suo Paese, in occasione della cerimonia di canonizzazione della prima santa argentina, Maria Antonia di San Giuseppe de Paz y Figueroa
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L'INCONTRO
- Nella Sagrestia della Basilica di San Pietro c'è stato oggi il primo saluto di Papa Francesco al presidente argentino Javier Milei
![Pope Francis meets Argentina's President Javier Milei in St. Peter's Basilica prior to the Mass for Canonization of Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa, Vatican City, 11 February 2024.
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LA CERIMONIA
- Si tratta del primo incontro fra i due dopo l'elezione di Milei alla Casa Rosada. Il presidente argentino è a San Pietro per guidare la delegazione ufficiale del suo Paese, in occasione della cerimonia di canonizzazione della prima santa argentina, Maria Antonia di San Giuseppe de Paz y Figueroa
![Argentina s President, Javier Milei and his sister Krina during a Mass for Canonization of Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa in Saint Peter s Basilica. Vatican City, 11 February 2024. ANSA/CLAUDIO PERI](https://static.sky.it/editorialimages/2fb4d0693afd257c65b48a99d8934989085e8ccd/skytg24/it/mondo/2024/02/11/papa-francesco-xavier-milei-argentina/papa-milei-ansa_2.jpg?im=Resize,width=335)
L'UDIENZA
- Il capo di Stato inoltre domani mattina sarà ricevuto in udienza dal Pontefice al Palazzo apostolico vaticano
![VATICAN POPE epa11144507 A handout picture provided by the Vatican Media shows Pope Francis attends a Holy Mass for Canonization of Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, 11 February 2024. On the anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, Pope Francis canonized Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa, also known as Mama Antula, the founder of the House for Spiritual Exercises of Buenos Aires. EPA/VATICAN MEDIA HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES](https://static.sky.it/editorialimages/3a40a5b2d31a8377978f86691c9c83374f846a1a/skytg24/it/mondo/2024/02/11/papa-francesco-xavier-milei-argentina/papa-milei-ansa_1.jpg?im=Resize,width=335)
LA DELEGAZIONE ARGENTINA
- Accompagnano il presidente la ministra degli Affari esteri, Diana Mondino, il ministro dell'Interno Guillermo Francos, la ministra del Capitale umano, Sandra Pettovello, la segretaria generale della Presidenza, Karina Milei, sorella del presidente, il segretario per il Culto, Francisco Sánchez, e il rabbino Axel Wahnish, designato nuovo ambasciatore dell'Argentina in Israele
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CHI E' 'MAMA ANTULA'
- Maria Antonia di San Giuseppe de Paz y Figueroa (1730-1799), laica consacrata meglio nota come 'Mama Antula', è stata la fondatrice della casa di esercizi spirituali a Buenos Aires
![VATICAN POPE epa11144511 A handout picture provided by the Vatican Media shows Pope Francis attends a Holy Mass for Canonization of Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, 11 February 2024. On the anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, Pope Francis canonized Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa, also known as Mama Antula, the founder of the House for Spiritual Exercises of Buenos Aires. EPA/VATICAN MEDIA HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES](https://static.sky.it/editorialimages/1819d1422528098b356ef97b333bae1d3231fd12/skytg24/it/mondo/2024/02/11/papa-francesco-xavier-milei-argentina/papa-milei-ansa_9.jpg?im=Resize,width=335)
IL SALUTO
- Al termine della funzione religiosa papa Francesco, in sedia a rotelle, si è fermato per un breve saluto al compatriota, stringendogli la mano