Audience with the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See for the exchange of greetings for the New Year

This morning, in the Hall of Blessings, the Holy Father Francis received in audience the members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See for the exchange of greetings for the new year. After the introductory words from the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, His Excellency Mr. Georges Poulides, Ambassador of Cyprus to the Holy See, the Pope delivered the following address: Address of the Holy Father Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to welcome you this morning and to extend my personal greetings and good wishes for the New Year. In a special way, I thank His Excellency Ambassador George Poulides, Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, for his kind words, which eloquently expressed the concerns of the international community at the beginning of a year that we hope to be one of peace, but has instead dawned amid conflicts and divisions. Our meeting is a fitting occasion for me to thank you for your efforts to foster good relations between the Holy See and your respective

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