The first official audience between the Holy Father and the Argentine president took place behind closed doors in the Library of the Apostolic Palace and lasted about an hour, a considerably long time, since audiences with the Pontiff do not usually last that long. Likewise, Vatican sources have indicated that the meeting has been “very good and very friendly.”
As reported by the Press Office of the Holy See in an official statement, “during the cordial conversations at the Secretariat of State, satisfaction was expressed for the good relations between the Holy See and the Argentine Republic and the desire to strengthen them even further.”