Overview

• León XIV held separate private audiences at the Apostolic Palace with Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Chile’s Gabriel Boric.
• Lula invited the Pope to attend COP30 in Belém in November 2026, and León XIV said he cannot go due to Jubilee commitments but will send a Vatican delegation.
• Lula emphasized inequality, climate action and hunger eradication, citing Brazil’s removal from the UN Map of Hunger and promoting the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty at FAO events in Rome.
• Boric said the Pope conveyed personal pain over Church sexual-abuse cases in Chile, explicitly referencing Karadima and Barros, and stressed standing with victims.
• Boric also discussed poverty and migration with Vatican officials, including Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, and extended an invitation for a papal visit to Chile.