Overview
- Secretary Rosa Icela Rodríguez met privately with Vatican Secretary Paul Richard Gallagher on July 24–25 to formally ratify the invitation for Pope León XIV to visit Mexico
- President Claudia Sheinbaum affirmed that the invitation stands but acknowledged that no specific date has yet been agreed
- Gallagher’s agenda included discussions with Foreign Affairs Secretary Juan Ramón de la Fuente on migrants’ human rights, multilateralism, higher education and peace promotion
- The Vatican envoy convened diplomatic and church leaders at the Nunciature and officiated a midday mass at the Basilica of Guadalupe to reinforce shared commitments to peace and justice
- Mexican and Vatican teams will continue coordinating itinerary, protocol and logistics for what could be the first papal visit under a woman president