Overview

• The Vatican confirmed separate audiences at the Apostolic Palace on Monday, 13 October: Lula da Silva at 8:30 a.m. and Gabriel Boric at 10:30 a.m. local time.
• Brazil’s president is in Rome to inaugurate the Secretariat of the Alliance against Hunger and Poverty at FAO headquarters and to take part in the FAO World Food Forum.
• Chile’s president will attend a 50th‑anniversary commemoration of the attack on Bernardo Leighton, meet Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella, and hold engagements with the FAO.
• At the Angelus, the Pope welcomed the Gaza cease-fire as a “spark of hope” and urged respect for the legitimate aspirations of Israelis and Palestinians, while calling for an end to deadly attacks in Ukraine and a return to dialogue.
• A day earlier he led a rosary for peace in St. Peter’s Square urging leaders to “have the audacity to disarm,” and he expressed closeness to Peru during its political transition, praying for reconciliation and national unity.