Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher on Oct. 27, 2019 at the Vatican. (Photo by PIERPAOLO SCAVUZZO/ PHOTOSHOT/ MAXPPP)
Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Holy See s foreign minister , has expressed hope that a Vatican summit next month between Pope Francis and Lebanon s Christian bishops could help resolve the current crisis in the Middle Eastern country.
The 67-year-old English prelate, who is officially the pope s secretary for relations with states, said the Holy See moves carefully and methodically when dealing with delicate issues such as those in Lebanon. Step by step, this is the way we do things, he said May 31 on the sidelines of a meeting on religious freedom organized by the Italian Embassy to the Holy See.