Pope Francis welcomed Katalin Novák, President of Hungary, at the Apostolic Palace. The President spoke to the Pope in Spanish about her husband's support for her.
In this job, it is very important to have a husband like him.
He speaks very highly of you.
President Novák gave the Pope stoles with traditional Hungarian motifs that she helped embroider.
Some women made this and I helped a little bit.
She also presented Pope Francis with a book on the pianist Franz Liszt, whom he admires, and another on contemporary religious art.
After blessing the couple, the Pope gave those accompanying the President rosaries and medals representing his ninth year of papacy.
God bless you.
And we have been married for twenty years.
Twenty?
Yes, this year.
The President said goodbye in Latin.
Laudetur Iesus Christus
After her visit, President Novák met with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State and Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Vatican's foreign minister.
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