Cardinal Pietro Parolin: As soon as I told the Pope I was going to Georgia, his face was filled with joy

I would like to convey you a greeting from His Holiness, the Pope of Rome, - Secretary of State of the Holy See, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, said in the Georgian Patriarchate, where he met with the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II.

According to the Cardinal, it is important to appreciate Christian roots, "especially during the challenges we have today, because people seem to have lost God in the time of secularization."

“I want to convey you a greeting from His Holiness, the Pope of Rome. I met the Pope on Monday and told him I was going to Georgia on Christmas Eve. As soon as I mentioned Georgia, his face was filled with joy and told me to convey his warm greeting to the Patriarch of Georgia. It is also a great honor for me to give you the greeting from the Pope, who was in this hall 3 years ago”, the Cardinal said.

“Yesterday I said how old the Georgian Christianity is, Georgia's roots goes deeply into Christianity and it is one of the oldest countries in Christianity," the Cardinal said.