This morning, His Holiness Pope Leo XIV received in audience, in the Vatican Apostolic Palace, the Prime Minister of Montenegro, His Excellency Milojko Spajić, who subsequently met with His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State, accompanied by Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations.

During the cordial talks at the Secretariat of State, satisfaction was expressed for the current good bilateral relations, and various questions regarding Church-State relations were discussed.

Conversation then focused on regional and international issues, with particular attention given to the enlargement of the European Union to the countries of the western Balkans, and to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

From the Vatican, 4 July 2025