Africa-Press – Angola. The first vice-president of the National Assembly, Américo Cunonoca, met this Wednesday, in Luanda, with the apostolic nuncio to Angola, Dom Giovanni Gaspari, who is at the end of his mission in Angola.
The occasion served for Pope Francis’ representative to offer farewell greetings to the acting parliamentary leader, expressing feelings of gratitude to the Angolan authorities and people during his three and a half year mandate in the country.
“I finish the mission with a feeling of duty accomplished. My feelings are of gratitude to the extraordinary people of this country. They are a people who know how to express feelings of friendship and affection and this is engraved in my heart, obviously”, he expressed.
The apostolic nuncio also expressed feelings of gratitude to the Angolan authorities “for the beautiful partnership they have with the Holy See”, remembering that the bonds of friendship between them date back to past centuries.
He expressed feelings of gratitude to the Catholic Church in Angola “which has done great work for the good of the people and human dignity”.
Giovanni Gaspari spoke of the excellent cooperative relations maintained with the Angolan State, especially humanitarian initiatives, inter-religious dialogue, promotion of peace and social justice.
Apostolic nuncio Geovanni Gaspari, who is spending his last few weeks in Angola, will now represent the Pope in South Korea and Mongolia.
Dom Giovanni Gaspari, who was born on June 6, 1963 in Pescara, Italy, has a doctorate in Canon Law and entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on July 1, 2001. He has served pontifical diplomatic missions in Iran, Albania, Mexico and Lithuania.
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