PRESS RELEASE BY THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

H.E. President Myriam Spiteri Debono congratulates Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost on his election to the Papacy.

Reflecting on His Holiness’ inaugural message, the President appreciates his message of world peace.

The President notes the significance of his choice of name, Pope Leo XIV, when one recollects the impetus that his predecessor Pope Leo XIII imparted to the social teaching of the Church.