Pope to meet 12 leaders of nations in November

(November 6, 2009) Pope Benedict XVI has a heavy schedule in the month of November during which he will meet nine heads of state and three prime ministers. This was announced on Friday by the Holy See’s Press Office soon after the Pope’s first meeting in November with the head of a state – president Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazhakstan. The Pope will meet Croatian president Stipe Mesic next Thursday, and the following day he will meet Hungarian president Gordon Bajnai. Serbian president, Boris Tadic is scheduled to meet the Pope on Nov. 14. Among other leaders to visit the Vatican this month are Czech prime minister, Jan Fischer, Chilean president Michelle Bachelet, Argentinian president Cristina Fernandez Kirchner and Emir Sabah IV Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait.