Estonia's President meets with Cardinal Parolin (Vatican Press Office)

With Pope Francis still not holding meetings as he recovers from double pneumonia, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State, met on April 3 with Estonia’s President Alar Karis.

A brief Vatican report indicated that the conversation centered on church-state relations, and particularly the coming beatification of Archbishop Eduard Profittlich, a Jesuit martyr, who will be the first Estonian to attain beatification.

The discussion also included international affairs, with special emphasis on efforts to end the war in Ukraine.