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The 'essentials' include the storm and the presidential election. Marcelo was at the Vatican on Monday.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa began his terms with a visit to the Vatican and, as he bids farewell to the Presidency, returns to the Holy See to meet Pope Leo XIV.
This is the sixth time Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has travelled to the Vatican as head of state, bringing his foreign schedule to a close in the same way it began in 2016: with visits to the Pope and, afterwards, to King Felipe VI.
In Rome, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa will invite Pope Leo XIV to visit Portugal in 2027, the year in which Fátima marks the 110th anniversary of the apparitions. The President considers it the ideal moment for the visit.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa spoke to journalists on arrival in Rome, where he will have dinner on Sunday with the President of Italy, Sergio Mattarella.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is in Rome on the final trip of his second term for a dinner with the Italian president and a meeting with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican.
Between Belenenses Stadium and Belém Palace, the presidential candidate supported by the PCP admitted that, if elected, he does not intend to move house and that his first state visit will be to the neighbouring country.