PM Modi Embraces Pope Francis At G7 Summit, Invites Him To Visit India: ‘I Admire His Commitment To Serve People’

PM Modi met Pope Francis on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Italy and invited him to India.

PM Modi met Pope Francis on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Italy and invited him to India.

Source : PTI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is presently in Italy to attend the 'Outreach session' at the G7 Summit in Apulia, met Pope Francis on the summit's sidelines. PM Modi also invited the Pope to visit India. After the meeting, the PM also praised the Pope saying that he "admires his commitment to serve people and make our planet better."

In the visuals of their meeting, PM Modi and Pope Francis can be seen embracing and greeting each other with warmth.

VIDEO | PM Modi greets Pope Francis at the G7 Summit, being held in Apulia, Italy.

Francis will address G7 leaders on Friday at their annual gathering in southern Italy — a first for a pope. pic.twitter.com/UgCBiA0zL7

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) June 14, 2024

#WATCH | Apulia, Italy: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Pope Francis on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Italy pic.twitter.com/gw0wFWju44

— ANI (@ANI) June 14, 2024

Sharing about his meeting with the Pope, PM Modi posted on X: "Met Pope Francis on the sidelines of the G7 Summit. I admire his commitment to serve people and make our planet better. Also invited him to visit India."

Met Pope Francis on the sidelines of the @G7 Summit. I admire his commitment to serve people and make our planet better. Also invited him to visit India. @Pontifex pic.twitter.com/BeIPkdRpUD

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 14, 2024

On the sidelines the G7 Summit, Pope Francis delivered a speech on AI and also held a series of bilateral meetings with various world leaders, who reached Italy to participate in the summit.

The 83-year-old Pope met Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, US President Joe Biden, and French President Emmanuel Macron. 

In his AI speech, Pope Francis challenged the leaders of the world's wealthy democracies to prioritise human dignity in the process of development and use of artificial intelligence (AI).

He also warned that the powerful technology reduces human relations to mere algorithms.

Pope Francis was invited by Italy, which is the G7 Summit 2024 host, to address a special session on AI. This made him the first pope to ever attend the G7.