In Georgia, Pope urges respect for the sovereign rights of every country
In his address to political authorities in Tbilisi the Pope invited all to dialogue, which is all the more necessary “in the present historical moment with no shortage of violent extremism that manipulates and distorts civic and religious principles, and subjugates them to the dark designs of domination and death”. Georgia’s president, Margvelashvili, thanked him for the support of the Holy See and addressed very tough words to Russia, in reference to the Abkhazia and South Ossetia questions