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President of Fiji meets Pope Francis

Monday, March 27th, 2017
President of Fiji

Last Friday Pope Francis met the President of Fiji, Jioji Konousi Konrote,  in a private audience at the Vatican Apostolic Palace. Konrote presented Pope Francis with a lali (Fiji wooden gong) carved from a mahogany tree that once stood outside Fiji’s state-house that was destroyed by Cyclone Winston. “The wooden lali carving was symbolic to Read more