Vatican ~ Philippines 2007

 Visit to the State of Vatican by

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo 

hosted by Pope Benedict XVI

June 2007

Pope Benedict XVI receiving Pres.Arroyo during a private audience

Pope Benedict XVI receiving Pres.Arroyo during a private audience

Pres.Arroyo & Pope Benedict XVI during the private audience

Pres.Arroyo & Pope Benedict XVI during the private audience

Pres.Arroyo receiving a rosary from Pope Benedict XVI

Pres.Arroyo receiving a gift from Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI poses with Pres.Gloria Arroyo &
Foreign Sec.Romulo

Pope Benedict XVI poses with Pres.Gloria Arroyo and
her delegation.

Pope Benedict XVI ,Pres.Gloria Arroyo and
her delegation.

Pres.Arroyo & Pope Benedict XVI during the private audience

Pres.Arroyo is greeted by Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone 

Pres.Arroyo attending the canonisation mass for the four new saints

Canonisation Mass, Vatican

 Canonisation Mass, Vatican

Canonisation Mass, Vatican

Pope Benedict XVI greets Pres.Arroyo at the end

of canonisation mass for the four new saints.

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List of  Heads of State
Attending the Canonisation

                                                  Pres. Edward Fenech Adami of Malta

                                                  Pres. Lech Kaczynski of Poland

                                                  Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of the Philippines

                                                  Pres. Mary McAleese of Ireland

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His Holiness Benedict XVI

Pontiff of the Holy See

 2005 to 2013