The Vatican News channel, one of the communication organs that the Vatican has,
apologized
this Monday after during the official broadcast of the canonization of Mama Antula the presence of Javier Milei accompanied by
Karina Milei
at the ceremony was reported . whom
they introduced as his wife.
“In the course of our
Spanish-language radio and television chronicle
of the canonization of Mama Antula, our announcer, due to
a lapse, involuntarily defined Karina Milei as “wife” of President Javier Milei instead of “sister,””
he detailed .
the Vatican media in a statement.
They clarified that despite the error, Karina Milei's
position
as Secretary General of the Presidency of the Nation was correctly appointed.
The transmission was seen in different media that took the signal this Sunday, including Public TV.
“We regret this error and
we apologize to those interested and to the listeners,”
they concluded in the brief statement released this Monday that addressed the scandal that went viral on the networks.
On Sunday Milei led the delegation of officials that traveled to the Vatican to participate in
the ceremony that made Mama Antula a saint
, the first Argentine canonized by the Catholic Church, celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica.
Karina Milei leaves the Vatican after briefly participating in the meeting between the President and the Pope.
Photo Andreas Solaro / AFP
As a State event,
the Vatican's official channel broadcast the event from its website
and so that news channels from around the world could cover it, with translators in different languages.
The announcer in charge of translating the events in Spanish for Vatican News
He had a mistake that went viral:
he confused Milei's sister, Karina, with his wife.
And the lapse became a trend on networks.
We apologize for an involuntary error during the chronicle of the canonization of #MamaAntula. Due to a lapse, our announcer involuntarily defined Karina Milei as "wife" of President Javier Milei instead of sister.
#Argentina https://t.co/CfZYcM95j6
— Vatican News (@vaticannews_es) February 12, 2024
"We inform that the president of the Argentine Republic, Javier Milei, participates in the holy mass
, along with his wife, the general secretary of the Presidency Karina Milei
," said the confused announcer, while watching the authorities enter the mass. canonization of Mama Antula, on the circular walk that took them to Pope Francis.
Vatican News is a signal that depends on the
Dicastery for Communication
of the Holy See of the Vatican.
What the Pope and Javier Milei talked about during the audience of more than an hour
This Monday, the Holy Pontiff received Javier Milei as part of the President's official visit to the Vatican.
The meeting was surprising for its length: it lasted more than an hour, longer than Francisco's meetings with any other Argentine leader.
The economic crisis in Argentina and the current international conflicts were
part of the "cordial" conversations
that the Pope and the Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin, had with Milei, according to the Holy See.
Javier Milei was received by Pope Francis this Monday at the Vatican.
ANSA / Vatican Media.
"This morning, the Holy Father Francis received in audience at the Apostolic Palace the President of the Argentine Republic, His Excellency Javier Gerardo Milei, who subsequently met with HE Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of His Holiness , accompanied by HE Bishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations," says the official statement from the Holy See.
And he continues: "During the cordial conversations in the Secretariat of State,
satisfaction was expressed for the good relations between the Holy See and the Argentine Republic and the desire to strengthen them even further
. They then stopped at the new Government's program to face the economic crisis".
"In the continuation of the conversation, several international issues were addressed, particularly current conflicts and the commitment to peace between nations," the text concludes.
D.S.