Bishop Juan Vicente Cordoba has on Sunday become the first Colombian to have a private audience with Pope Francis, the new pontiff of the Catholic church.
“I went to his office [in the Vatican] and asked if I could speak with him, I thought that it would be a no, but he received me,” recounted Bishop Cordoba, the Diocese of fontibon in the country’s capital of Bogota.
They spoke for about ten minutes about the Society of Jesus, Cordoba’s career, and the Colombian peace process between the government and left-wing rebel group FARC.
Cordoba said that the Pope agreed to visit Colombia, although he mentioned no specific date.
“I do not know when, but it’s clear I have to go [to Colombia],” said the pope.
Bishop Cordoba first met