The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has invited the Vatican to send a delegation to its general meeting next week in South Korea ahead of the Pyeongchang Winter Games. The delegation will be led by the under-secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture, Monsignor Melchor Sanchez de Toca, and from 5 to 7 February they will also attend an Olympic session of IOC members as observers.
As reported by Vatican Radio, Speaking ahead of his departure to Pyeongchang, Monsignor Sanchez de Toca remarked that “I was invited as a distinguished guest to the opening of the Rio Olympic Games, but now this relationship has been brought to a higher level. The International Olympic Committee has addressed a formal invitation to the Holy See to be present at the opening of the Olympic Games as an official delegation, so to speak.”
The aim of the team is to inspire solidarity and friendship the in sport. The 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea takes place from the 9th to 25th of February.
