His Excellency Bernard Giluk Dompok, Ambassador of Malaysia to The Holy See met His Eminence Cardinal George Pell, Prefect of The Secretariat for Economy, Secretariat of State on 15 June 2016. Cardinal Pell was appointed in February 2014 as the first cardinal-prefect of the newly created Secretariat for Economy responsible for annual budget of The Holy See and the Vatican.
Both sides discussed potential areas of collaboration between Malaysia and The Holy See focussing in the field of education and inter-faith religious dialogue.