Samoa's head of state, Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi, will meet the Pope in Rome next month.
An audience with Pope Francis follows his state visit to Germany this week with his wife afioga ile masiofo Filifilia Tamasese.
There they will meet the President of Germany Joachim Gauck yo-ah-kim gowk (as in cow) and attend the opening of a museum exhibit in Munich.
