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nuncio

[nuhn-shee-oh, -see-oh, noon-] / ˈnʌn ʃiˌoʊ, -siˌoʊ, ˈnʊn- /




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Ortega kicked out the papal nuncio, the Vatican’s top diplomat in March.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2023

Part of the trip’s goal, said Archbishop Pietro Sambi, the papal nuncio to the United States, was to dispel the idea among Americans that Benedict was “this tough, this inhuman, person.”

From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2022

The list then goes to the Vatican nuncio, or ambassador, in a country, who further investigates the person and sends his recommendations to the Vatican.

From Reuters ● Jul. 13, 2022

The reporter reported that current apostolic nuncio Archbishop Christophe Pierre “had expressed displeasure” about the coverage to Michael Warsaw, chief executive at EWTN.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 21, 2021

The third instalment was the Bishop of Rochester, who had been appointed nuncio.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

“A lot of it goes to bishops and nuncios with only a tiny fraction going to priests and sisters,” Small said.

From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2023

Among the book’s many satisfactions is the wide net the author casts with ably drawn portraits of the German diplomats, Italian politicians, ambassadors and nuncios, cardinals and Vatican bureaucrats with whom the pope interacted.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2022

Francis told the nuncios that if a priest seems to want to become a bishop, that’s a strong indicator that he probably shouldn’t get the job.

From Time ● Mar. 8, 2015

"I wish to inform that it is not the practice of the Holy See that apostolic nuncios appear before parliamentary commissions," the archbishop wrote in the letter dated Feb. 12.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2010

For two centuries, there were three nuncios sent by the Holy See to Germany: to Vienna, to Cologne, and to Lucerne.

From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Francis A. (Francis Aloysius) Cunningham


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