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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

Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the Vatican’s papal nuncio and chief diplomatic representative in the U.S., revealed the decision on Mr. Pavone in a Dec. 13 letter to U.S.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 18, 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 standing nuncio seated himself also, on a throne opposite, hung with white and gold.

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

They included tens of thousands of dollars sent to the nuncios in Washington and more than a dozen cardinals in the United States and at the Vatican, some of them aides to the pope.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2019

Francis laid out in black and white the sort of bishop he prefers in a June 2013 speech to his nuncios.

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

Cardinal Simeoni, who had succeeded Antonelli as Secretary of State, in a circular addressed to the Papal nuncios, pointed out the weakness and gross injustice of Mancini's letter.

From Pius IX. And His Time by Æneas MacDonell Dawson


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