nuncio
Americannoun
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nuncios
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Etymology
Origin of nuncio
1520–30; < Italian nuncio, nunzio < Latin nūncius, nūntius messenger
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Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the Pope’s representative to the United States, called the apostolic nuncio, addressed the letter dated Dec. 13 to bishops, alerting them of the decision from the Vatican.
From New York Times ● Dec. 18, 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
In March, Nicaragua expelled the papal nuncio, the Vatican’s top diplomat in Nicaragua.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 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
He came in all the state of a nuncio, though he had left his canopy downstairs.
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
In addition to Ramsey, at least three other people sent letters to Vatican ambassadors — called nuncios.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 1, 2018
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
This measure, so just and useful in itself, irritated the German archbishops, already too jealous of the jurisdiction of the nuncios in the Empire.
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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