nuncio
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Origin of nuncio
1520–30; < Italian nuncio, nunzio < Latin nūncius, nūntius messenger
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Christian unity was the central message of greetings by Pope Francis conveyed by the papal nuncio to Cyprus Adolfo Tito Yllana.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 8, 2023
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 many countries of Catholic tradition, the dean’s position is held automatically by the Vatican envoy, known as a nuncio, regardless of how long he has been in the country.
From Reuters ● Nov. 19, 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
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
The 'creatures' were the papal legates and nuncios and all their belongings, who were plundering England without shame.
From The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 by Various
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