nuncio
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nuncios
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noun
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Etymology
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
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 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
What could be more destructive to the hierarchy of popes, cardinals, and papal nuncios of the Latin, with the patriarchs, archimandrites, and papas of the Greek churches?
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by John Bunyan
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