Vatican diplomacy Archives

Taiwan and the Vatican practice a unique ‘dialogue of the mute’

Oct 19, 2020

With the Vatican expected to renew its provisional agreement with China on the appointment of bishops later this month, Taiwan has been conspicuously silent from the conversation.

By Elise Ann Allen

Around world, men, women, children ‘bear burden’ of climate change, says nuncio

Oct 15, 2020

Protecting “our common home for present and future generations is one of the most urgent demands of our time,” Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations, said Oct. 13.

By Catholic News Service

Papal representative to Syria warns Vatican diplomats ‘time is running out’

Oct 15, 2020

In a rare move, Pope Francis’s representative in Syria met on Thursday with the ambassadors accredited to the Vatican, in an attempt to raise awareness on the impact of the eight-year-long civil war in the country.

By Inés San Martín

Women who ‘applied’ to be clergy say Vatican envoy is ‘open-minded’

Oct 15, 2020

Seven women who recently turned in résumés at the Vatican embassy to France for ecclesial jobs open only to men were shocked not only when they got a response, but were offered one-on-one private meetings with Vatican’s nuncio to the country, Archbishop Celestino Migliore, who they described as welcoming, open-minded, and an attentive listener.

By Elise Ann Allen

New U.N. nuncio addresses economic inequities made worse by COVID-19

Oct 10, 2020

In an Oct. 7 address to the United Nations’ Economic and Financial Committee, Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Vatican’s newly appointed nuncio, took note of the many economic inequities made worse by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

By Catholic News Service

Vatican ‘not optimistic’ exiled Belarus archbishop will return

Oct 9, 2020

“We tried to argue that it was in the interests of everybody, church and state, that he be allowed to return to the country,” said British Archbishop Paul Gallagher. “They do not share that opinion, and I’m not overly optimistic that they’re going to move on that one.”

By John L. Allen Jr.