nuncio

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Ortega kicked out the papal nuncio, the Vatican’s top diplomat in March.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 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

On Saturday, the Vatican announced that the Nicaraguan government had expelled the papal nuncio, Msgr.

From Washington Post • Mar. 12, 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

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