Gallagher’s mission to Russia marks the Vatican’s diplomacy coming of age. It may need permanent structures to fill the void left by the UN’s weakening. The visit to Moscow by the Secretary for Relations with States, Bishop Paul Richard Gallagher, is a turning point in the history of Vatican diplomacy. Since the start of the […]
While Bishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Holy See’s Secretary for Relations with States, was holding a press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, another Catholic official landed in Moscow: CIA Director John Ratcliffe – who reportedly went to Moscow to warn Russia against support for Iran and activities in Europe. Vatican diplomacy and American […]
On Saturday, March 7, Pope Leo XIV announced the appointment of the new apostolic nuncio (ambassador of the Holy See) to the United States. Cardinal Christophe Pierre will be succeeded by Msgr. Gabriele Caccia, who is currently the Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations in New York. This appointment seems logical in terms […]
Lecture by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See, who urges international diplomacy to find new paths to justice and peace within a rapidly changing geopolitical context. Towards the construction of a new world order that guarantees stability for peoples and countries, renewing the effectiveness of international law in the face of […]
