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His decision to appeal prompted Bruckner, who works as a ministry assistant at a Colorado nondenominational church, to ask Pierre, the apostolic nuncio, to review the court record.
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Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
Nunn’s daughter, Krista Bruckner, wrote in February to the Vatican’s U.S. nuncio or ambassador, Cardinal Christophe Pierre.
—Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
Ukraine has passed messages and lists of names to the papal nuncio in Kyiv, Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, who forwards them via the Holy See to the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow, according to a Ukrainian official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.
—Isobel Koshiw, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
Ortega kicked out the papal nuncio, the Vatican's top diplomat in March.
—Megan Janetsky, ajc, 13 Feb. 2023
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Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
Nunn’s daughter, Krista Bruckner, wrote in February to the Vatican’s U.S. nuncio or ambassador, Cardinal Christophe Pierre.
—Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
Ukraine has passed messages and lists of names to the papal nuncio in Kyiv, Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, who forwards them via the Holy See to the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow, according to a Ukrainian official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.
—Isobel Koshiw, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
Ortega kicked out the papal nuncio, the Vatican's top diplomat in March.
—Megan Janetsky, ajc, 13 Feb. 2023
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But Morales made a point to highlight a recent visit Hungarian officials made to the Indiana Statehouse when his wife, who is a Hungarian immigrant, was recognized as the honorary consul of Hungary to Indiana.—
Brittany Carloni,
IndyStar,
30 May 2025
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At least America’s Emperor of Chaos has not made his horse a consul.—
Maureen Dowd,
The Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2025
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The American Foreign Service Association, a union that represents tens of thousands of former and current diplomats, said Friday the layoffs are an indication to allies the U.S. is retreating from the global arena.—
Filip Timotija,
The Hill,
11 July 2025
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Details of the talks remain scarce, but the Wall Street Journal, quoting an unnamed EU diplomat, reported that EU Commission officials have told member states options boil down to accepting an agreement that heavily favors the U.S. or rejecting a deal and facing more unpredictability.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Andrei Vyshinsky, procurator general in the 1930s, had overseen Stalin’s horrendous purges of millions of ordinary citizens – plus most of the members of the Communist Party Central Committee and top Soviet generals.—
Peter Bridges,
The Christian Science Monitor,
10 Jan. 2022
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The procurator of Roman Britain, Catus Decianus, ordered an extra two hundred men to Camulodunum and figured the problem was solved.—
Anne Thériault,
Longreads,
14 May 2021
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Smirnov and his first deputy, Alexei Dedov, were arrested in April 2025 by the Russian Interior Ministry on allegations of embezzlement of public money over contracts for the construction of fortifications in Kursk.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 July 2025
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Whiting had been locked out of the County Attorney's Office since June after his chief deputy and three other top employees obtained restraining orders against him.—
Robert Anglen,
AZCentral.com,
7 July 2025
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The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said Putin's and Peskov's statements show Moscow has not abandoned its war aims, which include government change, a pro-Russian proxy government in Kyiv, and limitations on Ukraine's military.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 July 2025
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The church, through its Board of Pensions, plans to present the proposal at the company’s annual stockholder meeting later this summer, according to Albertsons’ annual proxy statement released June 20.—
Angela Palermo
July 4,
Idaho Statesman,
4 July 2025
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However, papal legates—diplomatic representatives—continue their external functions.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
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In the 1520s Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal legate of England, drove forward a similar program of moral and financial reform, winding up a further 29 monasteries.—
Crawford Gribben,
WSJ,
29 Apr. 2022
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“Nuncio.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nuncio. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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