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Archbishop Angelo Roncalli had worked to save Jews while serving as nuncio, or ambassador, to Turkey, early in the Second World War, and had spent much of his time there in the company of Orthodox Christians and Muslims.
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Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2025
After appealing to the papal nuncio and the patriarchate for help organizing an evacuation, a convoy left carrying around 30 residents — mostly families with children — escorted by the Lebanese military.
—Zoya Awky, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2024
Viganò was recalled as U.S. ambassador, or apostolic nuncio, in 2016.
—Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
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.
—Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
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Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2025
After appealing to the papal nuncio and the patriarchate for help organizing an evacuation, a convoy left carrying around 30 residents — mostly families with children — escorted by the Lebanese military.
—Zoya Awky, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2024
Viganò was recalled as U.S. ambassador, or apostolic nuncio, in 2016.
—Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
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.
—Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
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Weston Hurt might have given the American consul Sharpless a bit more vocal oomph, but his well-upholstered baritone and awkward dignity were just right.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Robert Imbrie, the American consul in Tehran, was brutally murdered in 1924, allegedly because a fanatical religious leader accused him of being a Baha’i and poisoning a well.—
Daniel Thomas Potts,
The Conversation,
30 Mar. 2026
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History belies that interpretation, as prior to the amendment, common law prevailed and all (except Blacks, Amerindians and offspring of diplomats) were regarded as citizens at birth (one of the unenumerated rights of the Ninth Amendment).—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Martha Washington didn’t make the trip for the inauguration, but diplomats from France and Spain did.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
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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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The behavior of a suspect in the murders of two University of South Florida students from Bangladesh worsened over time from marijuana use, family members told deputies after his arrest three years ago for punching his brother in the face and kicking his mother in the back.—
Mike Schneider,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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As noted, city marshals, deputy sheriffs, the NYPD and a legitimate judicial order of eviction were involved.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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My dad was killed by Iranian proxies forty-two years ago.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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Lebanon could play a key role in any resolution of the Iran conflict due to Israel's campaign against Iranian proxy group Hezbollah.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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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 2 May. 2026.
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