Papal legate
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A papal legate or apostolic legate is a personal representative of the Pope to foreign nations, to some other part of the Catholic Church, or to representatives of a state or monarchy. A legate is emp
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, papal legate to England during the reign of Henry VIII
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Nuncio
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An apostolic nuncio is an ecclesiastical diplomat whose rank is equal to that of an ambassador, serving as an envoy or a permanent diplomatic representative of the Holy See to a state or to an interna
Papal legate
…There are several ranks of papal legates in diplomacy, some of which are no longer used. The most common form of papal legate today is the apostolic nuncio, whose task it is to strengthen relations between the Holy See and the Catholic Church in a particular country and at the same time to act as the…
Archbishop Karl-Josef Rauber, former nuncio to Belgium and Luxembourg