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Article: 25 years of relations.(NATION)(25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between United States and Vatican City)(Brief article)
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- National Catholic Reporter
- Article date:
- June 12, 2009
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Thomas Melady, a former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican (1989-93), speaks during a symposium at The Catholic University of America in Washington May 28 marking the 25th anniversary of formal diplomatic relations between the United States and the Holy See. Looking on is Jim Nicholson, U.S. ambassador to the Vatican (2001-2005) and former secretary of Veterans Affairs, and Nicholas Burns, a former high-ranking State Department official. Though the symposium had long been scheduled, it came the morning after President Obama nominated theology professor Miguel Diaz to be the ninth U.S. ambassador to the ...