The Apostolic Nunciature is the Embassy of the Holy See in a particular country.
The Apostolic Nunciature is the Embassy of the Holy See.
The ‘Holy See’ refers to the authority, jurisdiction, and sovereignty vested in the Pope and his advisers to direct the worldwide Roman Catholic Church. It is the Holy See which is internationally recognised as the ‘central government’ of the Roman Catholic Church, as such the Holy See enters into treaties with other States and sends and receives diplomatic representatives. The Holy See is not the same as the Vatican, a tiny State, within the confines of the Italian City of Rome which was created in 1929 in order to protect the independence of the Pope from any particular State or Government.
God our Father, shepherd and guide,
look with love on Benedict, your servant,
the pastor of your Church.
May his word and example inspire and guide the Church,
and may he, and all those entrusted to his care,
come to the joy of everlasting life.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
This article was written in 2010 by a member of the catechetical team at the Maryvale Institute.
A ‘saint’ is someone who has been canonised - a holy man or woman who lived a life of heroic virtue.
A bishop heads up a local 'diocese'. Dioceses with large or important cities may have an Archbishop.
A priest has heard God calling him to an important role – that of the ministerial priesthood.
An Apostolic Nuncio is the Pope's representative in a particular country.
