Vatican City, Nov 16, 2019 / 04:00 am
Pope Francis Saturday named Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia the next Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations in New York.
"I hope to be able to fulfill well the new task Pope Francis has entrusted to me, seeking to bring the light of Catholic social teaching to the discussions and debates of the international community," Caccia said of his appointment Nov. 16.
Archbishop Caccia will succeed Archbishop Bernardito Auza, whom Pope Francis appointed Apostolic Nuncio to the Kingdom of Spain and to the Principality of Andorra in October.
Caccia has spent nearly 30 years in the Vatican's diplomatic service working in nunciatures in Tanzania, Lebanon, the Philippines, and the Vatican's Secretariat of State in Rome.