VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo XIV named a new ambassador to the United States on Saturday, amid diplomatic tensions over the Trump administration’s war on Iran and its hardline migration policy.
Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, 68 -- previously the Holy See’s ambassador to the United Nations in New York -- has been named apostolic nuncio in Washington, the Vatican said. He replaces Cardinal Christophe Pierre, who is retiring at the age of 80, it said.
Leo is the Catholic Church’s first American pope.
Faced with a highly polarised US political landscape, has opted for discreet and indirect criticism of Washington, while also keeping channels of communication open.
