Pope Leo XIV Sends His Best Diplomat to America

Archbishop Gabriele Caccia — the Vatican's veteran envoy to Duterte's Philippines and the United Nations — is now headed to Washington at the most turbulent moment in modern Vatican-U.S. relations.

Mar 08, 2026

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On Saturday, Pope Leo XIV made one of the most consequential appointments of his young papacy. He named Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia — a 68-year-old Italian career diplom…

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