There was a brief period, from 1984 to 1991, when the Vatican ambassador to the United States was called the pro-nuncio because he was not the dean of the world's ambassadors to the United States (a position that under a Vienna convention is automatically given to the Vatican ambassador in many countries but in other countries is given to the senior foreign ambassador, wherever he is from). Papal representatives in the United States were apostolic delegates until 1984, when full diplomatic relations were established. ![]() In a country with which the Vatican does not have diplomatic relations, the official Vatican liaison with the church there is called an apostolic delegate. An apostolic nuncio, also called a papal nuncio, is always an archbishop, and it is his religious title that is capitalized as a title before his name, e.g., Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, apostolic nuncio to the United States, not Apostolic Nuncio Carlo Maria Viganò. Church law explicitly rejects this interpretation, saying that children of a putative marriage are legitimate even if the marriage is later judged to be invalid.Īpostolic nuncio. Church term for the Vatican ambassador to another country and the papal liaison with the church in that country. This has been a source of one of the major popular misunderstandings of annulments namely, that an annulment somehow makes the children of that union illegitimate. Children from a putative marriage are considered legitimate even if the marriage is later ruled to be invalid. "Putative" (meaning apparent or seeming) is a key word in the entire process: It refers to a marriage in which at least one party acted in good faith, believing it was valid at the time it took place. ![]() Technically called a decree of nullity, is a sentence by a church court, confirmed by an appellate court, that a putative marriage was not valid from the start because something was lacking: full knowledge and consent by both parties, freedom from force or grave fear, or some other factor needed for a valid marriage. For example, archbishop is capitalized only when used as a title before a name, but College of Cardinals is a proper name in all uses-so the archbishop entry is lowercased but the other is capitalized.įor more information on covering the Catholic Church and the Mass, see:Īnnulment. Terms are capitalized only if they are always capitalized. One may hope that even more experienced journalists will find one or two new insights here. ![]() Here is a brief glossary of terms often used in the Catholic Church that may not be completely familiar to journalists who have not had a great deal of experience in covering church matters.
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