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Nuncio to Spain appointed amid tension between government, bishops
September 17, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Pope Leo XIV appointed Archbishop Piero Pioppo, until now apostolic nuncio in Indonesia, as the apostolic nuncio in Spain.
The Pillar reported that Spain’s Socialist government delayed its approval of the appointment for months in order in order to show its displeasure with the nation’s hierarchy. The Italian blog Silere Non Possum, citing “multiple reconstructions,” stated that the Spanish government had originally issued an informal veto of Archbishop Pioppo’s appointment.
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