Caracas, Venezuela, Sep 3, 2013 / 11:18 am
Archbishop Pietro Parolin, the new Vatican Secretary of State, is being praised by a Venezuelan cardinal as a "messenger of peace" for his former efforts at dialogue in the South American country.
"I think the Holy Father Francis has made a great appointment," said Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino of Caracas, Venezuela.
"Archbishop Parolin is a well-prepared bishop with a great capacity to work," the cardinal explained. "He is a very intelligent man with extensive experience in the Church's international affairs, and here in Venezuela he did great work in service to the Church and to the Venezuelan people."
During his time as apostolic nuncio to Venezuela, Archbishop Parolin was a great promoter of dialogue, the cardinal said.