Ambassador to the Holy See

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Brian Burch’s nomination as U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See was blocked by Senate Democrats on May 13, 2025.

UPDATE: Senate Democrats block U.S. Vatican ambassador confirmation

May 17, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Senate Democrats this week blocked the confirmation of Brian Burch, President Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to the Holy See,... Read more

CatholicVote president Brian Burch speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on his nomination for to be ambassador to the Holy See on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

U.S. ambassador-designate to Vatican clears Senate Foreign Relations Committee

May 1, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

All 12 Republicans on the Senate committee voted in favor of Brian Burch, while all 10 of the committee’s Democrat... Read more

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Dec. 20,2024 that he has chosen CatholicVote president, Brian Burch, to be his ambassador to the Holy See.

Trump picks CatholicVote president Brian Burch as ambassador to Vatican

Dec 20, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

CatholicVote is a political advocacy group that endorsed Trump in January and ran advertisements in support of the president-elect during... Read more

Joe Donnelly was appointed U.S. ambassador to the Holy See by President Joe Biden on April 11, 2022.

U.S. ambassador to the Holy See talks about the role of faith in politics

May 6, 2023

By Tina Dennelly

Joe Donnelly recently sat down with Colm Flynn of EWTN News In Depth. Read more

Chiara Porro, Australia's ambassador to the Holy See, presents her credentials to Pope Francis Aug. 27, 2020.

'I hope to be able to inspire': Meet Australia's 36-year-old ambassador to the Holy See

Sep 3, 2020

By Courtney Mares

Australia’s new ambassador to the Holy See is a 36-year-old mother of two with a passion for youth outreach.   Read more

Pope Francis meets with the diplomatic corps Jan. 8, 2018.

Pope Francis to diplomats: Polarization hurts the poor

Jan 9, 2020

By Courtney Mares

In his annual address to diplomats Thursday, Pope Francis stressed that solidarity is needed in 2020 to overcome polarization for... Read more

Callista Gingrich.

Callista Gingrich confirmed as US Ambassador to the Vatican

Oct 16, 2017

On Monday, the U.S. Senate confirmed Callista Gingrich, wife of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, as the next U.S. Ambassador... Read more

Callista Gingrich.

Senate committee considers Callista Gingrich nomination as Vatican ambassador

Jul 18, 2017

By Elise Harris

Callista Gingrich, nominated by President Donald Trump as U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, laid out her priorities Tuesday at... Read more

Callista Gingrich.

Who is Callista Gingrich? The woman set to be the new Vatican ambassador

May 16, 2017

By Matt Hadro

President Donald Trump has chosen Callista Gingrich, wife of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, to be the next U.S. Ambassador... Read more