Pope appoints key Asian negotiator as nuncio to Venezuela/ Un alto diplomático será el nuncio del Papa en Venezuela

Pope Benedict XVI has appointed the Holy See’s under-Secretary for Relations with States and its chief negotiator with China, Vietnam and Israel as nuncio to Venezuela. The Vatican announced on Aug. 17 that Monsignor Pietro Parolin has been promoted to archbishop, and that the Pope has appointed another Italian as his successor, Monsignor Ettore Balestrero( full information)/ El Vaticano dijo que monseñor Pietro Parolin, actualmente subsecretario de relaciones con estados, había sido nombrado nuncio apostólico en el país latinoamericano, predominantemente católico. Será sustituido por monseñor Ettore Balestrero ( información completa)