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The Jesuit General Rules. not the Pope. and that Pope is dead now. Black is white and white is black. sad that Roman Catholics don't understand what has been going on with the Sovereign State of the Vatican for centuries.

Jim Nicholson Head of the VA> says we are PAPAL STATES ha DIDN'T KNOW THAT DID YA!!
1870-( AFTER THE ASSASSINATION OF Abe Lincoln when WE found involvement of the Jesuits!) we were free until 1984!

BIO
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he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the prestigious John Cabot University in Rome, Italy, and on January 7, 2003 he was presented with the coveted President's Medal from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. On October 16, 2003, Pope John Paul II named him a Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of Pius IX. The Grand Cross is the highest papal award given to a layman who is not a head of state.


Nicholson's tenure as Chairman was marked by record fund raising and flawless adherence to the rules and ethics, and culminated in the history making victories of the 2000 elections. Under Nicholson the Republican Party won the Presidency, the Congress, a majority of Governorships and state legislatures, a feat not achieved by Republicans in nearly fifty years

In 1999, Nicholson was honored by induction as a Knight in the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, one of the highest honors awarded to a Roman Catholic.

In 2000, Nicholson was given the prestigious Horatio Alger Award, recognizing his climb from humble beginnings to a position of success, which has enabled him to serve others in America now less fortunate. Among community honors, Irish America magazine has named him one of the top 100 Irish Americans in the country. He was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Public Service, Honoris Causa, by Regis University in Denver in May of 2001. On August 10, 2001 Nicholson was sworn-in as the sixth U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, and presented his credentials to the Holy Father, Pope John Paul II on September 13, 2001.

http://www.papal-concert-of-reconciliation.com/h_html_en/03-12nicholson.html


THE USA AND THE HOLY SEE. The Long Road

The launch of the book* by Jim Nicholson, Ambassador of the United States to the Holy See, at the Pontifical Lateran University, 31 March 2004. The speeches by Senator Giulio Andreotti, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran and the author

snipet>> Your mission, Mr. Ambassador Nicholson, will go down in history for the fact that you presented your letters of credentials a few hours after that 11 September 2001 which, with the massacre in New York, has given rise to an anguishing global problem, in facing which no one can avoid deep reflection and "sacrifices"

http://www.30giorni.it/us/articolo.asp?id=3544
Jim doesn't say that Nazis and communism was created by the same fancy he leaves that part of history out of his speech. and this is who is helping out military VETS!
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JIM NICHOLSON:
This year marks the 20th anniversary of formal diplomatic relations between the United States and the Holy See. I have often characterized our relationship as one between the world's temporal superpower and its spiritual superpower, both sharing a common priority to promote human dignity. When I became U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, I realized that the history of this distinctive partnership was not well known. When Trenta Giorni approached me about the possibility of writing this history, I welcomed the opportunity to add to the story of the diplomatic relationship between my country and the Holy See.
I want to thank Senator Andreotti and Trenta Giorni magazine for their interest in the United States, and for the opportunity to write about our relationship with the Vatican. I would also like to express my special thanks to Trenta Giorni editor, Giovanni Cubeddu, and his team, for their outstanding collaboration and professionalism in both publications of The Long Road – it has been a pleasure to work with him. Giovanni is a patient man when it comes to publishing deadlines, although I know we tried his patience a time or two. I am honored that His Eminence Cardinal Tauran and Secretary of State Powell have enriched this book with a preface in which they eloquently share their perspectives on this relationship. Finally, I want to thank Bishop Fisichella for his interest in this subject and for his hospitality here at the Lateran tonight.
It is a pleasure to see so many friends here this evening. I'm particularly pleased to see so many colleagues from the Vatican and the diplomatic corps with whom I have had the privilege of working these past two plus years. When I began work on the first edition of "The United States and the Holy See, The Long Road" two years ago with the help of a group of young research assistants I was intrigued to find out that this relationship began during the very first years of the American Republic. Its early protagonists included such personalities as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, the Jesuit, John Carroll, and Pope Pius VI.

The second edition of "The Long Road" takes our story right up to our 20th anniversary. The central issue of this most recent period was of course the war in Iraq – an issue in our relationship that has been subject to some considerable misunderstanding


For some two hundred years the diplomatic relationship between the United States and the Holy See ebbed and flowed as the geo-political climate of each historical period influenced the relationship. The early years saw the appointment of consuls and resident ministers to what was then the Papal States, here to assist U.S. citizens and promote U.S. commercial interests. With the loss of the Papal States in 1870 the relationship entered a long pause, as the United States and the Holy See continued to engage each other, but at a diplomatic distance.
With the outbreak of World War II and the challenge it posed to freedom and justice, this limited engagement was no longer tenable. Recognizing the important role the Holy See played throughout Europe, President Roosevelt appointed Myron Taylor as his Personal Representative to Pope Pius XII. Taylor would emerge as a crucial intermediary between the president and the pope as the U.S. tried unsuccessfully to keep Italy from entering the war. True to the humanitarian face Roosevelt had placed on his mission – a mission we continue to fulfill today – Taylor worked closely with the Vatican to feed refugees streaming across the borders of Europe, to provide material aid to the victims of war-torn Eastern Europe, and to assist allied prisoners of war.
Despite an effort by President Truman to formalize the relationship by appointing WWII hero, General Mark Clark, as U.S. Ambassador, the effort again ran aground in Congress, where emotional concerns about Church-State separation continued to generate opposition. As a result, there were occasional representatives in the 1970's and early 1980's, but it was only in 1984, with Pope John Paul II emerging as a critical voice for freedom and justice that President Reagan decided that the United States could no longer afford to be without an Ambassador to the Holy See. Recognizing in the Polish, globetrotting pope a friend and ally in his drive to "tear down" the Iron Curtain, President Reagan succeeded in getting, for the first time, the needed consent of the U.S. Congress and appointed William Wilson as the first U.S. ambassador to the Holy See. When Wilson presented his credentials to Pope John Paul II in April 1984, the Pope told him that renewed collaboration between the United States and the Holy See should mean, "exerting common efforts to defend the dignity and the rights of the human person." The Pope's words would set the direction for the future of this vital partnership between two of the world's leading voices for freedom, justice, and human dignity.
Twenty years later, I can attest that the partnership has proven its value – to the United States, to the Holy See, and to the cause of human dignity. Working together during these past twenty years, the United States and the Holy See helped spur the collapse of communism both through our close consultation on developments in Poland, and, more profoundly, from what one of President Reagan's advisors termed "a unity of spiritual view and a unity of vision on the Soviet empire" – that right would ultimately prevail. Likewise, in Central America, the United States and the Holy See opposed communist insurgents and ultimately restored stability to the region. In the Philippines, the U.S. and the Holy See were again on the side of freedom as we both helped steer that country toward a peaceful democratic transition. In international fora, we continue to actively promote human rights, religious freedom, and the dignity of human life on every continent.
The first edition of The Long Road covers the relationship from the beginning to my arrival here, coinciding with the tragic attacks of September 11. It includes the Holy See's support for United States' actions against the al Qaeda threat – a position then forcefully articulated by His Eminence Cardinal Tauran. The second edition of "The Long Road" takes our story right up to our 20th anniversary. The central issue of this most recent period was of course the war in Iraq – an issue in our relationship that has been subject to some considerable misunderstanding. I therefore welcomed the opportunity offered by Trenta Giorni to undertake a "second edition" of The Long Road in order to bring some clarity to these misconceptions.
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Dr. Emilio T. Gonzalez, Director, USCIS

Dr. Gonzalez is a Knight of Malta. you wonder why our Southern boarders are not sercure. Mexico a major Roman Catholic state. a nice ARmy already built in. how do you think they got all the immigrant in the streets

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=052647a5...