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State official clarifies misinfo about US Embassy in Vatican City
The Vatican by night: St. Peter's Basilica—Photo by Joseph Earnest
by Joseph Earnest December 5, 2013
Newscast Media VATICAN CITY—A State official is clearing the misinformation and rumor mongering out there about the moving of the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See. Shaun Casey, as special adviser for faith-based community initiates at the U.S. State Department clarified that the United States is moving the location of the Embassy to a building that is safer, bigger, and architecturally more appealing. It also is slightly closer to Vatican City.
At the end of 2014 or early 2015, the U.S. will move the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See from its current location near the Circus Maximus in Rome to a U.S. government-owned compound less than two miles away. The new location, which also houses the U.S. Embassy to Italy and U.S. Mission to the United Nations Agencies, is actually closer to Vatican City than the current location.
The historic and beautiful building that will house the future Embassy provides ideal and expanded office space for the U.S. diplomats who do the critical work of representing the United States to the Holy See. The future Embassy will be 78 percent larger than the current Embassy. The residence of the U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See will not change.
All three diplomatic missions on the U.S. compound will retain their distinct character and functions. Each will continue to have independently accredited ambassadors working in separate buildings. Each Embassy will have a separate street address and entrance. The Embassy to the Holy See will continue to operate independently from the other two U.S. Embassies in Rome. It will remain one of the largest foreign missions from any country accredited to the Holy See. Add Comments>>
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