REGAN REESTABLISHED NEXUS WITH ROME

Reagan re-established diplomatic relations with the Vatican in 1984!!

Diplomatic relations between the U.S. and the Vatican were broken off in 1865 because of the Vatican's support for the Confederacy and because the Pope sheltered John Surraett— the murderer of President Lincoln. The U.S. government decided to downplay the role of the Vatican in the rebellion lest there be a religious war in the country. The people were tired of fighting but they loved Lincoln so much that they would driven every Roman Catholic out of the country forever!!

In 1984, the Vatican sent a papal nuncio or Papal LEGATE to Washington and the U.S. sent an ambassador to Vatican City. The Italian government based in Rome already had an ambassador to this country. He is the ONLY legal representative of Rome and Italy to the United States. This didn't seem to bother Reagan because his first allegiance was to the Pope.

Source: http://www.reformation.org/reagan-and-pope.html

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