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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/90px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a></th> </tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Georgia – Holy See relations</b> are <a href="/wiki/Bilateral_relations" class="mw-redirect" title="Bilateral relations">bilateral relations</a> between <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a>. The diplomatic relations between the two were established on May 5, 1992. The Georgian Embassy to the Holy See is located in 25 Via Toscana, <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Nunciature" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostolic Nunciature">Apostolic Nunciature</a> is located in 40 Zghenti Street, <a href="/wiki/Tbilisi" title="Tbilisi">Tbilisi</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Georgia%E2%80%93Holy_See_relations&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Georgian_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgian Catholic Church">Georgian Catholic Church</a></div> <p>The diplomatic relations between Georgia and the Holy See span centuries. Georgian kings and princes frequently exchanged letters and embassies with the Holy See and there was a significant upsurge in Roman Catholic missionary efforts in Georgia in the 17th and 18th centuries. Georgia became independent from the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> in 1991 and established diplomatic relations with the Holy See on May 5, 1992. The <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Nunciature" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostolic Nunciature">Apostolic Nunciature</a> in the Georgian capital of <a href="/wiki/Tbilisi" title="Tbilisi">Tbilisi</a> also represents the Holy See in Georgia's <a href="/wiki/South_Caucasia" class="mw-redirect" title="South Caucasia">South Caucasian</a> neighbors—<a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>. Through the charity <a href="/wiki/Caritas_(charity)" class="mw-redirect" title="Caritas (charity)">Caritas</a> the Holy See has been involved in humanitarian activities in Georgia.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a> visited Tbilisi in November 1999. Shortly after this visit Georgia and the Holy See started working on a draft treaty, which became a subject of controversy in largely <a href="/wiki/Georgian_Orthodox_Church" title="Georgian Orthodox Church">Orthodox Christian Georgia</a>. The treaty, envisaging granting a Catholic church a legal status in Georgia, was to be ratified on September 20, 2003, and Archbishop <a href="/wiki/Jean-Louis_Tauran" title="Jean-Louis Tauran">Jean-Louis Tauran</a>, then-<a href="/wiki/Secretary_for_Relations_with_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary for Relations with States">Secretary for Relations with States</a>, arrived in Tbilisi for this occasion. Conservative Orthodox elements responded with a mass protest rally and <a href="/wiki/Ilia_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Ilia II">Ilia II</a>, an influential <a href="/wiki/Catholicos_Patriarch_of_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia">Catholicos Patriarch</a> of the Georgian Orthodox Church, himself expressed skepticism regarding the treaty. The then-<a href="/wiki/President_of_Georgia" title="President of Georgia">President of Georgia</a> <a href="/wiki/Eduard_Shevardnadze" title="Eduard Shevardnadze">Eduard Shevardnadze</a>, being absent at the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States" title="Commonwealth of Independent States">CIS</a> summit in <a href="/wiki/Yalta" title="Yalta">Yalta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>, yielded to the pressure and made a last-minute decision not to sign the treaty, drawing criticism from the Holy See representatives, human rights activists, and liberal Orthodox clerics. Shevardnadze expressed regret over the failure of the agreement and added that work over the treaty would continue.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2010, President of Georgia <a href="/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili" title="Mikheil Saakashvili">Mikheil Saakashvili</a> became the first Georgian leader to visit <a href="/wiki/Vatican_City" title="Vatican City">Vatican City</a> on a <a href="/wiki/State_visit" title="State visit">state visit</a>. He met <a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI" title="Pope Benedict XVI">Pope Benedict XVI</a> and later, attending a Catholic Christmas service in Tbilisi, thanked the Holy See for "steadfast support" to Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 9, 2012, Benedict XVI hailed Georgia's amended legislature on religious minorities adopted in July 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 30 September–1 October 2016, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Pope Francis</a> paid a two-day visit to Georgia, meeting President <a href="/wiki/Giorgi_Margvelashvili" title="Giorgi Margvelashvili">Giorgi Margvelashvili</a> and Georgian Orthodox Patriarch Ilia II.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ambassadors_of_Georgia_to_the_Holy_See">Ambassadors of Georgia to the Holy See</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Georgia%E2%80%93Holy_See_relations&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ambassadors of Georgia to the Holy See"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Amiran Kavadze, 2001–2004 (resident in Geneve)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kh%C3%A9t%C3%A9vane_Bagration_de_Moukhrani" class="mw-redirect" title="Khétévane Bagration de Moukhrani">Khétévane Bagration de Moukhrani</a>, 2005–2014</li> <li>Tamar Grdzelidze, 2014 – present</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nuncios_to_Georgia">Nuncios to Georgia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Georgia%E2%80%93Holy_See_relations&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Nuncios to Georgia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Paul_Gobel" title="Jean-Paul Gobel">Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel</a>, 1993–1998</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Stephan_Zurbriggen" title="Peter Stephan Zurbriggen">Peter Stephan Zurbriggen</a>, 1998–2001</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claudio_Gugerotti" title="Claudio Gugerotti">Claudio Gugerotti</a>, 2001–2011</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marek_Solczy%C5%84ski" title="Marek Solczyński">Marek Solczyński</a>, 2011–present.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Georgia%E2%80%93Holy_See_relations&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Georgia" title="Foreign relations of Georgia">Foreign relations of Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_Holy_See" title="Foreign relations of the Holy See">Foreign relations of the Holy See</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Georgia%E2%80%93Holy_See_relations&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.caritas.ge/">Caritas–Georgia website</a>. Accessed June 29, 2011.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=5019">Brethren In Christ, Divided</a>. <a href="/wiki/Civil_Georgia" title="Civil Georgia">Civil Georgia</a>. September 29, 2003.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=22995">Saakashvili Thanks Vatican for 'Steadfast Support'</a>. Civil Georgia. December 26, 2010.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=24344">Pope Hails Georgia's Legislative Amendment on Religious Groups Legal Status</a>. Civil Georgia. January 11, 2012.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/speeches/2012/january/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20120109_diplomatic-corps_en.html">Address of his Holiness Pope Benedict XVI to the members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See</a>. <a href="/wiki/Vatican_Publishing_House" title="Vatican Publishing House">Vatican Publishing House</a>. January 9, 2012.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFGrove2016" class="citation news cs1">Grove, Thomas (2 October 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/pope-francis-to-tread-a-fine-line-in-azerbaijan-1475396121">"Pope Francis Concludes Visit to Georgia, Azerbaijan"</a>. <i>The Wall Street Journal</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 October</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Wall+Street+Journal&rft.atitle=Pope+Francis+Concludes+Visit+to+Georgia%2C+Azerbaijan&rft.date=2016-10-02&rft.aulast=Grove&rft.aufirst=Thomas&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2Fpope-francis-to-tread-a-fine-line-in-azerbaijan-1475396121&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGeorgia%E2%80%93Holy+See+relations" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mfa.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=ENG&sec_id=383">Relations between Georgia and the Vatican</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120524050546/http://www.mfa.gov.ge/index.php?sec_id=383&lang_id=ENG">Archived</a> 2012-05-24 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_of_Georgia" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia">Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia</a>. Accessed January 16, 2012.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Georgia%E2%80%93Holy_See_relations&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGrdzelidze2018" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Grdzelidze, Tamara (2018). <i>Roma e i georgiani. Le relazioni diplomatiche tra la Georgia e la Santa Sede (1992–2017)</i> (in Italian). 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title="Georgia–Indonesia relations">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia%E2%80%93Iran_relations" title="Georgia–Iran relations">Iran</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Georgia%E2%80%93Iran_relations" title="History of Georgia–Iran relations">History</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia%E2%80%93Iraq_relations" title="Georgia–Iraq relations">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia%E2%80%93Israel_relations" title="Georgia–Israel relations">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Georgia–Japan relations">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia%E2%80%93Malaysia_relations" title="Georgia–Malaysia relations">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia%E2%80%93Myanmar_relations" title="Georgia–Myanmar relations">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia%E2%80%93Palestine_relations" title="Georgia–Palestine relations">Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia%E2%80%93Turkey_relations" title="Georgia–Turkey relations">Turkey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Austria%E2%80%93Georgia_relations" title="Austria–Georgia relations">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belarus%E2%80%93Georgia_relations" title="Belarus–Georgia relations">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria%E2%80%93Georgia_relations" title="Bulgaria–Georgia relations">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denmark%E2%80%93Georgia_relations" title="Denmark–Georgia relations">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/France%E2%80%93Georgia_relations" title="France–Georgia relations">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia%E2%80%93Germany_relations" title="Georgia–Germany relations">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia%E2%80%93Greece_relations" title="Georgia–Greece relations">Greece</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Holy See</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia%E2%80%93Italy_relations" title="Georgia–Italy relations">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia%E2%80%93Kosovo_relations" title="Georgia–Kosovo relations">Kosovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia%E2%80%93Lithuania_relations" title="Georgia–Lithuania relations">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia%E2%80%93Moldova_relations" title="Georgia–Moldova relations">Moldova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia%E2%80%93Netherlands_relations" title="Georgia–Netherlands relations">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia%E2%80%93North_Macedonia_relations" title="Georgia–North Macedonia relations">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia%E2%80%93Poland_relations" title="Georgia–Poland relations">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia%E2%80%93Romania_relations" title="Georgia–Romania relations">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia%E2%80%93Russia_relations" title="Georgia–Russia relations">Russia</a> (<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Georgia%E2%80%93Ichkeria_relations&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Georgia–Ichkeria relations (page does not exist)">Ichkeria</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia%E2%80%93Slovenia_relations" title="Georgia–Slovenia relations">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia%E2%80%93Spain_relations" title="Georgia–Spain relations">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia%E2%80%93Ukraine_relations" title="Georgia–Ukraine relations">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia%E2%80%93United_Kingdom_relations" title="Georgia–United Kingdom relations">United Kingdom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Oceania</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Georgia%E2%80%93Kiribati_relations" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgia–Kiribati relations">Kiribati</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Multilateral organizations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Collective Security Treaty Organization</li> <li>Commonwealth of Independent States</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Georgia–European Union relations">European Union</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Georgia_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Georgia to the European Union">Accession negotiations</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia%E2%80%93NATO_relations" title="Georgia–NATO relations">NATO</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Conflicts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abkhaz%E2%80%93Georgian_conflict" class="mw-redirect" title="Abkhaz–Georgian conflict">Georgian–Abkhazian conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian%E2%80%93Ossetian_conflict" title="Georgian–Ossetian conflict">Georgian–Ossetian conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russo-Georgian_War" title="Russo-Georgian War">Russo-Georgian War</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_Georgia" title="List of diplomatic missions of Georgia">Diplomatic missions of Georgia</a> / <a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_in_Georgia_(country)" title="List of diplomatic missions in Georgia (country)">in Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_of_Georgia" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia">Ministry of Foreign Affairs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282001%E2%80%932023%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282001%E2%80%932023%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282001%E2%80%932023%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282001%E2%80%932023%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_Holy_See" title="Foreign relations of the Holy See">Foreign relations of the Holy See</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Africa</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Algeria%E2%80%93Holy_See_relations" title="Algeria–Holy See relations">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_African_Republic%E2%80%93Holy_See_relations" title="Central African Republic–Holy See relations">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo%E2%80%93Holy_See_relations" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo–Holy See relations">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo%E2%80%93Holy_See_relations" title="Republic of the Congo–Holy See relations">Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Ivory_Coast_relations" title="Holy See–Ivory Coast relations">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Mauritius_relations" title="Holy See–Mauritius relations">Mauritius</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="8" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Vatican_City_(2023%E2%80%93present).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Emblem of the Holy See"><img alt="Emblem of the Holy See" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg/90px-Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg/120px-Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Argentina%E2%80%93Holy_See_relations" title="Argentina–Holy See relations">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazil%E2%80%93Holy_See_relations" title="Brazil–Holy See relations">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93Holy_See_relations" title="Canada–Holy See relations">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chile%E2%80%93Holy_See_relations" title="Chile–Holy See relations">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuba%E2%80%93Holy_See_relations" title="Cuba–Holy See relations">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Mexico_relations" title="Holy See–Mexico relations">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Nicaragua_relations" title="Holy See–Nicaragua relations">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Peru_relations" title="Holy See–Peru relations">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93United_States_relations" title="Holy See–United States relations">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Uruguay_relations" title="Holy See–Uruguay relations">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Venezuela_relations" title="Holy See–Venezuela relations">Venezuela</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh%E2%80%93Holy_See_relations" title="Bangladesh–Holy See relations">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/China%E2%80%93Holy_See_relations" title="China–Holy See relations">China</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93India_relations" title="Holy See–India relations">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Indonesia_relations" title="Holy See–Indonesia relations">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Iran_relations" title="Holy See–Iran relations">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Israel_relations" title="Holy See–Israel relations">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Holy See–Japan relations">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Jordan_relations" title="Holy See–Jordan relations">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Kurdistan_Region_relations" title="Holy See–Kurdistan Region relations">Kurdistan Region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Lebanon_relations" title="Holy See–Lebanon relations">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Malaysia_relations" title="Holy See–Malaysia relations">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Myanmar_relations" title="Holy See–Myanmar relations">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Nepal_relations" title="Holy See–Nepal relations">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Oman_relations" title="Holy See–Oman relations">Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Holy See–Pakistan relations">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Palestine_relations" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy See–Palestine relations">Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Philippines_relations" title="Holy See–Philippines relations">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Saudi_Arabia_relations" title="Holy See–Saudi Arabia relations">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93South_Korea_relations" title="Holy See–South Korea relations">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Sri_Lanka_relations" title="Holy See–Sri Lanka relations">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Syria_relations" title="Holy See–Syria relations">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Taiwan_relations" title="Holy See–Taiwan relations">Taiwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Turkey_relations" title="Holy See–Turkey relations">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93United_Arab_Emirates_relations" title="Holy See–United Arab Emirates relations">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Vietnam_relations" title="Holy See–Vietnam relations">Vietnam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93Holy_See_relations" title="Albania–Holy See relations">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina%E2%80%93Holy_See_relations" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina–Holy See relations">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria%E2%80%93Holy_See_relations" title="Bulgaria–Holy See relations">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatia%E2%80%93Holy_See_relations" title="Croatia–Holy See relations">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/France%E2%80%93Holy_See_relations" title="France–Holy See relations">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germany%E2%80%93Holy_See_relations" title="Germany–Holy See relations">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greece%E2%80%93Holy_See_relations" title="Greece–Holy See relations">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Ireland_relations" title="Holy See–Ireland relations">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Italy_relations" title="Holy See–Italy relations">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93North_Macedonia_relations" title="Holy See–North Macedonia relations">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monaco%E2%80%93Holy_See_relations" title="Monaco–Holy See relations">Monaco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Poland_relations" title="Holy See–Poland relations">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Romania_relations" title="Holy See–Romania relations">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Russia_relations" title="Holy See–Russia relations">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Serbia_relations" title="Holy See–Serbia relations">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Spain_relations" title="Holy See–Spain relations">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Switzerland_relations" title="Holy See–Switzerland relations">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93United_Kingdom_relations" title="Holy See–United Kingdom relations">United Kingdom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Oceania</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See-Papua_New_Guinea_relations" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy See-Papua New Guinea relations">Papua New Guinea</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Soviet_Union_relations" title="Holy See–Soviet Union relations">Soviet Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Holy See–Yugoslavia relations">Yugoslavia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Multilateral relations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Representative_to_the_African_Union" title="Apostolic Representative to the African Union">African Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Nunciature_to_ASEAN" title="Apostolic Nunciature to ASEAN">ASEAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Delegation_to_the_Arab_League" title="Apostolic Delegation to the Arab League">Arab League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Permanent_Observer_of_the_Holy_See_to_the_Council_of_Europe" title="Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the Council of Europe">Council of Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Holy See–European Union relations">European Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Permanent_Observer_of_the_Holy_See_to_the_Organization_of_American_States" title="Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the Organization of American States">Organization of American States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See_and_the_United_Nations" title="Holy See and the United Nations">United Nations</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Permanent_Observer_of_the_Holy_See_to_the_United_Nations" title="Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations">Observer to the UN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Permanent_Observer_of_the_Holy_See_to_the_United_Nations_in_Geneva" title="Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva">Observer to the UN in Geneva</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related topics</th><td 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