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The ceremony took place at the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City, the smallest independent state in the world.<\/p>\n

The Holy See, the central governing body of the Catholic Church, represents the Pope\u2019s spiritual and administrative authority. It is a sovereign entity that oversees the global operations of the Church and conducts diplomatic relations with countries around the world.<\/p>\n

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Prior to the formal presentation of credentials, Ambassador Ngango engaged in important discussions with senior Vatican officials. <\/p>\n

On Friday, December 6, 2024, he met with His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State, for talks focused on strengthening bilateral cooperation between Rwanda and the Vatican, particularly in the areas of education and health. The fruitful discussions underscored the growing collaboration between the two institutions.<\/p>\n

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Additionally, on Thursday, December 5, 2024, Ambassador Ngango met with Monsignor Roberto Campisi, the Assessor for General Affairs, where he presented copies of his credentials. <\/p>\n

The meeting laid the groundwork for continued diplomatic dialogue and cooperation between Rwanda and the Vatican.<\/p>\n

\"Ambassador<\/figure>\n

Ambassador Ngango resides in Geneva and also represents Rwanda in Austria, Liechtenstein, Slovenia, Switzerland, and other Geneva- and Vienna-based international organizations.<\/p>\n

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Ambassador James Ngango officially assumed his new role as Rwanda\u2019s envoy to the Holy See in Vatican City after presenting his Letters of Credence to Pope Francis on Saturday, December 7, 2024. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000078446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[192],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-52193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-wycliffe-nyamasege"],"bylines":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"contributors":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"featured_image":{"id":2000078446,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/geb3sdcwkaacu2-.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/geb3sdcwkaacu2-.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/geb3sdcwkaacu2-.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/geb3sdcwkaacu2-.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/geb3sdcwkaacu2-.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/geb3sdcwkaacu2-.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000078446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52193"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=52193"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=52193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}