Garden Party at the Nunciature

To mark the fifth anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI's election to the papacy, the Apostolic Nuncio held a garden party for various members of the diplomatic corps, clergy, and friends.

This is Archbishop Pedro Lopez Quintana's first year hosting this annual event, and he is a gracious and warm host. Over the past six or seven years, I have attended several of these events and many of us fondly remembered Archbishop Luigi Ventura, our previous Nuncio, who is now the Nuncio for France. We also remember Msgr. Michael Crotty, who left a few years earlier for Iraq but is now in Rome.