Meanings of secretariat of state in English

In fact, the money was well known to the secretariat of state.

This happened as Vatican investigators began to sift through Cardinal Becciu's secretariat of state spending record.

Cardinal Becciu, a prominent member of the hierarchy and close adviser to the prelate, had from 2011 been deputy secretariat of state.

Vatican investigators began to sift through Cardinal Becciu's secretariat of state spending record in an internal Holy See inquiry into possible financial irregularities.

The person who tested positive works in the Secretariat of State and is in a Rome hospital.

Cork man Msgr Joseph Murphy has been appointed head of the protocol office at the Vatican's Secretariat of State in Rome.

To help solve them the Pope may create a special section of the Secretariat of State, or perhaps even a special Congregation.

But the proposal was blocked by the Vatican's powerful Secretariat of State, whose officials feared the move might hurt diplomatic relations, this person said.

This department of the Secretariat of State, negotiated terms of agreements with foreign governments that would allow the Church to carry out its teaching mission.

A letter from the Vatican's Secretariat of State said finding every file on accused Australian priests would be a substantial burden, "inconsistent with international practice".