The return of temporal power to the Vatican will be marked by the creation of the post of Papal Nuncio in Jerusalem, it is reported today in the press here in despatches from Rome.
Monsignor Valey was slated for the post and the construction of a residence for the Papal delegate has already been started according to the reports. Jerusalem will then see for the first time in many centuries the yellow and white Papal flag. The creation of the post was necessary, it is emphasized, in order to open a channel for the solution of the difficult questions engaging the Vatican and England, and to provide for the Catholic church the status of a temporal power.
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