"I look back nostalgically to that time, thirty-five years ago, when we worked and prayed and studied together. I remember Father De Paoli as a man of few words, but he observed events objectively, with a keen eye, and his judgments were sound."
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Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto, Vatican Diplomat with Third World Experience Appointed Nuncio to Japan (26 February 1998) Union of Asian Catholic News
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Ambrose Battista De Paoli
Ambrose Battista De Paoli (19 August 1934 – 10 October 2007) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.
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