Subject: Anecdote about Angelo (Pope John XXIII) Roncalli
A nuncio, where they exist, has the rank of an ambassador.
While in Paris, Roncalli once said: "You know, it's rough being
a papal nuncio. I get invited to these diplomatic parties where
everyone stands around with a small plate of canapes trying not
to look bored. Then, in walks a shapely woman in a low-cut,
revealing gown, and everyone in the whole place turns around
and looks -- AT ME!"
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