The United States Embassy to the Holy See, is located on the Aventine hill in the beautiful Villa Domiziana, which was built as a private residence in 1953. In 1994 the United States government acquired the property as the new chancery for the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See.
Formal diplomatic relations with the Holy See were established in 1984 by
President Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II. The mission works in partnership
with the Holy See on global issues including HIV/AIDS, world hunger, religious
freedom and human rights. As a global entity, the Holy See is influential
on many issues and has far-reaching influence in even the most remote corners
of the world.
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Julieta Valls Noyes
Chargé d'affaires
Julieta Valls Noyes has served as the Deputy Chief of Mission to the United States Embassy to the Holy See since August 2008. She is a career diplomat with over twenty years of foreign and domestic assignments with the U.S. Department of State. Prior to this assignment, Ms. Noyes was the Deputy Director of the Operations Center, the 24-hour crisis management and communications center of the State Department. In that position, she managed over 40 people and a multi-million dollar budget. During her tenure, the Operations Center handled several global crises, including evacuations from and attacks on U.S. embassies.
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Latest Speeches and Statements
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[…] In honor of the 25th anniversary of formal diplomatic relations with the Holy See, the U.S. embassy on January 13 convened an international conference on the American model of church-state relations. More than 200 officials, academics, diplomats, and students seized the opportunity to examine the success of the American system in enabling many religions to not only co-exist peacefully but to flourish. Three noted American experts on constitutional law laid out the history, and current understanding, of church-state relations in the United States.  | 
[…] Ambassador Mary Ann Glendon was interviewed by leading business daily Il Sole 24 Ore on August 27, 2009. In the interview, she underscored the fact that “relations between the US and the Holy See have never been better. The three extraordinary meetings between President Bush and the Pope in the last year clearly demonstrate this.” | 
[…] Today, across the globe, and in towns and cities at home, Americans will gather to stand silently at the final resting places of so many of our compatriots who heeded our nation’s call to arms. Just as we have come here this morning, thousands have gathered across Europe at similar cemeteries; at Florence, at Flanders, and at Belleau Wood in Normandy.
And, in those places made sacred by sacrifice, many people will struggle, as I do here this morning, to find some way to put into words the profound gratitude we feel for the gifts they have given each of us.
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[…] The Latin American Human Rights Project: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow was the theme of a conference hosted by the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See on May 2, 2008. The event was co-sponsored by the Chilean and Costa Rican Embassies to the Holy See. Ambassador Glendon highlighted the many contributions of Latin American countries to the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) |
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- Brenda Soya
Management Officer
- Adam D. Packer
Public Affairs Officer
- Rafael Foley
Political Officer
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