ARCHBISHOP GIUSEPPE LAZZAROTTO

Pope Benedict XVI named Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto, the former nuncio to Australia, to be the new nuncio to Israel and apostolic delegate in Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories. Archbishop Lazzarotto is pictured in a 2007 photo. Photo by Patrick Browne Jr., Irish Catholic, courtesy of Catholic News Service

(RNS1-mar7) Pope Benedict XVI named Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto, the former nuncio to Australia, to be the new nuncio to Israel and apostolic delegate in Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories. Archbishop Lazzarotto is pictured in a 2007 photo. For use with RNS-POPE-ISRAEL, transmitted on March 7, 2014, Photo by Patrick Browne Jr., Irish Catholic, courtesy of Catholic News Service