Richard Veras

Richard Veras

Fr. Richard Veras is a priest of the Archdiocese of New York. He is currently the pastor of the Church of St. Rita in Staten Island and the Chaplain for Communion and Liberation in the Archdiocese of New York. Fr. Veras is a regular contributor to Magnificat magazine and the author of Jesus of Israel and Wisdom for Everyday Life from the Book of Revelation. (St. Anthony Messenger Press)

Carlo Maria Viganò

Carlo Maria Viganò

Most Rev. Carlo Maria Viganò, Titular Archbishop of Ulpiana was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to the United States of America and to the Organization of American States by the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on October 19, 2011.

Archbishop Viganò was born in Varese, in Northern Italy, in the region of Lombardy on January 16, 1941, and was ordained to the ministerial priesthood on 24 March 1968, for the Roman Diocese of Pavia. Archbishop Viganò holds a doctorate degree in both civil and canon law from the Pontifical Lateran University.