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Ambassador Gingrich Receives Honor from the Vatican
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June 19, 2020

Ambassador and Speaker Gingrich in the Vatican Apostolic Palace, June 18, 2020.
Ambassador and Speaker Gingrich in the Vatican Apostolic Palace, June 18, 2020.


Ambassador 
Gingrich received the title Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Pope Pius IX by Pope Francis, the highest distinction conferred by the Vatican on laypersons. The decoration was presented by Archbishop Edgar Peña Para, Substitute Secretary for general affairs in the Vatican Secretariat of State.