Italian cardinal; Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches; papal diplomat. Traveled to Moscow with Cardinal Agostino Casaroli to deliver the instrument of adhesion of the Holy See to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 1971. Served as Under-Secretary of the Council for Public Affairs of the Church. Served as administrative secretary to Jean Marie Villot, papal secretary of state. Appointed Secretary for Relations with States of the Secretariat of State. Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical Oriental Institute.
ANS - Autograph Note Siigned: several lines of greeting at Easter to an unnamed bishop. Penned on his biglietto. Accompanied by a small color reprint image.
SILVESTRINI, Achille (1923-2019)
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