Ambassador Brian Burch has denied claims about the controversial meeting between the former apostolic nuncio and United States officials.
The United States ambassador to the Holy See said on Thursday that he had spoken directly with Cardinal Christophe Pierre, who he said rejected media reports surrounding his meeting with Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby.
“I was pleased to speak today with His Eminence, Cardinal Christophe Pierre,” Burch said in a statement published on social media. “As expected, he confirmed that recent media characterisations of his meeting with Undersecretary Colby are ‘fabrications’ that were ‘just invented.’”
