The Section for Relations with States or Second Section of the Secretariat of State is the body within the Roman Curia charged with dealing with matters...

divided into three sections: the Section for General Affairs, the Section for Relations with States, and, since 2017, the Section for Diplomatic Staff....

are the Second Section of the Secretariat of State, known also as the Section for Relations with States, the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State...

through the Section for Relations with States. There are 12 internationally recognized states with which the Holy See does not have relations. The Holy...

rhetoric of Roman renewal and rebirth to mask his grab for power. As Guido Ruggiero states, "even with the support of Petrarch, his return to first times...

the Section for Relations with States. Whilst not a member of the United Nations in its own right, the Holy See recognizes all UN member states, except...

changed church positions on relations with temporal authorities, and, in the 1891 encyclical Rerum novarum addressed for the first time social inequality...

The United States has formal diplomatic relations with most nations. This includes all United Nations members and observer states other than Bhutan, Iran...

Relations between India and the United States date back to India's independence movement and have continued well after independence from the United Kingdom...

strong support for Israel: it has played a key role in the promotion of good relations between Israel and its neighbouring Arab states—notably Jordan...

As of 2025, the United States and Russia maintain one of the most important, critical, and strategic foreign relations in the world. Both nations have...

International relations between Japan and the United States began in the late 18th and early 19th century with the diplomatic but force-backed missions...

direct diplomatic relations with other states. Its foreign relations are managed by the Holy See. See Holy See – Relationship with the Vatican City and...

Erwin José Aserios Balagapo - Undersecretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for First Evangelization and the New Particular Churches, currently...

historical archives of the Secretariat of State (Second Section) pertaining to the Holy See's relations with Germany during the pontificate of Pope Pius XI (1922–1939)...

eventual transition to a republic. The France–United States relations has remained peaceful since, with the exceptions of the Quasi-War from 1798 to 1800...

After the United States established diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1979 and recognized Beijing as the only legal government...

and opened the way for diplomatic relations between Italy and the Holy See. The Holy See in turn recognised the Kingdom of Italy, with Rome as its capital...

Council for Public Affairs of the Church into the Secretariat of State as the Section for Relations with States (the Second Section). The Council for Public...

into three sections: the Section for General Affairs, the Section for Relations with States and International Organizations, and the Section for Diplomatic...

border. For decades, the United States did not formally recognize the PRC, instead maintaining diplomatic relations with the ROC based in Taiwan, and as...

Formal relations between the United States and Vietnam were initiated in the nineteenth century under former American president Andrew Jackson, but relations...

post-World War II Constitution of the Italian Republic, adopted in 1948, states that relations between the State and the Catholic Church "are regulated by the...

promotes dialogue with those who profess no religion but "seek an encounter with God's truth". The Section for Education collaborates with bishops and regional...

compensation for the loss of the Papal States. In 1948, the Lateran Treaty was recognized in the Constitution of Italy as regulating the relations between...

Philippines–United States relations (Filipino: Ugnayang Pilipinas at Estados Unidos) are the bilateral and diplomatic relations of the Republic of the...

Relations between the Soviet Union and the United States were fully established in 1933 as the succeeding bilateral ties to those between the Russian Empire...

United States have had no formal diplomatic relations since 7 April 1980. Instead, Pakistan serves as Iran's protecting power in the United States, while...

Diplomatic relations between Iraq and the United States began when the U.S. first recognized Iraq on January 9, 1930, with the signing of the Anglo-American-Iraqi...

collaborates with the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity in matters that concern relations with non-Catholic Eastern churches and with the Dicastery for Interreligious...