As Biden searches for his new Vatican diplomat, experts say the world's smallest state and one of the world's last superpowers are well-situated to have a relationship marked by collaboration, rather than contention.
Italian Archbishop Luigi Ventura, 74, a Vatican diplomat who once served in Canada, Chile and western Africa, is under investigation by police in Paris for allegedly sexually assaulting a city official.
Delegations from the Vatican and from Vietnam reported continued progress in their discussions, including agreeing on "upgrading" relations with a permanent papal representative "in the near future."
Rome: Pope Francis appears set to order the opening of the Vatican's first permanent embassy in South Sudan in a gesture of solidarity with a country that has suffered a devastating civil war since 2013.
