,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #gg  ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,january
 #af1 #bjad,mr4 ,duffy submitted the    
following concurrent resolution2 which  
was referred to the ,committee on       
,foreign ,affairs  ,,concurrent         
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
,congress opposing the proposal by the  
,united ,states ,department of ,state to
 relocate the ,united ,states ,embassy  
to the ,holy ,see4  ,whereas the ,united
 ,states ,department of ,state has      
announced plans to relocate the ,united 
,states ,embassy to the ,holy ,see2     
,whereas this action would close the    
freestanding embassy that has been      
located at ,aventine ,hill2 ,whereas the
 ,vatican has requested that countries  
operate their embassies to the ,holy    
,see and ,italy in two different        
locations2 ,whereas since #aihd1 the    
,united ,states ,embassy to the ,holy   
,see has been separate from the ,italian
 ,embassy when ,ronald ,reagan and ,pope

 ,john ,paul ,,ii signed an accord to   
establish it2 ,whereas for the more than
 #gh1jjj1jjj ,catholics in the ,united  
,states and many millions of others who 
value this relationship1 any move that  
might weaken this connection is         
unacceptable2 ,whereas having both the  
,ambassador to the ,holy ,see and the   
,ambassador to ,rome in one embassy     
compound will likely diminish one of    
their standings2 ,whereas the ,united   
,states relationship with the ,vatican  
is separate and distinct from the       
relationship with ,rome1 a distinction  
that should be consistently maintained2 
,whereas this should continue to be the 
standard that the ,united ,states meets2
 and ,whereas simply providing a        
separate entrance and address to the    
same complex fails to recognize the     
importance of ,united ,states-,vatican  
relations and this instead strives for  
the bare minimum3 ,now1 therefore1 be it
 ,that ,congress opposes the ,united    
,states ,department of ,state efforts to

 close the freestanding ,united ,states 
,embassy located at ,aventine ,hill4