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Secretary Travels to Holy See

Name Locale Remarks Date
John Foster Dulles Audience with Pope Pius XII. October 23, 1955
John Foster Dulles Attended funeral ceremonies for Pope Pius XII. October 19, 1958
William Pierce Rogers Accompanied President Nixon. March 2, 1969
William Pierce Rogers Audience with Pope Paul VI. May 8, 1971
William Pierce Rogers Audience with Pope Paul VI. July 11, 1972
Henry A Kissinger Audience with Pope Paul VI. July 6, 1974
Henry A Kissinger Accompanied President Ford. June 3, 1975
Cyrus Roberts Vance Audience with Pope John Paul II. May 29, 1979
Edmund Sixtus Muskie Accompanied President Carter. June 21, 1980
Alexander Meigs Haig Accompanied President Reagan. June 7, 1982
George Pratt Shultz Audience with Pope John Paul II. March 29, 1986
George Pratt Shultz Audience with Pope John Paul II. April 2, 1988
James Addison Baker Audience with Pope John Paul II. May 27, 1989
Madeleine Korbel Albright Discussed the Kosovo crisis with Pope John Paul II. March 7, 1998
Madeleine Korbel Albright Discussed the Kosovo crisis and the situation in Cuba with Vatican officials. March 24, 1998
Madeleine Korbel Albright Met with Secretary for Relations with States Tauran. July 28, 1999
Madeleine Korbel Albright Briefed Foreign Minister Tauran on the Middle East peace process. August 1, 2000
Colin Luther Powell Met with Secretary of State Sodano. May 28, 2002
Colin Luther Powell Briefed Pope John Paul II on the Middle East Summit and relief efforts in Iraq. June 2, 2003
Colin Luther Powell Accompanied President Bush. June 4, 2004
Condoleezza Rice Met with Cardinal Sodano. February 8, 2005
Condoleezza Rice Attended the funeral of Pope John Paul II. April 6-​9, 2005