Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
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The Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy is one of the Pontifical Academies inside the Vatican City State. It can be traced back during the Council of Nicaea when the current pope sent a legate to represent him during the discussions of the council.
The Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy trains Catholic priests sent by their bishop from different parts of the world to study ecclesiastical and international diplomacy, particularly that which has something to do with the Secretariat of State of the Vatican City as a sovereign territory (i.e. the section of the Secretariat of State which deals with "relations with states").
