Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 15 ga Fabrairun 2006, Paparoma Benedict XVI ya nada shi Manzon Manzo a Misira kuma wakilin kungiyar kasashen Larabawa, mukaminsa na farko na diflomasiyya. Ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin 'yan nuncios da ba su halarci Makarantar Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy ba. A cewar BBC, "Hukuncin da babban firist na Jamus ya yanke ya jawo hayaniya. Masu lura da Vatican suna kokarin gano ko wannan motsi ne na ragewa, ko kuma amincewa da baiwa ta musamman na babban bishop". Fitzgerald ya ce: "Tushen da nake da shi a cikin Larabci da nazarin Islama ana iya ganin yana da amfani a wannan lokacin don haɓaka alaƙa da Masar da sauran duniyar Islama". Wani wakilin Vatican ya kira canja wurin Fitzgerald "mafi munin shawarar Paparoma har yanzu" kuma 'yan jarida sun lura da rashinsa lokacin da Paparoma Benedict ya ɓata wa Musulmai rai da jawabinsa na Regensburg
a watan Satumba na shekara ta 2006. Canja wurin Fitzgerald ya tabbatar da cewa wani ɓangare ne na sake fasalin Benedict na sassan curial don sake tsara tattaunawar tsakanin addinai tare da waɗanda ba Krista ba ta hanyar haɗa matsayin shugaban PCID tare da na Pontifical Council for Culture, sake fasalin da Benedict ya fara a watan Maris na 2006 kuma ya juya baya a watan Yunin 2007.