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5th June 2015

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by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

Helping Christians in Iraq

One of the benefits of being accredited to the Holy See is the possibility of listening and speaking to people from across the global Catholic Church who visit Rome to do business at the Vatican. This is useful for the UK, because I can often glean information not available elsewhere in our foreign policy network, […]

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3rd May 2013 Toronto, Canada

3 May: World Press Freedom Day

World Press Freedom Day is a UN Observance which “celebrates the fundamental principles of press freedom; to evaluate press freedom around the world, to defend the media from attacks on their independence and to pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the exercise of their profession.” While science journalism is rarely dangerous, […]

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