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26th April 2012

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by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

Sikhs honoured by Catholics

Birmingham sits at the heart of England. It was the home of Cardinal Newman for many years. And it is also the home of many different faith communities, one of Britain’s most racially and religiously  diverse cities. Inter-religious dialogue is therefore a crucial aspect of Birmingham’s civic, social, cultural and political existence. One of the […]

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4th November 2011

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by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

Assisi II

I paid my second visit to Assisi within a week when I attended, with Princess Michael of Kent standing in for the Duke of Edinburgh, the launch by the ARC of their Green Pilgrimages Network. ARC, the Alliance of Religions and Conservation, is an organisation launched in 1995. To quote them, they are “a secular […]

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28th October 2011

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by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

Pilgrims of Truth, Pilgrims of Peace

25 years to the day that Pope John Paul II hosted  an unprecedented gathering of world religious leaders in Assisi to pray for world peace, Pope Benedict XVI on 27 October hosted, in the same place, his own “Day of Reflection, Dialogue and Prayer for Peace and Justice in the World”. Again, leaders of the […]

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