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18th November 2016 Holy See

Stephen Townsend

Stephen Townsend

Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy to the Holy See

The Universality of the Church

On 19 November the Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church will gather in the Vatican. This Consistory (from the Latin “con sistore” – to stand together) is traditionally the opportunity for the Pope to gather the views and concerns of the Cardinals from all corners of the world.  It will also be the occasion to […]

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26th February 2014

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by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

The Consistory: Global and Local

If anyone doubts the global nature of the Roman Catholic Church, they had only to attend the Consistory on 22 and 23 February, when Pope Francis created 19 new Cardinals from the senior bishops around the world. The 16 ‘working’ Cardinals in Pope Francis’s first list now take their part amongst the 120 or so […]

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2nd November 2012

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by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

The Global Church

I often have to remind people that I am not accredited to the Vatican City State, but to the Holy See. This is an important difference. It means being accredited to the governance of the global Catholic Church including its 5,000 bishops, its capillary networks of nuncios, priests, religious and Catholic NGOs around the world, […]

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22nd February 2012

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by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

The Commonwealth and the Catholic Church

The senior leadership of the global Catholic Church has been in Rome over the last week to celebrate the latest Consistory of Cardinals, at which 22 new Cardinals were installed. These included the Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamalay of the Syr-Malabars, in Kerala in India, His Eminence George Alencherry. Our congratulations go out to him and […]

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