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22nd May 2014

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by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

The Pope’s pilgrimage to the Holy Land: bearing fruit

One of the most extraordinary aspects of Pope Francis’s pilgrimage to the Holy Land on 24-26 May is how it has started to bear fruit even before it has begun. Sadly, the lands that he will be visiting – the crucible for some of the most intractable conflicts in human history – are not known […]

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