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6th April 2016

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by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

The Pope and Ukraine’s future

The Pope’s announcement at St Peter’s on 3 April that he is calling for a collection on behalf of the long suffering land and people of Ukraine was a significant gesture. On 24 April, all Catholic parishes in Europe will raise money for a country that since the Russian invasion and annexation of Crimea in 2014 […]

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14th May 2015

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by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

Ecumenists and Diplomats

Amongst the Vasari frescoes In the Sala Regia in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican is a series to make ecumenists blanche. It depicts the planning and implementation of the St Bartholomew’s Eve Massacre – the massacre in Paris on 23-24 August 1572, ordered by the King of France, of thousands of French Huguenot Protestants. […]

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