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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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15th January 2014

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by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

A new British Cardinal

Pope Francis was very clear in his letter to the men on his first list of new cardinals since the beginning of his Pontificate. Being a Cardinal, he said, “means neither a promotion, an honour, nor a decoration; it is simply a service”. Simplicity, humility, sobriety and service are the benchmarks for Pope Francis’s cardinals, […]

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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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