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		<title>Time of transition</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/nigelbaker/2016/08/01/time-of-transition/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2016 09:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“There can be only one” – not only the tag-line from the “Highlander” movies, but also the rules about Ambassadors accredited to each State. There can only be one official Ambassador in a country at a time.  So there is always a gap between one leaving and the next arriving – which is another opportunity [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ask our Ambassador in the Holy See</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/nigelbaker/2016/07/07/ask-our-ambassador-in-the-holy-see/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2016 07:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Thursday 14 July at 10:30-11:30 am (UK time), our Ambassador Nigel Baker will be online to bid farewell to the numerous followers of @UKinHolySee Twitter handle, after five exciting years as British Ambassador to the Holy See. You can tweet your questions in advance to #AskHMA about the depth and importance of the modern [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Completing the mission</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/nigelbaker/2016/06/28/completing-the-mission/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nigel Baker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2016 13:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On 23 June I was given the honour, along with my family, of a farewell audience with Pope Francis. It was not the moment to discuss political or global developments, but to make reference to the depth and importance of the modern relationship between Britain and the Holy See. Characteristically, His Holiness chose to encapsulate [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Disruptive dialogue</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/nigelbaker/2016/06/16/disruptive-dialogue/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nigel Baker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2016 14:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An important event I attended this week was a service at Westminster Abbey to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Anglican Centre in Rome. The Dean was joined by the Archbishop of Canterbury and a range of ecumenical guests from Rome and the Catholic Church, from Orthodox and Methodist churches, and including the Pope’s Secretary [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Celebrating The Queen at the Holy See</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/nigelbaker/2016/06/08/celebrating-the-queen-at-the-holy-see/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nigel Baker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2016 12:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Like other embassies and high commissions around the world, the British Embassy to the Holy See took the opportunity this week to celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s 90th birthday. In traditional British fashion, our garden party was accompanied by a downpour of rain, but it didn’t appear to dampen the spirits of the many guests [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Catholic religious on the front line</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/nigelbaker/2016/05/26/catholic-religious-on-the-front-line/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nigel Baker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2016 11:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Baroness Anelay, Foreign Office Minister and the Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, paid a brief visit to Rome last week. The main focus of her trip was to meet religious men and women from Catholic congregations working in Africa and elsewhere to help the victims of sexual violence in conflict. The [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pontifical Diplomacy</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/nigelbaker/2016/05/18/pontifical-diplomacy/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nigel Baker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2016 13:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The international activism and high profile of Pope Francis has generated renewed interest in the nature and practice of the Holy See’s diplomacy. Just in the last week, the Pope visited the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy – the papal diplomatic college – to meet the young priests preparing there to take up their role as a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Honouring Msgr O’Flaherty: a man who saved lives</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/nigelbaker/2016/05/11/honouring-msgr-oflaherty-a-man-who-saved-lives/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nigel Baker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2016 12:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In November 2014, I posted a blog about Msgr Hugh O’Flaherty, an extraordinary man who, during WWII, took risks for the Church, and saved lives. The next chapter in his story was written earlier this week, when family members, relatives of those he had saved and those who had worked with him, and others keen to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Pope Francis wins UK Green Ribbon award</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/nigelbaker/2016/05/06/pope-francis-wins-uk-green-ribbon-award/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nigel Baker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2016 13:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Green Ribbon awards are amongst Britain’s most prestigious environmental awards. They are awarded by The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM), the leading independent Chartered professional body for water and environment professionals, which promotes excellence within the sector. They have been presented since 1993, and aim to celebrate the greatest environmental achievements [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Britain and Human Rights</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/nigelbaker/2016/04/29/britain-and-human-rights/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nigel Baker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2016 06:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Foreign &#38; Commonwealth Office’s Annual Human Rights and Democracy Report was published on 21 April.  This report is aimed at increasing awareness of the UK’s role in promoting human rights work overseas, and to encourage countries to uphold and maintain their international human rights record. The Report lists 30 human rights priority countries: these [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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