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16th June 2015

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by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

The Church and Magna Carta

On 15 June we celebrated the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta. It is extraordinary how a document agreed in 1215 between a medieval English king and his leading subjects continues to resonate down the ages, wherever people believe in the rule of law. I recently wrote an article trying to set Magna Carta in its proper […]

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