Tag: irish

11th May 2016

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

This post was published when the author was in a previous role

Honouring Msgr O’Flaherty: a man who saved lives

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 […]

30th April 2014

by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

This post was published when the author was in a previous role

Britain and Ireland together at the Holy See

It has been an extraordinary few years for the relationship between the United Kingdom and Ireland. When Prime Minister David Cameron and Taoiseach Enda Kenny met in London in March, they commented that relations between our two countries had never been better. That’s a bold statement to make. And yet it was confirmed earlier this […]