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11th May 2016

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by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

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 […]

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5th November 2014

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by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

Taking risks for the Church

Pope Francis often talks of the need for priests to take risks, to get out into the streets, to live the message of the Gospel. This week I met a group of people who are living witnesses to just such an approach – descendants, relatives and friends of Msgr Hugh O’Flaherty, Major Sam Derry, and […]

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