Monday, January 9, 2012

Trying year at Vatican

Calm and collected: Amid crisis, Vatican diplomacy shows 'maturity'

Miguel Diaz, U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, and his wife Marian arrive for Pope Benedict XVI's celebration of Mass on the feast of the Epiphany in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Jan. 6.


Pope Benedict XVI's early January address to the Vatican diplomatic corps, an annual tradition that reaffirms the Holy See's commitment to its relations with foreign states, comes after an especially trying year for Vatican diplomacy.

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