As the last governor of Hong Kong he navigated his way through the pitfalls of the Communist leadership of China and more recently was chairman of the BBC Trust during some tense moments in the life of the corporation. So Lord Patten of Barnes has experience of navigating complex bureaucracies.  And last year he got involved with another one after Cardinal George Pell telephoned him out of the blue asking him to lead a commission to review the Holy See’s media operation and make some proposals. The former Conservative cabinet minister duly completed the task, but rather than accept his recommendations, another Vatican committee was set up to study their feasibility. This may explain the speech he gave for the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales’ World Communica