A Spaniard at the Court of St James

Pope Francis shakes the hand of his new nuncio in Great Britain, Archbishop Maury.
photo: vatican media

The role of a papal ambassador is to be an encourager not an enforcer. The new nuncio to Britain will need all his diplomatic skills to help the leaders of the local Church steer their way through a difficult moment in its history / By CHRISTOPHER LAMB

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