Lord Patten of Barnes was this week appointed president of a committee tasked with reforming Vatican communications. But it will not be the first time he has worked with senior church figures. The former chairman of the BBC Trust helped organise Benedict XVI’s visit to Britain in 2010. Earlier this year Lord Patten, who is a member of The Tablet Trust, chaired the Newman Lecture at Oxford University – where he is chancellor – delivered by Cardinal Reinhard Marx, who is on Pope
10 July 2014, The Tablet
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