New Resident Ambassador to Holy See from Australia
(30 July 08 - RV) As he bid Pope Benedict XVI farewell from Sydney Airport on July
21st , Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced that former deputy prime minister
Tim Fischer would be the first resident Australian ambassador to the Holy See. Looking
ahead to taking up his post in January 2009, Fisher spoke to us about the decision,
which he said capped the World Youth Day experience…