Britain's ambassador to Holy See shares vision for building value-based society

"There is a huge role in education, in the work of social cohesion, that the Catholic, Anglican and other Churches can play" in rebuilding British society. That's according to Britain's new ambassador to the Holy See, Nigel Baker, who presented his credentials to Pope Benedict on Friday.

Discussing the Pope's comments on the need for "enduring values" and a renewed Christian vision, the ambassador told Philippa Hitchen "the question of values is clearly one of the key elements in the difficulties we faced over the summer". As well as discussing the reasons behind the riots that hit British cities, he also talked about his government's commitment to a 0.7% target in its development aid budget and his desire to work more closely with the Holy See on shared concerns of climate change and disarmament......

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