Vatican
City, 13 November 2013 (VIS) – The book “La diplomazia pontificia
in un mondo globalizzato” (“Papal Diplomacy in a Globalised
World”), written by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B., camerlengo of
the Holy Roman Church, was presented yesterday afternoon in the New
Synod Hall. The speakers in the presentation were Fr. Federico
Lombardi S.J., and Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for
Relations with States.
The
volume gathers together addresses given by Bertone during his seven
years in the service of the Holy See. It is enriched by a preface
written personally by Pope Francis, described by the Cardinal as
“inspired thoughts which do not fail to surprise me and which, I
believe, will surprise you with his broad-ranging diplomatic vision”.
The
second part of the book is dedicated to diplomats, both former ones
and those in formation at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy.
Archbishop Mamberti remarked that these representatives of the Pope
are not merely ambassadors as they are not “strangers” where they
work. “We must not forget that papal diplomacy, before being a
vehicle for dialogue between civil and ecclesiastical communities, is
'first and foremost a tool of intra-ecclesial cohesion', a sign of
that 'concern for all the Churches' that the Bishop of Rome has
always demonstrated, so that 'the yardstick of the life of the
Servants of the Church … is formed, while within the limits
inherent in the conditions and possibilities of each person, from the
silent and generous dedication to the Body of Christ and to lasting
service to the cause of mankind”.
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