Pope helped to free British sailors held by Iran, WikiLeaks cables show

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Pope helped to free British sailors held by Iran, WikiLeaks cables show

Leaked cables show UK diplomats were reluctant to give pontiff credit for release of 15 sailors held for a fortnight in 2007. The pope intervened to help gain the release of 15 British sailors captured by Iran three years ago, according to a confidential briefing prepared for President Obama.

This unexpected picture of the links between the head of the Roman Catholic church and religious fundamentalists in Tehran comes from a “scene setter” for Obama’s then forthcoming visit to Rome, compiled in June 2009 by Julieta Noyes, deputy chief of mission to the Vatican.

guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/10/pope-british-sailors-iran-wikileaks
 
Netty1 said:
Pope helped to free British sailors held by Iran, WikiLeaks cables show

Leaked cables show UK diplomats were reluctant to give pontiff credit for release of 15 sailors held for a fortnight in 2007. The pope intervened to help gain the release of 15 British sailors captured by Iran three years ago, according to a confidential briefing prepared for President Obama.

This unexpected picture of the links between the head of the Roman Catholic church and religious fundamentalists in Tehran comes from a “scene setter” for Obama’s then forthcoming visit to Rome, compiled in June 2009 by Julieta Noyes, deputy chief of mission to the Vatican.

guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/10/pope-british-sailors-iran-wikileaks
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And yet the media will only focus on anything with the abuse stuff
 
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And yet the media will only focus on anything with the abuse stuff
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Amen to that!

Though I despise Wikileaks for its spilling of diplomatic beans, this is one piece of good news about what our Holy Father does ‘behind the scenes’ that is welcomed!
 
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