Posted by Eleonore
on 4/10/2009, 10:58:42, in reply to "Pope: "My cordial greetings to Her Majesty""
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Are all ambassadors to the Vatican Catholic?
Personally I would say yes, so that would mean the new ambassador to be Catholic as well.
The reason for me asking is that two years ago I was at the wedding of a Baron van Lynden and he was married in a protestant service.
Are there perhaps two branches, a Catholic and a Protestant branch? Or is the protestant baron Van Lynden married to a Catholic Ms. Leyten?
--Previous Message--
: Today Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary
: and Plenipotentiary, Henriette Johanna
: Cornelia Maria Baroness van Lynden-Leyten,
: accompagnied by her spouse, Carel Diederic
: Aernout Baron van Lynden, were received in
: audience by His Holiness The Pope. During
: the audience the Ambassador has offered her
: credentials to The Pope.
:
: The Pope:
: "Your Excellency,
:
: I am pleased to welcome You to the Vatican
: and to accept the Letters accrediting You as
: Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and
: Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of the
: Netherlands to the Holy See.
:
: I would like to express my gratitude for the
: good wishes that You brought from Her
: Majesty Queen Beatrix.
:
: For my part, please convey to Her Majesty my
: cordial greetings and assure The Queen of my
: continuing prayers for Her and all the
: people of Her realms.
:
:
:
: After this the Baroness gave an outline of
: Catholic life in the Netherlands. She
: mentioned the jubilees of the Dioceses of
: 's-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Roermond and
: Haarlem, all established in 1559.
:
: The Baroness mentioned the lates papal
: encyclical Caritas in Veritae and
: mentioned that the Netherlands were one of
: the only two countries in the world which
: meet the papal recommendation to reserve at
: least 0,8% of the GNP for development aid.
:
: The Pope thanked the Netherlands for the
: fact that public schools and schools based
: on a Faith are treated equally.
:
: The Pope mentioned that also the Netherlands
: were hit by the worldwide economic recession
: and he made a plea, referring to Caritas in
: Veritae, to observe the consequences of
: "exaggerated individualism that tends
: to favour single-minded pursuit of perceived
: personal advantage to the exclusion of other
: goods".
:
: The Ambassador assured the Pope that the
: Netherlands would support initiatives by the
: Vatican to reach a new climate treaty in
: Copenhagen and has expressed the Dutch
: appreciation for the role the Church plays
: in the peace process in the Middle East.
:
: The Letters of Credence were written in
: French (the international diplomatic
: language). After the audience with the Pope
: the Ambassador had a meeting with Tarcisio
: Cardinal Bertone, the State Secretary of the
: Vatican and with other high authorities.
:
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