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'America Abroad: Holy Diplomacy'
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America Abroad on 07 May, 2008 09:11:00
 
On this edition of "America Abroad": an exploration of the Church's enduring
role as an international social and political actor.
Program Overview
Elizabeth Arnold travels to the Vatican to explore the Holy See's foreign
policy machinery. Guests include Mary Ann Glendon, US Ambassador to the Holy
See; Francis Campbell, British Ambassador to the Holy See; Father Thomas Reese,
Senior Research Fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown
University; Jon O'Brien, President of Catholics for Choice; and Massimo Franco,
political columnist for the Italian daily newspaper, Corriere della Sera.
Ray Suarez traces the history of the Vatican's evolving role in world affairs
and examines Pope John Paul II's role in the fall of communism in his native
Poland. Featuring Father J. Bryan Hehir, Professor of the Practice of Religion
and Public Life at Harvard University; George Weigel, Distinguished Senior
Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center; Dr. Bronislaw Geremek, a leader
of the Polish Solidarity Movement; and Richard Allen, former National Security
Advisor to President Reagan.
Deborah Amos looks at the Catholic Church's peace-building efforts in the
troubled jungles of Colombia. Guests include Jean-Noel Wetterwald, UN High
Commissioner for Refugees representative in Colombia; Archbishop Luis Augusto
Castro Quiroga of Tunja, President of the Bishops' Conference in Colombia;
Bishop Fidel Leon Cadavid Marin of Quibdo; and others.
Hosted by a team of prominent news broadcasters that includes Ray Suarez,
Marvin Kalb, Steve Roberts, Garrick Utley, and Margaret Warner, "America
Abroad" examines key issues in international affairs and U.S. foreign policy.
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