Identifier
Created
Classification
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09STATE49668
2009-05-14 22:36:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Secretary of State
Cable title:
HOST COUNTRY CHURCH-STATE ISSUES: EMBASSY
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UNCLAS STATE 049668
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL KIRF PHUM ACOA VT
SUBJECT: HOST COUNTRY CHURCH-STATE ISSUES: EMBASSY
VATICAN CAN HELP
UNCLAS STATE 049668
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL KIRF PHUM ACOA VT
SUBJECT: HOST COUNTRY CHURCH-STATE ISSUES: EMBASSY
VATICAN CAN HELP
1. As part of the celebration of 25 years of formal
diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Holy See,
Embassy Vatican announces the launch of a new intranet
web-based, collaborative information-sharing platform
reflecting the broad scope of the bilateral relationship
and the Vatican's worldwide presence. The Embassy's
portal and community blog page together constitute a
"one-stop-shop" for Post and country information, host
government policy documents, unclassified and SBU
reporting, protocol information, and constantly updated
reports about developments affecting the Catholic Church
around the world. The portal contains information about
bilateral U.S. engagement with the Holy See, at:
http://diplopedia.state.gov/index.php?title=V atican.
2. On the interactive community blog page,
http://vatican.state.gov, the Embassy posts news items
of interest to other U.S. missions that follow the
Catholic Church's relations in their host countries, as
well as some original content generated from Embassy
discussions with Vatican officials. On any given day,
the blog may highlight topics as diverse as attacks on
senior Catholic officials in Latin America, AIDS
programs in Africa, human rights in Asia, or religious
freedom in the Middle East.
3. Embassy Vatican anticipates that Embassy Vatican's
Diplopedia and Community Blog sites will be of great
interest to officers reporting on human rights and
religious freedom, as well as at posts where Church-
State relations play a prominent role. Posts interested
in learning more about what the Catholic Church is doing
in their host country may wish to visit the sites for
the latest news out of Rome and beyond. Officers can
also subscribe to receive updates to the site via e-mail
or RSS feed and select to receive all updates, or select
only updates on specific regions or issues of concern.
4. Embassy Vatican is also interested in using the
sites to learn more from other posts about the Vatican's
policies in their host countries and encourage
discussion on issues that may affect multiple posts.
(Note: Embassy Vatican follows issues that affect U.S.
foreign policy and does not follow purely religious
issues. End Note) The Embassy invites officers at other
posts to leave comments or questions on specific items
on the blog, or to post items of their own from local
sources. Whenever possible, Embassy Vatican officers
may reflect input received from other posts in their
discussions with Holy See contacts.
5. The information on the sites covers a considerable
number of issues reflecting the global perspective and
role of the Holy See. Though Vatican City's population
numbers only around 800, more than 400,000 Catholic
priests, some 750,000 nuns, and close to 75,000 monks
and friars provide religious and ethical guidance to the
world's 1.3 billion Catholics. The Holy See is second
only to the United States in the number of countries
with which it has diplomatic relations: 177 as of
January 2009. The Catholic Church also runs over three
million schools and over 5,000 hospitals worldwide.
Caritas -- the Holy See's humanitarian assistance agency
-- has 40,000 employees and 125,000 volunteers,
operating programs in 162 countries. Caritas reaches 24
million people each year.
6. Embassy Vatican is grateful to IRM's Office of
eDiplomacy for its invaluable technical assistance and
encouragement in the creation of this portal. We are
convinced that such collaborative information sharing
tools facilitate cooperation among posts -- and with the
Department -- to further U.S. diplomatic objectives.
7. Minimize considered.
CLINTON
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL KIRF PHUM ACOA VT
SUBJECT: HOST COUNTRY CHURCH-STATE ISSUES: EMBASSY
VATICAN CAN HELP
1. As part of the celebration of 25 years of formal
diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Holy See,
Embassy Vatican announces the launch of a new intranet
web-based, collaborative information-sharing platform
reflecting the broad scope of the bilateral relationship
and the Vatican's worldwide presence. The Embassy's
portal and community blog page together constitute a
"one-stop-shop" for Post and country information, host
government policy documents, unclassified and SBU
reporting, protocol information, and constantly updated
reports about developments affecting the Catholic Church
around the world. The portal contains information about
bilateral U.S. engagement with the Holy See, at:
http://diplopedia.state.gov/index.php?title=V atican.
2. On the interactive community blog page,
http://vatican.state.gov, the Embassy posts news items
of interest to other U.S. missions that follow the
Catholic Church's relations in their host countries, as
well as some original content generated from Embassy
discussions with Vatican officials. On any given day,
the blog may highlight topics as diverse as attacks on
senior Catholic officials in Latin America, AIDS
programs in Africa, human rights in Asia, or religious
freedom in the Middle East.
3. Embassy Vatican anticipates that Embassy Vatican's
Diplopedia and Community Blog sites will be of great
interest to officers reporting on human rights and
religious freedom, as well as at posts where Church-
State relations play a prominent role. Posts interested
in learning more about what the Catholic Church is doing
in their host country may wish to visit the sites for
the latest news out of Rome and beyond. Officers can
also subscribe to receive updates to the site via e-mail
or RSS feed and select to receive all updates, or select
only updates on specific regions or issues of concern.
4. Embassy Vatican is also interested in using the
sites to learn more from other posts about the Vatican's
policies in their host countries and encourage
discussion on issues that may affect multiple posts.
(Note: Embassy Vatican follows issues that affect U.S.
foreign policy and does not follow purely religious
issues. End Note) The Embassy invites officers at other
posts to leave comments or questions on specific items
on the blog, or to post items of their own from local
sources. Whenever possible, Embassy Vatican officers
may reflect input received from other posts in their
discussions with Holy See contacts.
5. The information on the sites covers a considerable
number of issues reflecting the global perspective and
role of the Holy See. Though Vatican City's population
numbers only around 800, more than 400,000 Catholic
priests, some 750,000 nuns, and close to 75,000 monks
and friars provide religious and ethical guidance to the
world's 1.3 billion Catholics. The Holy See is second
only to the United States in the number of countries
with which it has diplomatic relations: 177 as of
January 2009. The Catholic Church also runs over three
million schools and over 5,000 hospitals worldwide.
Caritas -- the Holy See's humanitarian assistance agency
-- has 40,000 employees and 125,000 volunteers,
operating programs in 162 countries. Caritas reaches 24
million people each year.
6. Embassy Vatican is grateful to IRM's Office of
eDiplomacy for its invaluable technical assistance and
encouragement in the creation of this portal. We are
convinced that such collaborative information sharing
tools facilitate cooperation among posts -- and with the
Department -- to further U.S. diplomatic objectives.
7. Minimize considered.
CLINTON