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St Peter's basilica in Rome: 'Most of the top ranks of the Vatican - all men, generally in their seventies - do not understand modern media' the US said (Photo: flip.and.serena)

US cables expose clumsy Vatican diplomacy

by Andrew Rettman, Brussels,

Freshly-published cables from the US mission to the Vatican have shed light on the inner workings of Europe's most secretive diplomatic corps, including the Pope's opposition to Turkey's EU membership, hopes for Polish influence inside the EU and church ideas on how to undermine the Castro administration in Cuba.

The 15 cables published by WikiLeaks on Friday (10 December), covering the period from 2001 to 2010, highlight US belief in the Vatican's global clout.

"The Vatican is se...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

St Peter's basilica in Rome: 'Most of the top ranks of the Vatican - all men, generally in their seventies - do not understand modern media' the US said (Photo: flip.and.serena)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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