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Welcome to my blog - I'm Charles Reed and I advise the Church of England on foreign policy issues.
This blog covers a variety of topics from US foreign policy to European politics and the Middle East - and whatever else happens to be in the news or catch my attention.
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Daily Archives: March 25, 2011
Brief A Bishop – Libya and Operation Odyssey
Next Friday, 1 April, Peers will spend the whole day debating recent events in Libya and the wider Middle East. It is my job to ensure that those bishops taking part in this debate are properly briefed. Whether they use that briefing is … Continue reading
Posted in British Foreign Policy, Libya
Tagged Houses of Parliament, Lords Spiritual, Operation Odyssey
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Photo Essay: Remembering Oscar Romero
Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez, the fourth Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Salavador was assassinated 21 years ago on 24 March 1980. He was shot while celebrating Mass at a small chapel located in a hospital called “La Divina Providencia”. … Continue reading


