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16 September 2010

Racism and the Vatican

Why that “third world country” comment was much worse than you think.

By George Eaton

It might seem as if the Vatican has no moral authority left to lose, but with his description of Britain as a “third world country”, Cardinal Walter Kasper has done his best.

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