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BRIC by BRIC, the foundation for Pope's geopolitical endgame is being laid
By John L. Allen Jr. | August 27, 2023
To a large extent, that growth is a testament to the perceived geopolitical relevance of John Paul II. The number of nations that recognized the Holy See had reached 174 by the time John Paul died in 2005, meaning only ten nations have been added in the last 18 years.
In fairness, however, that's largely because the Vatican is running out of targets. The United Nations recognizes only 195 countries in the world, including 193 member states and two non-member observers (the Vatican and Palestine).
That means there are only eleven states left with which the Vatican does not have full diplomatic relations. In seven of those countries, there is no Vatican representative at all:
Afghanistan
BRIC by BRIC, the foundation for Pope's geopolitical endgame is being laid
By John L. Allen Jr. | August 27, 2023
From left, Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Chinas President Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pose for a BRICS family photo during the 2023 BRICS Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in
Johannesburg South Africa Wednesday Aug 23 2023 (Credit: Gianluigi Guercia/Pool via AP.)
ROME – One of the great Vatican success stories of the past half-century has been its exponential growth in diplomatic relations. When Pope John Paul II took office in 1978, the Holy See had full relations with 84 nations; with the latest addition of Oman in February, that total now stands at 184, meaning the Vatican has added a robust 100 countries in just 45 years.
To a large extent, that growth is a testament to the perceived geopolitical relevance of John Paul II. The number of nations that recognized the Holy See had reached 174 by the time John Paul died in 2005, meaning only ten nations have been added in the last 18 years.
In fairness, however, that's largely because the Vatican is running out of targets. The United Nations recognizes only 195 countries in the world, including 193 member states and two non-member observers (the Vatican and Palestine).
That means there are only eleven states left with which the Vatican does not have full diplomatic relations. In seven of those countries, there is no Vatican representative at all:
Afghanistan
Bhutan
China
Maldives
North Korea
Saudi Arabia
Tuvalu
Meanwhile in four other states, there are apostolic delegates, meaning papal envoys to the local Catholic community but not, at least formally, to the government:
Brunei
Meanwhile in four other states, there are apostolic delegates, meaning papal envoys to the local Catholic community but not, at least formally, to the government:
Brunei
Comoros
Laos
Somalia
Of those eleven holdouts, the big targets for the Vatican clearly are China and Saudi Arabia. The Saudis are key to the Middle East and to relations with the entire Islamic world, while China is a global economic and political superpower increasingly central to pretty much everything.
Please go to CRUX to continue reading.
Of those eleven holdouts, the big targets for the Vatican clearly are China and Saudi Arabia. The Saudis are key to the Middle East and to relations with the entire Islamic world, while China is a global economic and political superpower increasingly central to pretty much everything.
Please go to CRUX to continue reading.
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