@mattyglesias Separate country. And the church has its own foreign policy. It's kind of a big deal.
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@PatrickIber@mattyglesias But diplomatic relations with Vatican fairly new & Vatican not really country in normal sense. So a good question1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet@mattyglesias They have their own diplomatic corps, why not an embassy?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@PatrickIber As suggested earlier, diplomatic ties probably due to Reagan/JPII alliance in 1980s over Poland.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@PatrickIber US started having diplomatic ties in 1953 and full embassy in 1984. Seems Cold War related in both cases.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@PatrickIber John Foster Dulles first US secretary of state to go to papal funeral.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@PatrickIber For Dulles & early Cold War: John Lukacs. The Reagan/JPII stuff is speculation, but I think reasonable.
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