Although I had been to the Vatican a few times, this was my first as Foreign Minister. I had a good discussion with my counterpart, Secretary for External Relations, Archbishop Mamberti on 20 April 2010 . We discussed ways to enhance bilateral relations and also the Vatican's relations with China and Vietnam. I also visited the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. At the recommendation of former US Amb to Singapore, Steve Green, I called on Cardinal Bernard Law at one of Rome's great basilicas, Santa Maria Magiorre. He received me warmly and invited me to join him for Mass the following morning at his private chapel. In the evening, I hosted dinner at a Chinese restaurant for some of our Catholic religious working or studying in the Vatican - a diocesan priest, a Dominican brother and three Canossian nuns - most of whom I knew in Singapore.
George Yeo
Meeting with Archbishop Emeritus of Boston Cardinal Bernard Francis Law
Meeting with Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Mario Toso
Meeting with Secretary of the Section for Relations with States of the Secretariat of State, Archbishop Dominique Mamberti
Dinner hosted by Ambassador Barry Desker for Singaporeans in the Holy See
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