Anne Leahy

Anne Leahy is Canada's Ambassador to the Vatican. Born in Quebec City, she has spent all her career in the Canadian diplomatic service. With some experience of life in Eastern Europe and Africa, she has come to recognize the universality of society's challenges.

Bio last updated June 17th, 2021.

Anne Leahy

Articles by Anne Leahy

  • The Conversation

    Canada's former ambassador to the Vatican, Anne Leahy, on Benedict's abrupt goodbye and looming threats to religions freedom

    C: That's a point you made on the panel at the Bridging the Secular Divide conference here in Montreal, where you said Canadian foreign policy has to take into account the role religion plays C: As a Catholic, one who has been very deeply involved in the Church, in World Youth Day and other events, ...

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  • The Here and There of Religious Freedom

    Diplomat Anne Leahy warns that Canada’s commitment to religious freedom at home will crown or cripple its efforts to promote religious freedom internationally

    Canada's foreign policy and practice of diplomacy have included religious freedom as part of the defence and promotion of human rights for as long as I can remember Advocacy for the rights of people belonging to religious minorities, promotion of understanding in multiconfessional society, and the p...

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  • Out of This World

    For Anne Leahy, Canada's ambassador to the Holy See, World Youth Day 2002 was a true "we event".

    Even though the Toronto World Youth Day was the 17th such event for its official convener, the Holy See, it was a first for Canadian organizers Notice the "we": I considered World Youth Day more than just a Church event, and government officials who worked very hard on this for over two years came t...

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