When a Croatian attack sent 100, 000 Serbs fleeing in the summer of 1996, Mr Galbraith joined the refugees, giving up his bulletproof ambassadorial car for a Serb's tractor.
On his way to Tuesday's Mass, Pope Francis rode in an open, white jeep, instead of the bulletproof pope-mobile often used by his predecessors, stopping to greet well wishers and getting out of the car to bless a disabled person.