Pope Francis I: Whispers in the loggia: Obama Seeks "Relief" – Retired CRS Chief Tapped for Vatican Ambassadorship

viernes, 14 de junio de 2013

Whispers in the loggia: Obama Seeks "Relief" – Retired CRS Chief Tapped for Vatican Ambassadorship

In its second turn at filling Villa Richardson, shortly after 4pm today, the White House announced that President Obama has nominated Ken Hackett – the recently retired president of Catholic Relief Services – as US ambassador to the Holy See.

A rare figure of wide acclaim within today's US church, the Boston native left the helm of CRS in 2011 with both laurels from the Stateside bishops and American Catholicism's most prestigious prize – Notre Dame's Laetare Medal. Accordingly, even in a polarized capital, all indications are that the choice of the Peace Corps veteran is a rather easy lock to fly through the requisite Senate confirmation.

Upon the upper chamber's advice and consent, Hackett would succeed the theologian Miguel Diaz – the first Hispanic named to the post – who returned to these shores earlier this year to take up a professorship at the University of Dayton.

The now ambassador-designate will be the tenth representative of Washington to the Vatican since full bilateral relations were established in 1984.

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by Rocco Palmo via Whispers in the Loggia

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viernes, 14 de junio de 2013

Whispers in the loggia: Obama Seeks "Relief" – Retired CRS Chief Tapped for Vatican Ambassadorship

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