Posted on 04/10/2009 12:12:10 PM PDT by rhema
ROME | The Obama administration is having difficulty finding an ambassador to the Vatican, which has informally vetoed the appointment of Caroline Kennedy and other Roman Catholics who have supported President Obama, an Italian newspaper and Vatican specialists said Thursday.
"A trial of strength between Barack Obama and the U.S. church that involves the Holy See is under way," the conservative Milan newspaper Il Giornale said Thursday in a report by Vatican correspondent Andrea Tornielli.
"The tenant of the White House is very criticized indeed for his choices in favor of abortion and use of stem [cell] embryos, while the impasse for the designation of the new U.S. ambassador in the Vatican continues," Mr. Tornielli wrote. "At least three names — but there are some that say more — of candidates … have been 'burned' even before the proposal of nomination could be made formally, because they were unwelcome to the church."
The newspaper said those informally rejected include Ms. Kennedy and Douglas Kmiec, a professor of constitutional law at Pepperdine University and former head of the Office of Legal Counsel for Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush. Both candidates gave prominent endorsements to Mr. Obama during the presidential campaign.
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Dear Pres. Obama,
I will step up and go, just send me.
AHH Cathoic freepers interested in LOL!
“None of the potential diplomats were considered fit” ( Vatican & Obama )
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2226449/posts
Vatican Reportedly Rejects Three Obama Choices for Ambassador
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2226383/posts
Vatican Reportedly Rejects Three Obama Choices for Ambassador
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2226383/posts
Obama’s Candidates for Vatican Ambassador Failing ‘Simple Standard’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2226309/posts
Vatican Reportedly Rejects Three Obama Nominees for Ambassador
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2226282/posts
The Vatican Says ‘No’ to Obama’s Ambassadors
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2226185/posts
Embassy Row: 3 STRIKES AT VATICAN (Vatican keeps rejecting Obama ambassador picks)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2226077/posts
Old French saying: “He who bites the Pope dies”!
Boy, talk about a dream job! Hang out in Rome and them occasionally come back here to tell Obama stuff he doesn’t want to hear ! LOL!
Presumably Zero is arrogant enough to believe that he has the right to dictate his wishes to the Vatican. Maybe his next step will be to bribe the Pope with an Ipod.
Fr. Jenkins and Doug Kmiec kissed his ring; he obviously figured the Pope would soon follow suit.
BWAAAAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!!
Benedict already has one! Vatican Radio gave it to him — loaded with classical music.
Yeah, but I bet he doesn't have one with Obama's speeches... :0)
That’s because Benedict has a better stable of writers: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
This was the plum job that Kmiec wanted to get by endorsing That One. He got nothing.
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