[Apologetics] Re: Vatican blocks Caroline Kennedy appointment as US ambassador

[Art Kelly]

The statement by Ray Flynn opposing Kennedy or any pro-abortion ambassador to the Vatican is very signficant because Flynn was ambassador during the Clinton Administration.
 
Can the Obama Administration find ANY pro-life Catholic who would be willing to carry its water in Rome?
 
Oh, wait.  How about Father John Jenkins, the President of Notre Dame?  What a perfect selection!
 
Oh, wait again. No, I'm sure Father Jenkins would NOT be acceptable to the Vatican.  Father Jenkins may (or may not) be pro-life, but he is a scandal to the Church. I doubt the Vatican would give him the time of day.   
 
Hmmmm.  Maybe the position will remain vacant for the duration of Obama's presidency.  What would a U.S. amabassador have to talk to the Vatican about anyway?  As for the Vatican, it can say whatever it wants to Obama in a news release.
 
Refusing to accept a series of proposed ambassadors is a way for the Vatican to express its disapproval of Obama and Company.

Art
--- On Sat, 4/11/09, Dianne Dawson <rcdianne at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Dianne Dawson <rcdianne at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Apologetics] Vatican blocks Caroline Kennedy appointment as US ambassador
To: "Apologetics Group" <apologetics at gathman.org>, "David Mullaney" <MayDay1 at aol.com>, "Merrie Mullaney" <merriemullaney at aol.com>, "Mitch Michaelis" <mitch.michaelis at gmail.com>, "Gayle" <GayleMitchM at sc.rr.com>, "Rebecca Milligan" <RMilligan1 at sc.rr.com>, "Holly Gatling" <sccl at sclife.org>
Date: Saturday, April 11, 2009, 2:42 PM








 Vatican blocks Caroline Kennedy appointment as US ambassador 

The Vatican has blocked the appointment of Caroline Kennedy as US ambassador, according to reports. 

 


By Alex Spillius in Washington 
Last Updated: 8:37AM BST 11 Apr 2009

 
Vatican sources told Il Giornale that their support for abortion disqualified Ms Kennedy and other Roman Catholics President Barack Obama had been seeking to appoint.
Mr Obama was reportedly seeking to reward John F Kennedy's daughter, who publicly gave her support to his election bid. She had been poised to replace Hillary Clinton as New York senator, but dropped out amid criticism that she lacked enough experience for the job.

 
The Italian paper said that the Vatican strongly disapproved of Mr Obama's support for abortion and stem cell research. The impasse over the ambassadorial appointment threatens to cloud his meeting with the Pope during a G8 summit in Itay in July.
Ms Kennedy, 53, has said that she supports abortion. Raymond Flynn, a former US ambassador to the Vatican, said earlier this week that Ms Kennedy would be a poor choice.
"It's imperative, it's essential that the person who represents us to the Holy See be a person who has pro-life values. I hope the President doesn't make that mistake," he told the Boston Herald. "She said she was pro-choice. I don't assume she's going to change that, which is problematic."
The White House refused to comment. 



Like a deer that longs for running waters so my soul longs for you, O God.
Ps 42:1
 
 

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