Bush to nominate Glendon as ambassador to Vatican

Published: 2007-11-06

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- President George W. Bush will nominate Mary Ann Glendon, a U.S. law professor and president of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, as the new U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. The White House made the announcement late Nov. 5. The nomination is official when Bush sends it to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which will hold a hearing before sending the nomination to the full Senate for confirmation. As of Nov. 6, no hearing had been scheduled. Glendon, a Catholic, said in a Nov. 6 statement that she hoped that her "background in international legal studies, together with my familiarity with Catholic social thought, will aid me in continuing the fruitful dialogue that presently exists between the United States and the Holy See" on a variety of issues. Those issues include human rights, religious freedom, human trafficking, development and "the fight against hunger, disease and poverty," she said.

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