President Bush Nominate New Ambassador to the Holy See

Father Z says this good news!!. I happen to agree for what it is worth.

Bush to Nominate Harvard Law Professor to Be Vatican Ambassador
Andrew Miga
The Associated Press
11-06-2007
President Bush plans to nominate Harvard University law professor Mary Ann Glendon to be his new U.S. ambassador to the Vatican.Glendon, 69, is an anti-abortion scholar and an opponent of gay marriage who also has written on the effects of divorce and increased litigation on society. Her 1987 book "Abortion and Divorce in Western Law" was critical of the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that established a legal right to abortion.The White House announced Monday that Bush will nominate Glendon to the post, which requires Senate confirmation.Glendon was appointed by Pope John Paul II in 1994 to the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, a panel that advises the Roman Catholic church on social policy.Glendon has served as an adviser to the Vatican in several capacities.

In 1995, she was the first woman to lead a delegation of the Holy See at the United Nations Women’s Conference in Beijing. She has also served on the Pontifical Council for the Laity and as a consultant to the Pontifical Council on the Family.A native of Dalton, Mass., Glendon taught at Boston College and became a visiting professor of law at Harvard in 1974. She became a full professor there in 1986.

Since I live in Louisiana I should note that we had one of our own as an Ambassador to the Holy See during the Clinton Administration. That was former Congresswoman Lindy Boggs. She was the last of a dying breed of powerful democrats that were actually PRO-LIFE. Ah the good ole days.

The key here is nominate. It seems that news articles are saying "appoint" too. Well I do think unless there is "Vatican" exception this has to go through the Senate committee unless this is going to be some sort of recess appointment down the road. I will be will curious to see how her confirmation hearings go. If the Dems are smart they will allow this one to quietly pass