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According to CNS, reports<\/a> that the Vatican has rejected several Obama picks for Ambassador to the Holy See are wrong<\/a>: <\/p>\n

A Vatican spokesman dismissed reports that the Holy See has rejected several candidates for U.S. ambassador to the Vatican because of their support for legal abortion.<\/p>\n

“No proposals about the new ambassador of the United States to the Holy See have reached the Vatican, and therefore it is not true that they have been rejected. The rumors circulating about this topic are not reliable,” the spokesman, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, told Catholic News Service April 9.<\/p>\n

The spokesman’s comments echoed off-the-record remarks by informed diplomatic and Vatican sources in Rome, who said the reports appeared to be unfounded.<\/p>\n

“It’s possible names have been circulated inside the U.S. administration, and perhaps rejected for some reason or other, but not because of any Vatican veto. It’s also quite possible that the whole thing is conjecture,” said one source.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can read more at the link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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