Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Bush to nominate Glendon as ambassador to Vatican

GLENDON Nov-6-2007 (270 words) With photo posted April 26. xxxn

Bush to nominate Glendon as ambassador to Vatican

By Catholic News Service

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.

She will succeed Francis Rooney, a businessman who has held the post since October 2005.Glendon, a law professor at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., has been a member of the social sciences academy since its founding in 1994. [read more]

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