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Vatican vetoes Barack Obama's nominees for US ambassador | World news | guardian.co.uk
The Vatican has vetoed three of Barack Obama's potential nominees as US ambassador amid a growing dispute between the White House and the Roman Catholic church over the new administration's support for abortion rights and the lifting of a ban on stem cell research.Vatican sources told Italy's Il Giornale newspaper that among those rejected were Caroline Kennedy and two other Roman Catholics who were unacceptable to the pope because they have publicly stood against church dogma.The conservative Il Giornale described the vetoes as part of a "trial of strength between Barack Obama and the US church that involves the Holy See", amid uproar among the church's hierarchy after America's principal Catholic university, Notre Dame, invited the president to give an address and receive an honorary degree next month.
The Vatican has vetoed three of Barack Obama's potential nominees as US ambassador amid a growing dispute between the White House and the Roman Catholic church over the new administration's support for abortion rights and the lifting of a ban on stem cell research.
Vatican sources told Italy's Il Giornale newspaper that among those rejected were Caroline Kennedy and two other Roman Catholics who were unacceptable to the pope because they have publicly stood against church dogma.
The conservative Il Giornale described the vetoes as part of a "trial of strength between Barack Obama and the US church that involves the Holy See", amid uproar among the church's hierarchy after America's principal Catholic university, Notre Dame, invited the president to give an address and receive an honorary degree next month.
The Vatican has vetoed three of Barack Obama's potential nominees as US ambassador
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The sending State must make certain that the agrément of the receiving State has been given for the person it proposes to accredit as head of the mission to that State. The receiving State is not obliged to give reasons to the sending State for a refusal of agrément.
I was interested to find that recieving states had this right. (Although the traditional 19th century response to small countries was to deploy a gunboat and shell the palace till the locals agreed)
Theres always the option to break off diplomatic relations, after all it's not a real state. and its usually not allowed for a states representatives to interfere with the internal politics of a state, as the catholic church tends to do in preaching about contraception and abortion, it could be argued that there are grounds (And other countries have been bombed for far less) Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
A junior, 20-something chargé-d'affairs is probably enough to handle any actual business that comes up. The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman
let the blame lie there Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
I'm certain he would be accepted.
(Also, slightly ironic that they're rejecting the daughter of the first Catholic president in US history) "The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde
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