Just for fun: Senate Confirms Adulteress As Ambassador To Vatican

[GMDino]

(10-17-2017, 12:13 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Don't you long for the days when we could send an ambassador to the Vatican who hasn't sinned?

Got me wondering who else held the post:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_the_Holy_See

Certainly no one is sinless.

Quote:Callista Louise Gingrich (née Bisek;[1] born March 4, 1966) is an American political aide, businesswoman, and author. She is married to former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and 2012 Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich.[2] In May 2017, President Donald Trump nominated her to be the United States Ambassador to the Holy See and the United States Senate confirmed the nomination on October 16, 2017.[3][4]


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In 1988, just out of college, she accepted an internship in Washington, D.C., in the office of Republican Congressman Steve Gunderson.[5] At the end of the internship she joined Gunderson's congressional staff[5] where she worked until 1995. In 1995, she moved to the House Committee on Agriculture where she worked as chief clerk until 2007.[5][12][13]


Multimedia productions[edit]
Since leaving the House Committee on Agriculture in 2007, Gingrich has served as president of Gingrich Productions, a multimedia production company which she founded with her husband.[14] They produce historical and public policy documentary films, publish books and newsletters, and make speeches, television, and radio appearances.[10]

Together, they have hosted nine documentaries, including The First American, Divine Mercy: The Canonization of John Paul II, A City Upon A Hill, America at Risk, Nine Days that Changed the World, Ronald Reagan: Rendezvous with Destiny, Rediscovering God in America, Rediscovering God in America II: Our Heritage, and We Have the Power.[15] The films have sold several hundred thousand copies.[14]

Gingrich has authored seven children's books featuring Ellis the Elephant,[5] including Sweet Land of Liberty, about American exceptionalism, and Land of the Pilgrims' Pride, about colonial America. Both were on The New York Times Best Seller list of Children's Picture Books.[16][17] Yankee Doodle Dandy, about the American Revolution, was released in 2013.[18] From Sea to Shining Sea, about the expedition of Lewis and Clark and the early years of the United States, was released in October 2014.[19] Christmas in America, about the history of Christmas in the United States, was released in October 2015.[20] Hail to the Chief, about United States presidents, was released in October 2016.[21] Remember the Ladies, about United States first ladies, is scheduled to be released in October 2017.


She co-authored a photobook, Ronald Reagan: Rendezvous with Destiny, with her husband and Dave Bossie.[22] Gingrich is also the voice for several of her husband's audiobooks.[12]

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Quote:Kenneth Francis Hackett (born January 27, 1947) was the United States Ambassador to the Holy See from August 2013 until January 2017.[1] He was previously president of Catholic Relief Services (CRS).


Hackett attended Boston College, graduating in 1968. He then joined the Peace Corps and served in Ghana. Afterwards, he joined Catholic Relief Services (CRS), serving in Africa and Asia. He was named the president of CRS, retiring in 2011.[2]

He was nominated to the post by President Barack Obama in June 2013 and confirmed by the Senate on August 1, 2013.[3]

He presented his Letters of Credence to Pope Francis on October 21, 2013. In March 2016 he was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Pius IX. He took leave on 16 January 2017.[4]

Awards and honors[edit]
Hackett received an honorary doctorate from the University of Notre Dame in 2007.[5] He was also awarded the Laetare Medal in 2012 by Notre Dame.

Quote:Miguel Humberto Díaz (born September 29, 1963)[1] is an American theologian, diplomat and commentator who served as United States Ambassador to the Holy See. He was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 5, 2009.[2] He resigned on November 5, 2012,[3] and was immediately named University Professor of Faith and Culture[4] at the University of Dayton. He was the first Hispanic U.S. Ambassador accredited to the Holy See.


As ambassador, Díaz helped launch the Religion in Foreign Policy Working Group of the Secretary of State’s Strategic Dialogue with Civil Society. The Working Group facilitates regular dialogue between the U.S. foreign policy establishment and religious leaders, scholars, and practitioners worldwide on strategies to build more effective partnerships on issues such as conflict prevention, humanitarian assistance and national security.[3]

On May 20, 2014, Loyola University Chicago announced that they intended to hire Díaz as a professor despite the University of Dayton harassment allegation. A spokesman for Loyola said in an email, “We have reviewed the allegations raised against Miguel Diaz and our offer to him stands.” He will become a professor at Loyola on July 1, 2014.[5]

Quote:Mary Ann Glendon, J.D., LL.M. (born October 7, 1938) is the Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and a former United States Ambassador to the Holy See. She teaches and writes on bioethics, comparative constitutional law, property, and human rights in international law. She is pro-life and "writes forcefully against the expansion of abortion rights."[1]

Quote:Laurence Francis Rooney III (born December 4, 1953) is an American politician and diplomat who is the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives]U.S. Representative for Florida's 19th congressional district. A Republican, he served as the United States Ambassador to the Holy See from 2005 until 2008. He had served as the CEO of Rooney Holdings (formerly known as Rooney Brothers Company), an investment and holding company based in Naples, Florida.