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Pope ‘rejects Caroline Kennedy for being too liberal’
The Times ^ | 4/15/2009 | Richard Owen

Posted on 04/15/2009 2:40:40 AM PDT by markomalley

Caroline Kennedy, the Roman Catholic daughter of the assassinated President, has been rejected by the Vatican as the next US ambassador to the Holy See because of her liberal views on abortion, stem-cell research and same-sex marriage, according to Vatican insiders.

Andrea Tornielli, the biographer of Pope Benedict XVI, said that at least two other potential ambassadors put forward by President Obama have also been blocked because they did not share the Vatican’s views on “pro-life” issues. A Vatican spokesman said that no candidates had been formally submitted “and therefore it is not true that they have been rejected”.

Vatican sources said that there had been “informal soundings” over a replacement for Mary Ann Glendon, the outgoing US ambassador to the Holy See, who is a Harvard law professor, president of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences and close to the Pope.

The Vatican hopes that the issue can be resolved before Mr Obama meets the Pope in the margins of the G8 summit to be held on the island of Sardinia in early July.

Raymond Flynn, a former US ambassador to the Vatican, told the Boston Herald that the views held by Ms Kennedy, 53, were “problematic”. “It’s imperative, it’s essential that the person who represents us to the Holy See be a person who has pro-life values,” he said.

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TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: bxvi; catholic; mrsschlossberg; vatican
Ø will just have to break off diplomatic relations with the Holy See, I guess.
1 posted on 04/15/2009 2:40:41 AM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley

There will be liberal outcry about this. Where were they on the Rev. Wright issue? So, the Pope is ‘radical’, and Rev. Wright is OK?


2 posted on 04/15/2009 2:47:06 AM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: markomalley
Where will The Won find a pro-life, Catholic Democrat? Maybe they cryogenically froze one in the 1950's for just such an emergency.
3 posted on 04/15/2009 2:53:56 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Don't spread my wealth, spread my work ethic!)
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To: markomalley

Obama will bow to Islamic leaders, but will not even tolerate or even have any respect for Christian leaders.


4 posted on 04/15/2009 2:54:52 AM PDT by Always Right (Obama: more arrogant than Bill Clinton, more naive than Jimmy Carter, and more liberal than LBJ.)
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To: markomalley

I guess Napalitano will have to put the Vatican on the DHS watch list of Extreme right wing political groups...for being pro life!(sarcasm on)


5 posted on 04/15/2009 3:06:34 AM PDT by mdmathis6
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To: markomalley

The lord of the zer0’s does not have any sense when it comes to pro-life issues. They are above his paygrade.


6 posted on 04/15/2009 3:26:57 AM PDT by missnry (The truth will set you free ... and drive liberals Crazy!)
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To: markomalley
Caroline Kennedy as the United States’ Ambassador to the Vatican is the equivalent of putting a raging drunk in charge of an AA meeting.
7 posted on 04/15/2009 3:29:06 AM PDT by RU88 (The false messiah can not change water into wine any more than he can get unity from diversity.)
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To: RU88
Caroline Kennedy as the United States’ Ambassador to the Vatican is the equivalent of putting a raging drunk in charge of an AA meeting.

Great One!


8 posted on 04/15/2009 3:42:44 AM PDT by Dustoff45 (A non-posting Freeper makes no spelling errors (Have a Misspell on me))
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To: markomalley

Wow, I am REALLY REALLY REALLY loving this Pope.

I bet the left has made him out to be Satan incarnate, which is really ironic since they usually want to use a religios reference when the religion itself is what ticks them off.

Children, liberals are like little babies and children.


9 posted on 04/15/2009 3:49:46 AM PDT by autumnraine (Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose- Kris Kristoferrson)
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To: autumnraine

The real reason she has been rejected is the Pope doesn’t want to hear, You know, repeated at least 5 times in every sentence.


10 posted on 04/15/2009 3:52:58 AM PDT by doosee
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To: markomalley

I’m not Catholic, but I knew I really liked this pope when he gave the speech shortly after his election about moral relativism being one of the gravest threats today.... I literally cheered.


11 posted on 04/15/2009 3:58:05 AM PDT by Ranald S. MacKenzie (Its the philosophy, stupid.)
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To: Dustoff45
The next time you read an article from Doug Kmeic or some other pro-Obama Catholic, remember this article. In an ironic way, it highlights how far the Obama administration is from basic Catholic principles. How could anyone vote for Obama and call themselves Catholic when the Vatican won't allow his ideological allies a seat at the table!
12 posted on 04/15/2009 4:02:57 AM PDT by Nicojones
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To: markomalley

It’s pathetic the O administration has the audacity to send a cafeteria catholic to the Vatican.


13 posted on 04/15/2009 4:29:01 AM PDT by m4629
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To: markomalley
"But I'm not like everyone else - I'm Caroline Kennedy."
14 posted on 04/15/2009 4:29:26 AM PDT by steelyourfaith (What new from the Thief-in-Chief?)
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To: markomalley

Ahhh, Pope Benedict is another Right Wing Radical Extremist, I see! Maybe the DHS will put out a special threat report on him, too. Glad to see we’re in good company! (I love my “German Shepherd”!)


15 posted on 04/15/2009 5:07:24 AM PDT by VRWCer (Sarah Palin - the embodiment of the spirit and true grit upon which this great country was founded.)
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To: markomalley

The only reason she was nominated is that she comes from a prominent “Catholic” family. But her views on any number of moral and social issues are the very antithesis of authentic Catholicism. Therefore, she is not really Catholic in any sense beyond the most technical. Therefore, she is no more qualified for this post than just about any random person pulled off the street. Therefore, there is no pressing reason to have her flout Church teaching in public view even while she is her country’s representative to the Holy See. Therefore, she is REJECTED!

Please find someone who will not heap coals on his or her own head just by engaging the roles involved in the office. Please find someone who will not keep the Vatican in the US news via endless slanted media hits in support of an “enlightened” US representative going toe-to-toe against a Vatican eagerly characterized as “antediluvian” by ignorant talking heads. Don’t play the fox HERE, Barack, you’re gonna lose every time!

Next...!

Attaboy B16!!


16 posted on 04/15/2009 5:07:52 AM PDT by magisterium
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To: markomalley

My parish priest told me it would be better to have no ambassadpr rather than to have one who is pro choice.


17 posted on 04/15/2009 5:15:09 AM PDT by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free. Free Republic.com baby.)
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To: markomalley

Actually, the Pope should be more careful with his actions, he could be replaced. (GM?)


18 posted on 04/15/2009 5:55:48 AM PDT by DHC-2 (I)
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To: DHC-2

Even Hitler didn’t have the stones to do that. ;-)


19 posted on 04/15/2009 6:24:56 AM PDT by Campion ("President Barack Obama" is an anagram for "An Arab-backed Imposter")
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To: m4629
It’s pathetic the O administration has the audacity to send a cafeteria catholic to the Vatican.

Those are the only kind of Catholics willing to work for him.

20 posted on 04/15/2009 9:49:07 AM PDT by nina0113 (Hugh Akston is my hero.)
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