ABOUT THE CHURCH AND THE VATICAN

US Senate confirms Miguel Diaz
as ambassador to the Vatican
by Tom McFeely

Wednesday, August 05, 2009





The U.S. Senate yesterday confirmed Miguel Diaz as U.S. ambassador to the Holy See.

The Catholic theology professor’s beliefs regarding the life issues and other moral issues where President Barack Obama’s stances differ sharply with Church teachings remain something of a cipher, as Tim Drake noted last month in this Daily Blog post.

But his comments before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last month seemed to indicate he is a proponent of Obama’s “common ground” approach on the life issues, which in practice consists of implementing pro-abortion policies and appointing pro-abortion personnel to key positions while proclaiming rhetorically that Obama would like to see the number of abortions reduced through the implementation of social policies that allegedly would discourage abortions.

Diaz told the Foreign Relations Committee that as Holy See ambassador, he would “embrace President Obama and Secretary Clinton’s diplomatic vision of leading through active listening and learning from others to seek common ground,” Catholic News Agency reported.