sua eccellenza mary ann

By Diogenes ( articles ) | Feb 29, 2008

U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Prof. Mary Ann Glendon presented credentials at the Vatican today and got a gracious, and diplomatically pointed, welcome -- which you can read here. She's not the first woman to hold the post, of course, but I suspect she's more than usually aware of the paradox in being addressed as "Your Excellency" by the Pope.