Vatican officials reacting carefully to Obama?

April 14, 2009

The Vatican has denied rejecting White House candidates for the post of US ambassador to the Vatican, although some tensions between Washington and Rome are evident. To date, Vatican officials have not been as outspoken as American prelates in opposing the Obama administration's policies on culture-of-life issues. John Allen observes:

So far, the Vatican has kept its distance from the most strident anti-Obama sectors of American Catholic opinion. Many Vatican officials (except, perhaps, the Americans) are favorably inclined toward much of what Obama represents – his multilateralism in foreign policy, his positions on immigration and poverty relief, and his opposition to the Iraq war.

 

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Further information:

• 'Rumored Vatican, Obama spat exaggerated' (John Allen/National Catholic Reporter)