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Catholics Blast Obama Admin. Decision to Relocate U.S. Embassy to the Holy See as an ‘Unmistakable Slap in the Face’
Risking yet another wedge between the Obama administration and the Catholic Church, the White House is moving to relocate its embassy to the Vatican into a separate government compound for the U.S. Embassy to Italy.
The current freestanding U.S. Embassy to the Holy See facility at the Vatican would be closed, The Washington Times reported.
“It’s not just those who bomb churches and kill Catholics in the Middle East who are our antagonists, but it’s also those who restrict our religious freedoms and want to close down our embassy to the Holy See,” said Raymond Flynn, a former U.S. envoy to the Vatican, in the National Catholic Reporter. “[There's no] diplomatic or political benefit to the United States.”
Risking yet another wedge between the Obama administration and the Catholic Church, the White House is moving to relocate its embassy to the Vatican into a separate government compound for the U.S. Embassy to Italy.
The current freestanding U.S. Embassy to the Holy See facility at the Vatican would be closed, The Washington Times reported.
“It’s not just those who bomb churches and kill Catholics in the Middle East who are our antagonists, but it’s also those who restrict our religious freedoms and want to close down our embassy to the Holy See,” said Raymond Flynn, a former U.S. envoy to the Vatican, in the National Catholic Reporter. “[There's no] diplomatic or political benefit to the United States.”