Kmiec Confirmed As US Ambassador To Malta

Blog of Legal Times yesterday reported that the U.S. Senate last week unanimously confirmed Pepperdine Law School Professor Douglas Kmiec as the U.S. ambassador to Malta. Kmiec previously served as dean of Catholic University Law School and on the faculty of Notre Dame Law School. A press release on Pepperdine's website points out: "As recorded in the book of Acts, the Apostle Paul shipwrecked onto the island nation [of Malta]. Malta has a long legacy of Roman Catholicism, which continues to be the official and dominant religion in the country."