Obama Sends Senate The Nomination of New Ambassador To Holy See

Yesterday President Obama sent to the United States Senate the nomination of Kenneth Francis Hackett to be U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican. (White House announcement.) As reported last week by Religion News Service, the nomination of Hackett, the former head of Catholic Relief Services, is not likely to be controversial.  The White House gave further information about Hackett last week when it announced its intent to nominate him. The U.S. ambassadorship to the Holy See has been vacant since last November when Miguel Diaz resigned to become University Professor of Faith and Culture at the University of Dayton.