Bush Appoints Chick With Crazy Jesus-Eyes as Ambasador to The Vatican

[Ian David]

Views mixed on Bush pick for envoy to Vatican
Harvard professor is called conciliatory


Mary Ann Glendon was an adviser to Pope John Paul II and has tiny little crazy Jesus-Eyes set way too far apart.

By Peter Schworm
Globe Staff / November 7, 2007

Mary Ann Glendon, a prominent legal scholar and a papal adviser poised to become the next US ambassador to the Vatican, is known for staunchly defending Catholic doctrine while striking a conciliatory tone with opponents, colleagues said yesterday.
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Supporters said Glendon would bring a measured sensibility to a politically sensitive position, but opponents criticized her as a social conservative in lockstep with the Vatican's opposition to contraception and gay marriage. In recent years, Glendon has been a leading legal specialist on same-sex marriage in Massachusetts and was tapped this summer to lead an advisory group on judicial matters for presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

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Glendon, 69, also an opponent of abortion rights, is considered an authority on family law and social policy, bioethics, and international human rights. In 2004, she became the highest-ranking female adviser in the church when Pope John Paul II chose her to lead the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, a powerful panel that helps the church establish social policy.

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"American political opinion is often at odds with the Catholic Church," Flynn said. "It's a fine line you have to walk, and sometimes it can be very difficult. But she's really not a political person. She approaches a lot of issues from a legal standpoint and keeps personal opinions out of the mix."

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Bush loves Crazy Jesus-Eyes!