Vatican suspected of rejecting gay French ambassador

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Vatican suspected of rejecting gay French ambassador

Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Rome
Friday 10 April 2015 13.02 BST

The Vatican has been dragging its feet on the approval of France’s ambassador to the Holy See, raising suspicions that it has effectively rejected the nomination of Laurent Stéfanini because he is gay.

The Vatican declined to comment on speculation about the delay.

Stéfanini, a 55-year-old practising Catholic, has been described in the Italian press as an exemplary candidate and a man of “exceptional culture”. He is a senior diplomat and chief of protocol in the French government of François Hollande.

His nomination was put forward in January but the Vatican has not responded, usually an indication that the potential ambassador has been rejected. Reports in both the French and Italian press suggested the decision was clearly connected to Stéfanini being gay.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/10/vatican-suspected-rejecting-approval-gay-french-ambassador-laurent-stefanini

[cbayer]

1. Possibly true, but pure speculation at this point.

[edhopper]

2. It appears it is

http://www.thelocal.fr/20150410/pope-rejects-frances-gay-ambassador-to-vatican

And there is no other explanation, the Vatican's silence speaks volumes.

Keep supporting these miscreants all you liberal Catholics.

[cbayer]

3. I think that is likely the reason, and that is really a shame.

There may be other reasons, but it seems the vatican would make a statement if there were.

[edhopper]

4. At least they aren't

tying him to a pile of wood and burning him alive.
As is their former practice.