Glendon Confirmed U.S. Ambassador to Holy See
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WASHINGTON, D.C.(Zenit) - The U.S. Senate confirmed President George Bush's nomination of Mary Ann Glendon as the U.S. ambassador to the Holy See.
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The Wednesday approval means that Glendon will succeed Francis Rooney, who has represented the United States before the Holy See since 2005. A date for her succession has not been set.
Glendon is the president of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences and a law professor at Harvard University.
In 1994, Pope John Paul II appointed her to lead the Holy See delegation to the U.N. 4th World Conference on Women in Beijing.
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