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France drops bid to appoint gay Vatican ambassador, reports say
Source: The Guardian
France drops bid to appoint gay Vatican ambassador, reports say
Harriet Sherwood, and Kim Willsher in Paris
Monday 12 October 2015 12.53 BST
France has abandoned attempts to appoint a gay Catholic diplomat as its ambassador to the Vatican after a nine-month standoff, according to French media.
Laurent Stefanini, a widely respected chief of protocol to François Hollande, was named as the French president’s choice to serve as ambassador to the Holy See in January. However, without explicitly rejecting his nomination, the Vatican has not accepted his credentials. A new ambassador’s credentials are normally accepted within weeks.
Sources at the Élysée palace told French daily Libération that Hollande had given up his efforts over the appointment. “It’s dead,” a source was quoted as saying.
The move comes amid uncertainty over Pope Francis’s stance on homosexuality. Liberal Catholics seized on his statement on homosexuality early in his papacy, when he told reporters: “If a person is gay and seeks God and has good will, who am I to judge?”
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Harriet Sherwood, and Kim Willsher in Paris
Monday 12 October 2015 12.53 BST
France has abandoned attempts to appoint a gay Catholic diplomat as its ambassador to the Vatican after a nine-month standoff, according to French media.
Laurent Stefanini, a widely respected chief of protocol to François Hollande, was named as the French president’s choice to serve as ambassador to the Holy See in January. However, without explicitly rejecting his nomination, the Vatican has not accepted his credentials. A new ambassador’s credentials are normally accepted within weeks.
Sources at the Élysée palace told French daily Libération that Hollande had given up his efforts over the appointment. “It’s dead,” a source was quoted as saying.
The move comes amid uncertainty over Pope Francis’s stance on homosexuality. Liberal Catholics seized on his statement on homosexuality early in his papacy, when he told reporters: “If a person is gay and seeks God and has good will, who am I to judge?”
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/12/france-drops-bid-to-appoint-gay-vatican-ambassador-laurent-stefanini-reports
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