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The Right sounded the alarm, and were exposed for lying. <my comment.
No, Obama Is Not Closing The Vatican Embassy
The internet is ablaze with some fairly shocking news: Obama is closing the Vatican embassy! Obamas call to close Vatican embassy is slap in the face to Roman Catholics, proclaims the Washington Times, in an article that has attracted more than 2700 comments and was prominently featured on the Drudge Report. OBAMA INSULTS CATHOLICS IN VATICAN-EMBASSY SHUTDOWN, reports WND. The Daily Caller piles on with Catholics furious over Obama plan to close Vatican embassy site. Breitbart reports that the Obama administration is trying to diminish and discredit the Vaticans role in the world because its pro-life, pro-family, and pro-religious freedom values is at odds with the Regimes pro-abortion, pro-gay marriage stance.
So you might be surprised to learn that, in fact, Obama is not closing the embassy or diminishing U.S. diplomatic relations with the Holy See in any way.
There are no embassies for any country in Vatican City itself there is simply no room. All countries locate their embassies in the city of Rome. The United States has decided to move its embassy from its current location an unremarkable converted residence to the same compound as the U.S. Embassy to Italy. It will have its own separate building and a separate entrance on a different street. The new building is actually a tenth of a mile closer to the Vatican than the old one. There will be no reduction in staff or activities.
This hasnt stopped 5 former U.S. envoys to the Vatican including James Nicholson, the former chair of the Republican National Committee from protesting. Nicholson characterized the move as a massive downgrade. Raymond Flynn, the first ambassador under Clinton, told the National Catholic Review that Its not just those who bomb churches and kill Catholics in the Middle East who are our antagonists, but its also those who restrict our religious freedoms and want to close down our embassy to the Holy See. Flynn described the move as part of broader secular hostility to religious groups.
The plans for the move actually started under President Bush, whose administration purchased the buildings adjacent to the U.S. Embassy to Italy.
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No, Obama Is Not Closing The Vatican Embassy
The internet is ablaze with some fairly shocking news: Obama is closing the Vatican embassy! Obamas call to close Vatican embassy is slap in the face to Roman Catholics, proclaims the Washington Times, in an article that has attracted more than 2700 comments and was prominently featured on the Drudge Report. OBAMA INSULTS CATHOLICS IN VATICAN-EMBASSY SHUTDOWN, reports WND. The Daily Caller piles on with Catholics furious over Obama plan to close Vatican embassy site. Breitbart reports that the Obama administration is trying to diminish and discredit the Vaticans role in the world because its pro-life, pro-family, and pro-religious freedom values is at odds with the Regimes pro-abortion, pro-gay marriage stance.
So you might be surprised to learn that, in fact, Obama is not closing the embassy or diminishing U.S. diplomatic relations with the Holy See in any way.
There are no embassies for any country in Vatican City itself there is simply no room. All countries locate their embassies in the city of Rome. The United States has decided to move its embassy from its current location an unremarkable converted residence to the same compound as the U.S. Embassy to Italy. It will have its own separate building and a separate entrance on a different street. The new building is actually a tenth of a mile closer to the Vatican than the old one. There will be no reduction in staff or activities.
This hasnt stopped 5 former U.S. envoys to the Vatican including James Nicholson, the former chair of the Republican National Committee from protesting. Nicholson characterized the move as a massive downgrade. Raymond Flynn, the first ambassador under Clinton, told the National Catholic Review that Its not just those who bomb churches and kill Catholics in the Middle East who are our antagonists, but its also those who restrict our religious freedoms and want to close down our embassy to the Holy See. Flynn described the move as part of broader secular hostility to religious groups.
The plans for the move actually started under President Bush, whose administration purchased the buildings adjacent to the U.S. Embassy to Italy.
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