Mary Ann Glendon

Christian Century, Nov 27, 2007

President Bush has nominated Mary Ann Glendon, a Harvard Law School professor, as U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. Glendon, 69, is a longtime opponent of abortion and gay marriage and has written widely on culture and ethics in books and scholarly journals. Her appointment must be confirmed by the Senate.

In 1994, Pope John Paul II named Glendon to the then-new Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, a Vatican advisory panel. She has also served on the President's Council on Bioethics and, until her nomination November 5, was an adviser to the presidential campaign of Republican Mitt Romney.