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US nominee eyes Vatican ties
President George W. Bush’s nominee for US ambassador to the Vatican has said that one of his top priorities if confirmed by the Senate would be to look into recent Vatican actions and comments that indicate the Holy See is seeking to re-establish ties with Beijing at the expense of relations with Taipei.
Francis Rooney, an Oklahoma businessman and big campaign contributor to Bush, said a priority for him when hereached the Vatican would be “to go speak with them and find out what they mean by these recent comments.”
He would also “make sure they have a sensitivity to our feelings in the matter.”
taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/09/21/2003272533
President George W. Bush’s nominee for US ambassador to the Vatican has said that one of his top priorities if confirmed by the Senate would be to look into recent Vatican actions and comments that indicate the Holy See is seeking to re-establish ties with Beijing at the expense of relations with Taipei.
Francis Rooney, an Oklahoma businessman and big campaign contributor to Bush, said a priority for him when hereached the Vatican would be “to go speak with them and find out what they mean by these recent comments.”
He would also “make sure they have a sensitivity to our feelings in the matter.”
taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/09/21/2003272533
