President Obama’s Vatican ambassador appointee had his confirmation hearing today. From a quick search of the Internet, it looks like this hearing is not drawing much attention from the media. We were able to find just a few blog entries about the hearing, including this one from the Washington Times. According to Times religion editor Julia Duin, Diaz gave a brief prepared speech. During the session, Senator Bob Casey asked Diaz about the recent meeting between the Pope and the President. Diaz’s answer gives us some more insight into the conversations of the two leaders, more than was originally released. Diaz said the President and Pope talked about outreach to Muslims, Middle Eastern peace, Cuba, the political situation in Honduras, and the Pope’s encyclicals on bioethics and abortion. After the hearing, Duin and one other reporter tried to interview Diaz. He only said he was very proud to be nominated. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee may vote on the appointee next Tuesday. The full Senate will also need to approve the appointment.
In May, Catholic News Service offered this article on the appointment of Diaz, a theology professor from Collegeville, Minnesota.
(Updated on Thursday: Other news organizations are now reporting on this hearing. According to the Times blog entry, only two reporters tried interviewing Diaz. That leads me to think most of the stories are gathering their information from the Times or the other reporter who tried talking to Diaz.)
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