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(RNS) Douglas Kmiec’s Gospel Falls Flat in Foggy Bottom

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Kendall Harmon

The State Department has a “rigidly narrow” view of diplomacy that neglects religion’s role in foreign affairs, a prominent Catholic ambassador charged on Sunday (April 17) as he announced his resignation.

Other foreign policy experts have another name for it: Religion Avoidance Syndrome.

And the departure of Douglas Kmiec as ambassador to Malta, they say, is symptomatic of a longstanding God gap in American foreign policy.

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2 comments on “(RNS) Douglas Kmiec’s Gospel Falls Flat in Foggy Bottom”

  1. deaconjohn25 says:
    April 21, 2011 at 2:07 am

    I couldn’t help but notice Kmiec chose Aug. 15th as the date of his official resignation. Only he called it the “Feast of the Assumption.” Was that an “in your face” closing shot????

  2. St. Cuervo says:
    April 21, 2011 at 9:22 pm

    I don’t know. Somehow the phrase “useful idiot” comes to mind when I read about Kmiec…