Having won the presidential election—with a slim majority of Catholic votes—President-elect Trump will soon nominate a U.S. ambassador the Holy See, a spot first filled in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan.
The field, of course, is wide open, as Mr. Trump has bucked conventional wisdom in several of his more high-profile appointments thus far.
And while the appointment is probably a few months off, there are some names being bandied about as possible replacements for current Ambassador Ken Hackett, the previous head of Catholic Relief Services.
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