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France abandons bid to name gay official as Vatican envoy

Friday, April 8th, 2016

France’s government has named a respected diplomat who is said to be gay as the country’s new ambassador to UNESCO, more than a year after he was nominated to become the ambassador to the Vatican — a job he never started, because the Vatican withheld its approval. Laurent Stefanini was confirmed Wednesday by France’s council Read more