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April 10, 2009 at 5:44pm
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Caroline Kennedy can’t seem to catch a break.

After rumors circulated in the Italian press that she was being eyed for the post of U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican, conservative U.S. Catholics began protesting.

“It’s imperative, it’s essential that the person who represents us to the Holy See be a person who has a pro-life values,” former ambassador Raymond L. Flynn told the Boston Herald.

But former Kennedy staffer Philip Johnston defended Kennedy’s appropriateness. “The church is about a lot more than abortion,” he said. “It’s about human rights and poverty and supporting workers around the world and she is a great symbol of those values.”

Italian publication Panorama originally reported that Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kerry had asked Obama to consider her for the post. Neither Kerry’s office, nor the White House would comment. Kennedy has largely vanished from public view since her ill-fated bid to win appointment to Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Senate seat.

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