President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as Vatican ambassador for the US responded to a range of important Catholic-related questions during a Senate confirmation hearing on April 8.
The issues covered during the hearing included religious persecution, USAID cuts and the relationship between the Vatican and the Chinese Communist Party, reports US-based media CatholicVote.
Before his nomination for the ambassadorial role, Brian Burch as president of the pro-Republican CatholicVote website oversaw its heavy support for Trump during the latter's re-election campaign in 2024. Burch's nomination by Trump for the Holy See role is seen as a reward in some quarters.
