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Minnesota’s Diaz becomes new ambassador to the Vatican

By Andy Birkey | 08.05.09 | 11:31 am

mdiazDr. Miguel Diaz, a professor of theology at St. John’s University in Collegeville, was confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday to become ambassador to the Vatican.

Minnesota professor tapped as Vatican ambassador

By Andy Birkey | 05.29.09 | 7:59 am

mdiazMiguel Diaz, a Collegeville, Minn., professor, has been nominated by President Obama to serve as ambassador to the Vatican. Diaz, a theology professor at St. John’s University and the College of…

Vatican body: Minnesota professor’s sin worse than genocide

By Paul Schmelzer | 01.16.09 | 4:23 pm

While Catholic bishops and priests can hear confessions about sins as severe as murder or genocide, the Vatican’s 830-year-old Apostolic Penitentiary is “reserved for crimes which are viewed by the Church as even more serious,” writes the UK’s Telegraph. In…