Francis Rooney

Republican Francis Rooney represented Florida's 19th District from 2017-2021. He also served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See from 2005 until 2008. He is the author of The Global Vatican: An Inside Look at the Catholic Church, World Politics, and the Extraordinary Relationship between the United States and the Holy See.

Pope Francis and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the occasion of their private audience at the Vatican, Thursday, July 4, 2019. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Opinion

June 20, 2022

Pope Francis creates confusion as Putin's war against Ukraine rages

In Ukraine, the world now faces the worst brutality and inhumanity since the Second World War. And the Holy See’s response?