Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer from his window at the Vatican, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, January 19, 2025. Vatican Media/Simone Risoluti/Handout via REUTERS
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis is not expected to veto President Donald Trump's choice of a high-profile critic of his papacy as the next U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, according to two senior Vatican officials, despite misgivings about his stance on many issues.
Brian Burch, who leads a right-wing advocacy group, has said the pope's pastoral agenda, such as being more welcoming of LGBTQ Catholics, was causing "massive confusion" for the world's 1.4 billion Catholics.
