WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump said Friday he is nominating the president of the advocacy group CatholicVote as U.S. ambassador to the Vatican.
Brian Burch is the president and co-founder of CatholicVote. He and his wife Sara have nine children and live in the suburbs of Chicago.
“Brian loves his church and the United States – he will make us all proud,” Trump posted on social media when announcing the nomination.
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Burch said on social media that as ambassador he would “promote the dignity of all people and the common good.”
AP VoteCast, a comprehensive study of the November election, found that 22% of voters identified as Catholic, and Trump won 55% of this group. In 2020, the Catholic vote was essentially split between Trump and President Joe Biden, a devout Catholic who plans to meet Pope Francis in January on the final trip of his presidency.
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