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Senate Confirms Brian Burch as US Ambassador to the Holy See

Burch was nominated in December 2024 by President Donald Trump.
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Senate Confirms Brian Burch as US Ambassador to the Holy See
People gather with US flags at St Peter's square with the St Peter's Basilica in the background at the Vatican, on May 11, 2025. Jeff Pachoud/AFP via Getty Images
T.J. Muscaro
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The Senate confirmed CatholicVote President Brian Burch as the latest U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See on Aug. 2.

With a vote of 49–44, Burch will head to Vatican City to serve during the first ever reign of an American Pope, Pope Leo XIV. Both men claim Chicago as their hometown, and Burch was also the president of Seton Academy Catholic Montessori School in Villa Park, Illinois, which is just outside of Chicago.

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T.J. Muscaro
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T.J. Muscaro is an award-winning reporter and NASA Correspondent for The Epoch Times, covering the Artemis program, Space Force, and other public and private ambitions within the growing space industry. Based in Tampa, Florida, he also covers stories of extreme weather and disaster relief, as well as various matters of national and international politics.