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Panelists are Ambassador Miguel Diaz, University Professor of Faith and Culture at the University of Dayton and the most recent U.S. ambassador to the Holy See; Dr. Margaret Melady, vice chair of the board of trustees of Catholic Distance University and former president of the American University in Rome; Dr. Stephen Schneck, director of the Institute for Policy Research &amp; Catholic Studies at the Catholic University of America; and Kim Daniels, coordinator of Catholic Voices USA.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a panel discussion at Catholic University, four lay Catholics describe the single most important quality they want to see in the next pope. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2013\/03\/01\/march-1-2013-selecting-a-new-pope-u-s-catholic-voices\/14923\/\" class=\"more\">More <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":18138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[11019,11018,11017,10610,1823,2197,10905,1821],"class_list":["post-14923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","tag-kim-daniels","tag-margaret-melady","tag-miguel-diaz","tag-pat-zapor","tag-pope","tag-pope-benedict-xvi","tag-stephen-schneck","tag-vatican","topics-international","faith-catholic"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>March 1, 2013 ~ Selecting a New Pope: U.S. Catholic Voices | March 1, 2013 | Religion &amp; 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