VATICAN CITY
International Business Times
By Palash R. Ghosh
August 7, 2012
The Vatican has rejected a proposed ambassador from Bulgaria, because the candidate wrote a novel that featured the themes of homosexuality and prostitution.
Kiril Marichkov’s highly successful novel, “Clandestination,” offended Vatican officials, placing his nomination to the Holy See in jeopardy.
The 39-year-old attorney, who speaks five languages and is married to an Italian woman, is also the grandson of the first Bulgarian ambassador appointed to the Vatican after the fall of communism.
Despite his sterling credentials, the Vatican will not approve his appointment.
His book is about illegal immigrants who escape Eastern Europe for Rome after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The principle character, a man named Ivan, is forced by poverty to sell himself to men for sex on the streets.
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