Contact: Wendy Wright, Center for Family and Human Rights, 212-754-5948, wendy@c-fam.org 

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24, 2015 /Christian Newswire/ -- Austin Ruse, president of the New York and Washington DC-based Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam), is available for comment during the visit of Pope Francis to the United States.

Who: Austin Ruse, President of C-Fam

When: September 22-27, 2015

Where: Washington and New York

Mr. Ruse and his organization have worked closely with the Holy See for twenty years at the United Nations. C-Fam personnel have served on multiple delegations of the Holy See to various UN negotiations.
 
Mr. Ruse co-founded the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast. He is a bi-weekly columnist for the Catholic website CrisisMagazine.com.
 
Mr. Ruse is a Knight in the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and a Knight in the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher. 
 
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