CNA: Three U.S. prelates given Vatican slots by Benedict XVI

Update: Zenit is now also carrying this story as is Saint Louis Catholic.

The Catholic News Agency reports that three U.S. prelates were given appointments to positions on either the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts or the Congregation for the Clergy.

The Council for Legislative Texts’ main task consists of interpreting the laws of the Church – both the laws concerning the Latin Rite and the common laws of the Eastern Catholic churches.

The new appointments are: Cardinals Giovanni Battista Re, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops; Ivan Dias, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples; Lluis Martinez Sistach, archbishop of Barcelona, Spain; Oswald Gracias, archbishop of Bombay, India; William Joseph Levada, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches; Archbishops John Joseph Myers of Newark, U.S.A., and Raymond Leo Burke of Saint Louis, U.S.A.

Archbishop Raymond Burke was also appointed to the Congregation for the Clergy--two appointments in one day! Read the full story here.