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 Bu