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Who’s in and Who’s Out? Leo’s Revamp of Vatican Supreme Court
The five-year appointment adds a canon lawyer and outspoken conservative to the tribunal as Pope Leo XIV reshapes Vatican leadership.
- On Saturday, July 25, Pope Leo XIV appointed San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone to the Supreme Apostolic Signatura, the Vatican's highest court, for a five-year term.
- Pope Leo XIV selected seven new members for the court, including Bishop Edward Lohse of Kalamazoo, Michigan, all canon lawyers serving alongside Cordileone.
- The Supreme Apostolic Signatura hears appeals on administrative decisions ranging from annulment rulings to ministerial faculty restrictions, with members convening periodically rather than residing in Rome.
- Archbishop Cordileone wrote on social media, "I receive this responsibility with a profound sense of stewardship, recognizing that every office in the Church is entrusted for the service of Christ, His people, and the mission of the Gospel."
- His appointment adds a prominent conservative voice to the tribunal, which already includes Cardinal Raymond Burke, as the court historically brings together churchmen with markedly different ecclesial outlooks.
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Who’s in and who’s out? Leo’s revamp of Vatican supreme court
Pope Leo XIV appointed seven new members to the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, the Church’s highest canonical court of appeal, on July 25, including the first three non-bishops ever appointed as members of the tribunal.Palazzo della Cancelleria in Rome. Public domain.The appointments by Leo also marked the conclusion of the five-year terms for Cardinals Joseph Tobin, C.Ss.R., of Newark and Gerhard Ludwig Müller, prefect emeritus of…
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone among new members of Vatican’s highest court
Pope Leo XIV also appointed Bishop Edward Lohse of Kalamazoo, Michigan, along with canon law experts from Spain, Germany, Poland, and Italy, to five-year terms on the Apostolic Signatura. [...]
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