Rome--archbishop Raymond Burke of St. Louis, MO, has been appointed to the Vatican's chief appellate court.Rome -- Archbishop Raymond Burke Raymond Burke can refer to:
An unsuccessful party in a lawsuit must file an appeal with an appellate court in order to have the decision reviewed. , the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura The Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura is the administrative appellate tribunal of the Holy See and, consequently, the highest judicial authority of the Catholic Church besides the Pope himself. . A canon lawyer, Archbishop Burke received much publicity in 2004 when he was the first bishop to announce that he would deny communion to pro-abortion candidates, including Senator John Kerry, based on Canon 915. |
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