Members of the Apostolic Signatura - Prefects of the Apostolic Signatura, Raymond Leo Burke, Edward Egan, Walter Kasper, Jozef Glemp (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Prefects of the Apostolic Signatura, Raymond Leo Burke, Edward Egan, Walter Kasper, Jozef Glemp, Jean-Louis Tauran, Agostino Cacciavillan, Javier Echevarria Rodriguez, Lluis Martinez Sistach, Julian Herranz Casado, Agostino Vallini, Zenon Grocholewski, Peter Erd, Francesco Roberti, Dino Staffa, Antonio Maria Rouco Varela, Vincenzo Vannutelli, Achille Silvestrini, Mario Francesco Pompedda, Aurelio Sabattani, Massimo Massimi, Bonaventura Cerretti, Thomas G. Doran, Sergio Sebastiani, Francesco Coccopalmerio, Michele Lega, Gilberto Agustoni, Pericle Felici, Giuseppe Bruno, Francesco Ragonesi, Augusto Silj, Cinzio Passeri Aldobrandini, Enrico Gasparri, Heinrich Mussinghoff. Excerpt: Raymond Leo Burke (born June 30, 1948) is an American Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church. He is the current Cardinal Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, having previously served as Archbishop of St. Louis (2003-2008) and Bishop of La Crosse (1994-2003). Raymond Leo Burke was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin, the youngest of the six children of Thomas (died July 21, 1956) and Marie (died February 29, 1996) Burke, on June 30, 1948. He was Baptized on July 11. The family later moved to Stratford, Wisconsin. From 1962-68 he attended the Holy Cross Seminary in La Crosse. From 1968-71, he studied at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. as a Basselin scholar and received the degrees Bachelor of Arts (1970) and Master of Arts (1971), both in Philosophy. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of that university. He then completed his studies for the priesthood at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome from 1971 to 1975, where he received the degrees Bachelor of Sacred Theology (1974) and Master of Arts (1975). Pope Paul VI ordained Burke to the priesthood on June 29, 1975, at Saint Peter's Basilica. Af...