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(RNS) Archbishop Raymond Burke shown here delivering the keynote address at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington last May, is one of a number of Americans who have risen to the upper echelons of the Vatican hierarchy. Burke is head of the Apostolic Signature, the Vatican’s “Supreme Court.” Religion News Service file photo by David Jolkovski

(RNS) Archbishop Raymond Burke shown here delivering the keynote address at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington last May, is one of a number of Americans who have risen to the upper echelons of the Vatican hierarchy. Burke is head of the Apostolic Signature, the Vatican’s “Supreme Court.” Religion News Service file photo by David Jolkovski