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These Vatican offices might soon have new leaders. Here’s what they do

The Pillar
Feb 12, 2021
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Three Vatican offices are expected to see new leadership soon: the Congregation for Clergy, the Congregation for Bishops, and the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.

In each office, the cardinal prefect — essentially cabinet secretaries of the Roman Curia —  are beyond 75, the age at which prefects are expected to submit…

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