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Monsignor John Kennedy, the head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith discipline section, speaks during an interview on the terrace of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith offices at the Vatican, Dec. 9, 2019. Pope Francis made key appointments in his newly reformed Vatican bureaucracy Saturday April 23, promoting Irish Monsignor John Kennedy to head the discipline section of the newly named Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, the office that handles clergy sexual abuse cases. (AP/Alessandra Tarantino, File)
Monsignor John Kennedy, the head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith discipline section, speaks during an interview on the terrace of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith offices at the Vatican, Dec. 9, 2019.