USCCB 'rejoices' at announcement of two cardinals-designate with 'deep ties' to U.S.

(OSV News) -- On behalf of the bishops of the United States, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of Military Services, USA, and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, offered his congratulations and prayers July 9 upon Pope Francis' announcement of the creation of 21 new cardinals.

Two of the archbishops -- U.S.-born Archbishop Robert F. Prevost, who took the helm at the Dicastery for Bishops in April, and French Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to the United States -

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