The Vatican Press Office on Thursday announced the appointments to the Apostolic Signature, the Church´s supreme court.
The tribunal handles appeals from the Roman Rota, which considers requests for marriage annulments. Cardinal Egan, an expert in canon law, was a judge in the Rota during his long career in Rome.
The other four cardinals named to the appeals tribunal are Jozef Glemp, of Poland; Agostino Cacciavillan and Sergio Sebastiani, of Italy; and Walter Kasper, of Germany.
