Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami outside the meeting hall during the 2019 USCCB General Assembly, June 12, 2019.

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Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami outside the meeting hall during the 2019 USCCB General Assembly, June 12, 2019.

Barrett, a judge on the Seventh Circuit appeals court and a Catholic mother of seven, is also a former Notre Dame law professor and member of the ecumenical group People of Praise.