page_title: Kerry Kennedy
section_title: Being Catholic Now
hierarchical_section_title: Kerry Kennedy / Being Catholic Now
caption_attribution_description: English: A photo of Kerry Kennedy taken at the Harvard Bookstore in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
context_page_description: Mary Kerry Kennedy is an American human rights activist and writer. She is the seventh child and third daughter of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Skakel. During her 15-year marriage to current New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, she was known as Kerry Kennedy Cuomo from 1990 to 2005. She is the president of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, a non-profit human rights advocacy organization. Kennedy is the niece of President John F. Kennedy and Senator Ted Kennedy.
context_section_description: Kennedy is the editor of Being Catholic Now, Prominent Americans talk about Change in the Church and the Quest for Meaning; Crown Publishing, Sept. 2008; ISBN 9780307346841.  The book includes essays from prominent Catholics, including Nancy Pelosi, Cokie Roberts, now-former Cardinal McCarrick, Sister Joan Chittister, Tom Monaghan, Bill O'Reilly, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Doug Brinkley and others.
caption: Kennedy in 2008 at Harvard Book Store
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