Monsignor Owen Campion explains in his column about the women recently appointed to the Dicastery for Bishops: “News in midsummer was the pope’s appointment of three women — two Italian nuns and one French layperson — as full members of the Vatican’s
While the perfect bishop does not exist, he does have to be a person who knows how to get others involved in the life of the church and to listen to everyone, including those with whom he may disagree, said a new
Saying he wanted to highlight the spiritual gifts of Opus Dei and its contributions to the Catholic Church's evangelizing activities, Pope Francis said it will now work with and answer to the Dicastery for Clergy, rather than the Dicastery for Bishops.
In the
Ten days after saying he would name two women to the group that helps him choose bishops, Pope Francis appointed three women to the office.
The Vatican announced July 13 that the pope had named 14 new members of the Dicastery for Bishops.
For
Pope Francis said he plans to name two women to the committee that helps him choose bishops for the world's Latin-rite dioceses.
In an interview July 2 with the Reuters news agency, the pope seemed to indicate the women would be members, not
Pope Francis formalized new appointments to the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and named the new secretaries to the restructured Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.
After serving as interim prefect and interim secretary respectively since Jan. 1, Canadian Cardinal Michael
Thanking Cardinal Peter Turkson for his five years of service as prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Pope Francis has decided to name new leadership for the office, said a Vatican communique.
Beginning Jan. 1 and for a limited time,