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Appointments

» Fr. Joseph Tobin, is Secretary of the Congregation for Religious

Fr. Joseph Tobin, Archbishop-Elect and newly Appointed Secretary of the Congregation for Religious

Saturday, September 4th, 2010

» Basel Bishop Made Vatican Ecumenical Advisor

The Council for Promoting Christian Unity is one of the most important of the 11 pontifical councils. The council’s aim is to develop dialogue and collaboration with the other Churches and world communions.

Sunday, August 29th, 2010

» Nun First Time Made Seminary Professor

She is also the first woman to head the Department of Scriptural Studies at JDV

Saturday, August 21st, 2010

» Holy See Delegate to the UN Appointed

Pope Benedict XVI named Archbishop Francis Assisi Chullikatt, apostolic nuncio to Iraq and Jordan, as permanent observer of the Holy [...]

Saturday, August 14th, 2010

» U.S. Priest Appointed As Secretary Of Vatican Council For Religious

This Vatican dicastery oversees the government, discipline, studies, goods, rights, and privileges of both men’s and women’s institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life,

Saturday, August 7th, 2010

» New Bishop For Rajkot

The bishop-elect was born in 1954 in Neeleswaram, India, was ordained to the priesthood in 1985, and is currently Prior General of St. Xavier’s Province in Rajkot.

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

» Pope Appoints New South Korean Military Ordinary

In a country where the population is ten percent Catholic and all men are required to serve in the military, he said that the role of the military ordinary is “very important.”

Saturday, July 24th, 2010

» Nuncio to Iraq Named Holy See’s UN Observer

Archbishop Francis Assisi Chullikatt was appointed as the Holy See’s permanent observer to the United Nations.The Indian-born prelate takes the place of Italian Archbishop Celestino Migliore who was made Apostolic Nuncio to Poland.

Sunday, July 18th, 2010

» Archbishop De Paolis Appointed As Pope’s Delegate To Legionaries

Vatican City – Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Archbishop Velasio De Paolis, C.S., as the of the Pontifical Delegate to [...]

Saturday, July 10th, 2010

» Pope Appoints Priest Doctor As President of Pontifical Academy For Life

Vatican City – The Holy See announced the nomination of priest, medical doctor and philosopher Msgr. Ignacio Carrasco de Paula [...]

Saturday, July 3rd, 2010