Italian Sister Alessandra Smerilli, an economist, is currently the No. 2 in the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.
on Tuesday made his first major appointment of a woman to the Holy See hierarchy, promoting Italian Sister Alessandra Smerilli to head the Smerilli, an economist, is currently the No. 2 in the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.
Pope Leo XIV promoted Italian Sister Alessandra Smerilli to head the Vatican office responsible for migrants, the environment and development.to top-level management positions within the Holy See as part of his response to calls by women for greater decision-making roles in the church. But Leo too is following Francis’ lead by simultaneously naming Cardinal Fabio Baggio as a “pro-prefect” of the office, where he is currently undersecretary.
Baggio was also given the mandate to head up the Vatican’s Borgo Laudato Si environmental educational center, at Castel Gandolfo, near Rome.reserves the priesthood for men, and women have long complained of a second-class status despite carrying out the lion’s share of the church’s work running schools, hospitals and passing the faith onto younger generations. Pope Leo XIV promoted Italian Sister Alessandra Smerilli to head the Vatican office responsible for migrants, the environment and development.
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