11 new members appointed to Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life
November 27, 2023
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CWN Editor's Note: On November 25, Pope Francis appointed three clerics and eight laity to five-year terms as members of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, bringing the total number of members to 25.
The new members include the archbishop of Seville (Spain); priests associated with the Communion and Liberation movement and Opus Dei; laity with leadership roles in the Emmanuel Community and the Focolare movement; the laywoman who leads the Chilean bishops’ abuse prevention efforts; scholars in gynecology and matrimonial canon law; and the spouses who lead the Taiwanese bishops’ Marriage and Family Pastoral Center.
Under the leadership of Cardinal Kevin Farrell (the Dicastery’s prefect) and Gleison de Paula Souza (the Dicastery’s secretary), the members of the dicastery typically meet every two years to discuss “questions of greater importance,” according to the 2022 apostolic constitution on the Roma Curia (Articles 26, 128-141).
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