Pope names Sr. Smerilli as secretary of Dicastery for Human Development vaticannews.va
The Pope has appointed Sister Alessandra Smerilli "to replace Msgr. Bruno Marie Duffé and Fr. Augusto Zampini, respectively Secretary and Assistant Secretary of the same Dicastery, both of whom have returned to their dioceses."
The Italian religious sister has served as an Undersecretary at the Dicastery since March 2021.
According to the Holy See Press Office, Pope Francis has “ordered that management team of the Vatican Covid-19 Commission be composed" of Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, Prefect of the Dicastery, Sister Alessandra Smerilli, and Father Fabio Baggio, Undersecretary of the Migrants and Refugees Section …
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