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He substitutes Argentine Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, one of the few ecclesiastics remaining in the Roman Curia from the time of John Paul II.
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The proposal was specified later in a press conference on November 16.
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Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the new Disney head: Bob Chapek, who was fired as the Disney CEO, certainly made enemies in and out of Disney. But he is not entirely to blame. Much of that goes to his predecessor, and now successor, …
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A group of doctors and medical organizations, including the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, argue in a federal lawsuit that the Food a…
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The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a wealth of new protocols and programs, including the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis’ COVID-19 Anointing Corps ministry. Since its inception in April 2020 and as of early November, the specially trained corps of priests has provided the sacrament of the anointing of the sick for 1,636 people in hospitals, nursing homes and other settings.
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Pope Francis meeting with a delegation of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) at the Vatican, Nov. 21, 2022. / Vatican Media
Rome Newsroom, Nov 22, 2022 / 09:30 am (CNA).
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For the role of prefect of the Dicastery for the Oriental Churches, Pope Francis has chosen Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, who…
Posted by bcadmin | Nov 22, 2022 | Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Cardinal Michael Czerny, Caritas Internationalis, lead, News, Pope Francis, Roman Curia, Vatican |
To the surprise of many inside the organization, the Vatican Tuesday issued a decree suspending the current leadership of Caritas International and naming an administrator to iron out wrinkles related to management.
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Rome Newsroom, Nov 22, 2022 / 06:11 am (CNA).
Pope Francis on Tuesday removed the entire leadership of an international confederation of charities and appointed a temporary administrator to improve the organization’s management.
Pope Francis issued a decree Nov. 22 appointing Pier Francesco Pinelli, an Italian management consultant, as temporary administrator of Caritas Internationalis (CI).
With the same ordinance, the pope said the positions of the Catholic confederation’s leadership are to cease immediately.
This decision includes Caritas Internationalis president Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle and secretary general Aloysius John. The positions of the vice presidents, treasurer, ecclesiastical assistant, executive council, and representative council also end.
A press release said an independent review found deficiencies in Caritas Internationalis’ “management and procedures, seriously prejudicing team-spirit and staff morale.”
Caritas Internationalis, founded in 1951, is a Catholic confederation of 162 charitable organizations based in 200 countries around the world. Its headquarters are located on Vatican territory in Rome, and the Vatican oversees its activity.
The governance of Caritas Internationalis is elected for four-year terms during the organization’s general assembly. The next general assembly is scheduled for May 2023.
According to a Nov. 22 press release, the temporary administrator, Pinelli, will carry out his service in consultation with the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, which is headed by Cardinal Michael Czerny, SJ.
The dicastery’s press release said that the Vatican’s human development office commissioned an independent review of Caritas Internationalis’ workplace this year.
The review looked at “the workplace environment of the CI General Secretariat and its alignment with Catholic values of human dignity and respect for each person.”
Both current and former employees were invited to participate, according to the dicastery, which said: “No evidence emerged of financial mismanagement or sexual impropriety, but other important themes and areas for urgent attention emerged from the panel’s work. Real deficiencies were noted in management and procedures, seriously prejudicing team-spirit and staff morale.”
Pinelli will be assisted by Maria Amparo Alonso Escobar, Caritas Internationalis’ head of advocacy, and by Father Manuel Morujão S.J., who will provide personal and spiritual accompaniment to Caritas employees, according to Pope Francis’ decree.
Among Pinelli’s administrative tasks will be updating the confederation’s statutes and by-laws in preparation for the next general assembly in 2023.
Cardinal Tagle will also work with Pinelli to prepare for the general assembly.
The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, in its press release, cited Pope Francis’ new apostolic constitution, Praedicate evangelium, which says the human development office has competency over Caritas Internationalis and “exercises the responsibilities reserved by law to the Holy See in establishing and supervising international charitable associations and funds created for the same purposes, in accordance with the provisions of the respective statutes and in compliance with current legislation.”
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A Catholic parish in southern Wisconsin suffered a graffiti attack overnight on Sunday which saw a large tiled display of the Divine Mercy image defaced with gree…
St. Cecilia, one of the saints named in the Roman Canon (the First Eucharistic Prayer) and in the Litany of Saints, was a Roman virgin martyr from the third century. Many churches and schools have been named in her honor, and she has been one of the most beloved women saints for several centuries. After […]
Interview with founder of the “Laudato Si Project”, which promotes integral ecology in the West African nation of Benin
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