In a significant ecclesiastical announcement, Pope Francis has named Bishop Rui Manuel Sousa Valerio as the new patriarch of Lisbon. This appointment follows closely on the heels of the .
Pope Francis has appointed a Redemptorist priest, Father Alfonso Amarante, as rector of the Pontifical Lateran University, giving him the title of archbishop.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope Francis named Tracey Rowland, an Australian theologian; Justin Farrell, a U.S. sociologist; and Tongdong Bai, a Chinese philosopher, to the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.
The Vatican announced the appointments June 5.
Rowland, who was born in Ipswich, Australia, in 1963, is professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame Australia.
Long recognized as a leading scholar specializing in the thought and writings of Joseph Ratzinger, who served as Pope Bene
Geoffrey Surtees is an attorney with the ACLJ and specializes in religious civil liberties. Geoff is a graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Law and holds a Master’s Degree in Theological Studies (summa cum laude) from the Pontifical Lateran University. Since joining the ACLJ as an . . .
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