Appointment of interim secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and delegate for the Vatican Covid-19 Commission

The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Sr. Alessandra Smerilli, F.M.A., as interim secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and delegate for the Vatican Covid-19 Commission, replacing the Reverend Msgr. Bruno Marie Duffé and the Reverend Augusto Zampini, respectively secretary and adjunct secretary of the same Dicastery, both of whom have returned to their dioceses.

The Holy Father has therefore ordered that the direction of the Vatican Covid-19 Commission be composed of His Eminence Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Integral Human Development, the Reverend Sr. Alessandra Smerilli, F.M.A., interim secretary, and Reverend Fr. Fabio Baggio, C.S., under-secretary of the Migrants and Refugees Section.