Appointment of members of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life

Appointment of Pontifical Masters of Ceremonies

Appointment of members of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life

The Holy Father has appointed the following as members of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life: Archbishop Josep Ángel Saiz Meneses of Seville, Spain; the Reverend Andrea D’Auria, F.S.C.B., director of the International Centre of Communion and Liberation; the Reverend Luis Felipe Navarro Marfá, Magnificent Rector of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, Italy; the Distinguished Benoît and Véronique Rabourdin, international heads of Amour et Verité della Communauté de l’Emmanuel; Joseph Teyu Chou and Clare Jiayann Yeh, respectively lecturer in the Department of Public Finance of the National Chengchi University in Taipei, Taiwan and founder and director of the Marriage and Family Pastoral Center of the Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference; Professor Ana María Celis Brunet, president of the Consejo Nacional para la Prevención de abusos y acompañamento de víctimas, of the Episcopal Conference of Chile; Professor Maria Luisa Di Pietro, director of the Centre for Research and Study on Reproductive Health of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome, Italy; Dr. Margaret Karram, president of the Opera di Maria (Focolare Movement); Professor Carmen Peña García, lecturer in marriage law at the Facultad de Derecho Canónico dell’Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid, Spain.

Appointment of Pontifical Masters of Ceremonies

The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Didier Jean-Jacques Bouable, official of the Apostolic Penitentiary, and Reverend Yala Banorani Djetaba, official of the Section for General Affairs of the Secretary of State, as Pontifical Masters of Ceremonies.