Appointment of under-secretaries of the General Secretariat of the Synod
The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Giacomo Costa, S.J., until now consultors of the General Secretariat of the Synod, and the Reverend Sr. Elena Massimi, F.M.A, lecturer in liturgy and sacramental theology at the Salesisan Pontifical University, Rome, as under-secretaries of the General Secretariat of the Synod.
Curriculum vitae of the Reverend Fr. Giacomo Costa, S.J.
The Reverend Fr. Giacomo Costa, S.J., was born on 12 September 1967 in Genoa. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1992 and received priestly ordination on 22 June 2002. He was awarded a Diplôme d’Études Approfondies in “Political and moral sociology” from the École des hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. From 2007 to 2025 he was chair of the San Fedele Cultural Foundation of Milan, and from 2010 to 2021 he edited the journal “Aggiornamenti Sociali”. Since 2022 he has served as national spiritual guide of the Christian Associations of Italian Workers. He was special secretary of the 15th and 16th Ordinary General Assemblies of the Synod of Bishops, in 2018 and 2021-2024 respectively.
Curriculum vitae of the Reverend Sr. Elena Massimi, F.M.A.
The Reverend Sr. Elena Massimi, F.M.A., was born in Rome on 16 June 1975. She gave her perpetual vows in the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians on 24 October 2009. She was awarded a doctorate in sacred theology, with a liturgical-pastoral specialization at the “Santa Giustina” Institute of Pastoral Liturgy in Padua, part of the Faculty of Theology at the Pontifical University of Saint Anselm in Rome. She is a lecturer in liturgy and sacramental theology at the Salesian Pontifical University in Rome, president of the Association of Professors and Scholars of Liturgy, and head of Liturgical Music at the National Liturgical Office of the Italian Episcopal Conference.
