Report: In a First, Pope Francis To Name Lay Woman to Head Vatican Dicastery, Replacing Cardinal Pell

Report: In a First, Pope Francis To Name Lay Woman to Head Vatican Dicastery, Replacing Cardinal Pell April 28, 2019

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Continuing his journey of naming lay people in important structures of the Vatican, Pope Francis will designate, for the first time in history, a woman to lead a Vatican dicastery.ย And not any charge: neither more nor less, thanย responsible for the Secretariat for the Economy of the Holy Seeย , replacing Cardinal George Pell, condemned for abuses in Australia.

According to sources consulted by RD, it is very advanced the possibility that the Italianย Claudia Cioccaย , the current director of the Control and Surveillance section of the institution, will be appointed to head the Vaticanโ€™s finances in the coming days.ย In practice, she becomes the โ€˜number threeโ€™ of the Holy See.

Ciocca, a professor at the University of Santa Croce, would bring experience to a Secretariat that has under its orbit, among others, the Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR), known as the Vatican Bank.

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