Sister Smerilli, a member of the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco, succeeds Cardinal Michael Czerny, 79, who has led the dicastery since 2022.

Hope Border Institute Executive Director Dylan Corbett is among four U.S. Catholics Pope Leo XIV has tapped to serve in the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. “It was an ...

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican’s office for integral human development is rethinking its work in light of the implementation of Pope Francis’ curial reform, its prefect and secretary said Thursday.

Pope Leo XIV has named Sr. Alessandra Smerilli prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, the Vatican announced June 30, making her the latest woman elevated to lead a major ...

The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development published this graphic Dec. 14, 2023, marking the release of Pope Francis' message for World Peace Day Jan. 1, 2024. (CNS photo/Dicastery for ...