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Pope Leo XIV reshuffles important Vatican posts in latest slate of appointments

Pope Leo XIV formalized the new appointments of Archbishops Peña Parra, Rudelli, and Rajič after weeks of speculation over a reform of key Vatican positions.

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Gaetano Masciullo

• Mar 30, 2026

Pope Leo selects pro-synodality archbishop for key diplomatic role at Vatican: report

The Substitute of the Secretariat of State is the Vatican’s number two diplomat, acting as the Pope’s right-hand aide in coordinating the Church’s global administration and daily governance.

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Gaetano Masciullo

• Mar 20, 2026Mar 20, 2026

Moving Abp. Peña Parra to Italian nunciature may weaken reform of Vatican Secretariat: Here’s why

Reassignment to Italy’s nunciature would technically remove the controversial archbishop from the curia’s operations, but keeping him, and his influence, within Rome’s ecclesiastical orbit.

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Gaetano Masciullo

• Mar 5, 2026Mar 5, 2026

Who is Archbishop Peña Parra? The controversial rise of the Vatican’s pick to be Italy’s Nuncio

By staying in Rome, the Venezuelan prelate would be able to continue influencing or obstructing the Pope and the Curia to his own advantage.

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Gaetano Masciullo

• Feb 27, 2026Mar 2, 2026

Pope approves major overhaul of Roman Curia, ends mandatory use of Latin

The changes mandate that all acts intended for the pope pass through the Vatican Secretariat of State, headed by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and abolish the requirement that curial acts be drafted in Latin.

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Emily Mangiaracina

• Nov 29, 2025

Vatican assigns priest to work in diplomatic corps after child pornography conviction: report

Father Carlo Alberto Capella was allowed to work as a senior clerk in the Vatican's Secretariat of State's Section for Relations with States after serving a prison sentence.

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Antonino Cambria

• Jul 21, 2025Jul 22, 2025

Viganò accuses Italian cardinal of connection to Freemasonry, says he ‘subjugated’ Benedict XVI

In a new interview given to Italian newspaper Il Messaggero, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò accuses Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone of being connected to Freemasonry and having 'subjugated' Benedict XVI.

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LifeSiteNews staff

• Aug 21, 2024Aug 21, 2024

Pope Francis faces UN investigation over alleged illegal wiretappings in embezzlement scandal

Pope Francis faces a United Nations human rights investigation for allegedly authorizing illegal wiretaps on British financier Raffaele Mincione during a Vatican embezzlement trial involving the sale of luxury London real estate.

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Andreas Wailzer and Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Jun 17, 2024Jun 17, 2024

Vatican court rules against lawsuit of ex-auditor general centered on financial corruption

The Secretariat of State has emerged a surprise victor in the case brought by the Vatican’s former auditor general Libero Milone.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Jan 24, 2024Jan 25, 2024

Cardinal Becciu given 5 and a half years in jail by Vatican court for financial crimes

The trial has lasted for over two years, and has cast the Vatican in the global spotlight: an aspect which has chiefly served to highlight the mirky dealings of the Holy See's officials and financial dealings.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Dec 16, 2023Dec 18, 2023

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Pope Leo XIV reshuffles important Vatican posts in latest slate of appointments

Pope Leo selects pro-synodality archbishop for key diplomatic role at Vatican: report

Moving Abp. Peña Parra to Italian nunciature may weaken reform of Vatican Secretariat: Here’s why

Who is Archbishop Peña Parra? The controversial rise of the Vatican’s pick to be Italy’s Nuncio

Pope approves major overhaul of Roman Curia, ends mandatory use of Latin

Vatican assigns priest to work in diplomatic corps after child pornography conviction: report

Viganò accuses Italian cardinal of connection to Freemasonry, says he ‘subjugated’ Benedict XVI

Pope Francis faces UN investigation over alleged illegal wiretappings in embezzlement scandal

Vatican court rules against lawsuit of ex-auditor general centered on financial corruption

Cardinal Becciu given 5 and a half years in jail by Vatican court for financial crimes