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Leo makes curia staff changes

Edgar Beltrán
Jun 30, 2026
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Pope Leo XIV announced on Tuesday a series of major Vatican appointments, one of the largest curial shakeups of his pontificate to date.

Sister Alessandra Smerilli. Credit: Dicastery for Human Development.

Changes at the top of four dicasteries, include the appointment of Sister Alessandra Smerilli, FMA, as prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral…

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