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Pope taps Italian canon lawyer for top position at Dicastery for Bishops

Pope taps Italian canon lawyer for top position at Dicastery for Bishops

Friday, September 26, 2025
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In the first major appointment of his papacy, Pope Leo XIV chose an Italian expert in canon law to succeed him as prefect of the Dicastery… The post Pope taps Italian canon lawyer for top position at Dicastery for Bishops first appeared on OSV News.