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A New Phase in the Leonine Pontificate: Pope Reshapes His Inner Circle with a Surprising Appointment - ZENIT
(ZENIT News / Roma, 09.30.2025).- When Pope Leo XIV quietly phoned the Bishop of San Miniato last week, it was more than a personal courtesy. It was the beginning of a decisive shift in how the new pontiff intends to govern. On the line, the Pope asked Bishop Giovanni Paccosi for permission to bring into his household one of the diocese’s most promising priests, Father Marco Billeri. Within days, the young canon lawyer and parish vicar was annou…
By Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In the first major appointment of his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV has chosen an Italian canon law expert to succeed him as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. Archbishop Filippo Iannone, 67, has led the Dicastery for Legislative Texts since 2018 and will begin his new role Oct. 15, the Vatican press office announced Sept. 26. Pope Leo, as C…
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