US EditionPope appoints trusted fellow Augustinian to run Vatican’s charity office
Archbishop Luis Marín, 64, succeeds Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, continuing Pope Francis's active charity approach in the Vatican's Dicastery for the Service of Charity.
- Pope Leo XIV appointed Archbishop Luis Marín de San Martín, a Spanish Augustinian, as the prefect of the Vatican's charity office, signaling continuity with Pope Francis' emphasis on charitable works.
- The chief almsgiver's role, which dates back centuries, was redefined by Pope Francis to be the hands-on extension of his personal acts of charity, involving activities like providing showers for the homeless and delivering meals.
- The charity office funds its work by producing papal parchments, handmade certificates with the pope's photo and blessing that the faithful can purchase for occasions like weddings and baptisms.
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Bishop Luis Marín de San Martín was watching from the window of the Augustinian order’s headquarters in Rome when the velvet curtains parted on the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica and a cardinal emerged to announce the name of the new pope.Bishop Luis Marín de San Martín, O.S.A. Credit: Screenshot from @VaticanNewsES YouTube channel.When he heard the words “Robertum Franciscum,” Marín immediately realized the cardinals had chosen a man he knew be…
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Independent EspañolROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Thursday entrusted the Vatican’s works of charity to an Augustinian, which marks a line of continuity with Pope Francis, who elevated that centennial position to a position of action...
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Pope Leo XIV names Augustinian prelate as new prefect of charity dicastery
Pope Leo XIV has named a Spanish Augustinian bishop as the new prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, reassigning Cardinal Krajewski to serve as archbishop of his home diocese in Poland.
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