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Pope appoints two Undersecretaries to Dicastery for Integral Development
Pope Leo XIV appointed Jesuit Father Avelino Chicoma Bundo Chico and Claudia Leal Luna as undersecretaries of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.
Chico, a 47-year-old priest from Angola, has worked at the dicastery since 2020.
Leal Luna, a Chilean laywoman, is a theology professor in Rome and serves as a consultant to the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Pope Leo XIV also appointed Cardinal Christophe Pierre and other church leaders as members of the Dicastery for Evangelization.
Claudia Leal assumes this responsibility in the body responsible for promoting social justice, the care of creation and the dignity of the most vulnerable.
Leon XIV appoints the Angolan Jesuit Avelino Chicoma and Chilean theologian Claudia Leal as Undersecretaries of the Department of Integral Human Development.
Pope Leo XIV completes the change of leadership in the Dicastery for Integral Human Development with the appointment of two new Undersecretaries and renews members of the Dicastery for Evangelization.